Asphalt Paving in Hillsboro, OR

Asphalt paving in Hillsboro covers everything from farmhouse driveways on the edge of town to large commercial lots near the tech campuses. Hillsboro is the Washington County seat, incorporated on October 19, 1876, and it has grown faster than almost anywhere in the metro: 37,598 residents in 1990, 70,187 in 2000 and 106,447 in 2020. The 2020 census counted 42,363 housing units. We pave and replace driveways, repair and resurface worn asphalt, sealcoat, and pave and stripe parking areas.

Flat valley ground

Wikipedia describes Hillsboro's terrain as fairly level, a reminder of its farming history. The Tualatin River forms part of the southern city limits, and Dairy Creek, McKay Creek, Rock Creek, Dawson Creek and Turner Creek all cross the area. Flat ground is easy to pave but hard to drain. Without enough slope, water sits on a driveway after every storm, seeps into hairline cracks and softens the base. On Hillsboro jobs we set grades carefully so water moves toward the street or a planted area, and we pay attention to low corners near garages.

Rain and occasional extreme heat

The 1991 to 2020 normals list about 35.93 inches of precipitation a year, falling on about 159 days. Snow comes only occasionally. Summers bring the other extreme: Hillsboro hit 114 degrees on June 28, 2021. Asphalt laid in that kind of heat stays soft for days, so we schedule hot-weather paving early in the day where we can, and we ask homeowners to keep vehicles off new pavement longer than usual and avoid turning wheels while parked.

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Commercial lots in a tech town

Intel opened its first facility in Aloha in 1979, then the Jones Farm campus in 1982 and Ronler Acres in 1994, and Hillsboro became the center of Oregon's Silicon Forest. That growth brought office parks, retail and apartments. On the east side, the Streets of Tanasbourne opened in 2004 with 368,000 square feet of retail, and AmberGlen sits just to its south. Orenco Station grew up around the MAX line, which reached Hillsboro on September 12, 1998. Parking lots in these areas see heavy daily traffic, so we focus on patching failed areas, mill and overlay on worn drive lanes, sealcoating and restriping, phased so businesses stay open.

Older homes and newer subdivisions

Around downtown and the original townsite, driveways tend to be narrow and patched. In subdivisions built during the 1990s and 2000s boom, many driveways are now 20 to 30 years old, which is the age when asphalt often needs either an overlay or a full replacement. We look at how much of the surface is cracked and whether the base is still firm before recommending one or the other. Hillsboro also has rural properties with long gravel drives, and paving those takes good base preparation and edge support.

Services in Hillsboro

• Driveway paving: new, replacement and gravel-to-asphalt conversions
• Repair: potholes, alligator cracking and edges
• Resurfacing: overlays on structurally sound pavement
• Sealcoating: summer protection for drives and lots
• Parking lot paving: office, retail and apartment lots
• Striping: layouts, restriping and accessible spaces

Call (971) 813-2104 for a free estimate in Hillsboro.