Parking Lots: More Than Just a Place to Park Cars

In today's fast-paced world, a parking lot is a place to park cars while individuals attend to their daily activities. While parking lots do serve this purpose, they are actually much more than that. A parking lot and its surrounding area are just as important as the facility attached to it, as it can serve as a customer's first impression of the facility. Cleanliness impacts this impression and, depending on the parking lot's appeal, may determine whether or not a customer returns.

From rocks and sand to leaves and beverage cans, parking lot debris can be plentiful. Failing to keep a lot swept and free of waste can also result in safety issues, in addition to interfering with lot usage, obstructing parking spaces or even causing vehicle damage. A well-maintained parking lot can have curb appeal and positively add to a patron's overall experience.

To ensure a safe, visually-appealing parking lot, it is critical for facility managers to use proper outdoor cleaning equipment to collect fine particles and litter alike — leaving a clean parking lot to welcome facility patrons.

Outdoor Cleaning Equipment

When selecting outdoor cleaning equipment, it is important to consider the scope and cleaning requirements of the parking lot. It is also crucial to assess labor needs, equipment performance and desired results in terms of sustainability, safety, durability and effectiveness. When conducting this assessment, there are a variety of outdoor surface cleaners available from which to choose.

Depending on the parking lot, operators can choose to employ any of the following cleaning machines:

• Handheld pressure washers: With adjustable pressure sprays, these pressure washers reach deep into surface crevices, where traditional cleaning equipment may not. For example, handheld machines are optimal for curbs and tight parking lot corners. Their compact sizes make them simple to use and easy to store.
• Outdoor power sweeping: Ride-on power sweeping machines offer wide broom capacities and dust-controlled operation to ensure effective debris pickup. With their comfortable, ergonomically designed operator compartment, these machines minimize physical labor. 
• High-pressure operator-driven machines: These large, operator-driven cleaning machines provide deep cleaning capabilities, allowing users to remove dirt, tire marks and painted lines without surface damage. With high-pressure performance, these machines provide increased productivity by reducing time spent cleaning.

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Cyclone Rider Pressure Washer Cleans Without the Use of Chemicals

Lindbergh Plaza is known as one of Atlanta’s premier shopping destinations. With 26 acres of retail shops, parking lots and sidewalks, it is a plum contract for a cleaning professional like Michael Caruso, co-owner of Atlanta-based Amerisweep, LLC since January 2009. Amerisweep specializes in cleaning parking decks and surface lots, and shortly after Caruso joined the company in early 2008, he decided that the walk-behind pressure washers that Amerisweep had been using were too labor-intensive for big cleaning jobs. A few months later, Caruso began using the Cyclone, a high pressure surface cleaner from Advance, and contracts like Lindbergh Plaza were finally within his reach.

Read the full case study here to learn how the Cyclone provides thorough green cleaning without the use of chemicals, and reduces labor hours while increasing productivity.

Municipalities Markets

Keep your city streets and common areas litter- and debris-free with durable, multi-purposed outdoor cleaning equipment from Advance. Maintain a positive public image with clean, aesthetic grounds in even the most frequented public areas, from paved pedestrian surfaces in city parks to concrete and asphalt on residential streets. To drive down the cost to clean, Advance equipment is easy to use and maintain—keeping productivity at its peak and reducing labor costs.

Learn more about our outdoor cleaning solutions: http://www.advance-us.com/industries/outdoor/municipalities.aspx

Airport Market Cleaning

Accommodating travelers and their loved ones—as well as airport staff and airline crews—for 24 hours a day, airports present a unique cleaning challenge that requires an efficient, unobtrusive solution. Advance floor cleaning equipment handles heavy foot traffic and luggage roller marks with ease, keeping airport facilities welcoming and well maintained. Our outdoor cleaning equipment delivers superior performance on airport runways and gateways, maintaining a safe, clean and professional appearance.

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Outdoor Cleaning

Outdoor cleaning requires a machine that maximizes productivity while eliminating the need for outdoor water sources. Additionally, outdoor cleaning applications require equipment that can efficiently clean large areas without downtime.

Lindbergh Plaza is known as one of Atlanta’s premier shopping destinations. With 26 acres of retail shops, parking lots and sidewalks, it is a plum contract for a cleaning professional like Michael Caruso, co-owner of Atlanta-based Amerisweep, LLC since January 2009. Amerisweep specializes in cleaning parking decks and surface lots, and shortly after Caruso joined the company in early 2008, he decided that the walk-behind pressure washers that Amerisweep had been using were too labor-intensive for big cleaning jobs. A few months later, Caruso began using the Cyclone 4500, a high pressure surface cleaner from Advance, and contracts like Lindbergh Plaza were finally within his reach.

The Cyclone 4500 provides a 34-inch cleaning path with deep cleaning consistency. With a patented cleaning and recovery head, the Cyclone 4500 aggressively removes build-up marks and petroleum deposits from concrete and other surfaces with no discharge into the environment and no damage to cleaned surfaces. All water used in the cleaning process is recovered and filtered so that all contaminants are removed, contained and the water is recycled—leaving behind nothing but a clean surface that dries quickly and is usable immediately.

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Using the Advance Cyclone 4006 for Runway Centerline Cleaning

The Advance Cyclone 4006 is the safest and most efficient runway rubber and paint line removal machine on the market today. By increasing the speed, the patented Cyclone cleaning head can also effectively remove rubber from runway centerlines, while leaving the paint below intact. This can greatly reduce the frequency and expense for needing to restripe your runway.

Advance RS Sweepers

The Advance RS Series of Sweepers provides the ideal outdoor cleaning equipment for corporate, municipalities and campus cleaning, such as sidewalks, streets and other hard surfaces around stadiums, parking lots and garages. Watch the video to see how these sweepers provide a superior green clean.