A planed surface has to be clean before bond coat and new surfacing go down. The sweeper follows the planer, lifts the loose planings and dust, and often stays to tidy the surrounding roads once the job is finished.
Typical sweeping work
- Following cold planers on carriageway and footway schemes
- Removing loose planings and dust from the milled surface
- Sweeping ironwork surrounds, joints and channels
- Collecting loose chippings after surface dressing
- Final sweep of the works area and approaches
What to plan for
Planings fill a hopper quickly, so productive time depends on how close the sweeper can tip. Tell us where planings are going and whether the sweeper can tip with them. Give the shift times and the sequence of the works so the sweeper arrives when the planer starts, not hours before.
Regular and multi-site work
For surfacing programmes running over weeks or across several sites, see nationwide contract sweeping. Most surfacing sweeping outside the working day is covered under out-of-hours road sweeping.
Other services for the same site
Road planings disposal, coal tar disposal, tipper haulage and aggregates are available through Waste Cloud. See supporting services.
Read more about operated road sweeper hire, or check the areas we cover.