BC driveways done right: what to expect from a premium paving install
Visitors see the driveway before the front door. What separates a premium stamped asphalt driveway install from the rest, and what BC homeowners should expect.
March 30, 2026

What holds up on BC pavement, told project by project.
Visitors see the driveway before the front door. What separates a premium stamped asphalt driveway install from the rest, and what BC homeowners should expect.
March 30, 2026
A bike lane painted green is more than visible: it's claimed. Notes from a coloured bike lane install on a BC bridge, and what colour does for cycling.
March 11, 2026
Preformed thermoplastic at a BC elementary school. Why the right markings change how a driver behaves, not just what they see.
February 20, 2026
Parking lot markings take more abuse than almost any other surface. Here's what holds up on a BC commercial site, and what doesn't.
February 5, 2026
Two premium options for residential driveways. Here's the honest comparison: cost, durability, freeze-thaw performance, and what actually holds in BC.
January 22, 2026
Decorative crosswalks in Vancouver and Nanaimo. How a stamped asphalt install becomes civic identity, and what the engineering actually looks like.
January 8, 2026
A crosswalk at University Boulevard and Wesbrook Mall where UBC and Musqueam crests are installed into the asphalt: a collaborative TrafficPatterns job.
November 14, 2025
Renée Van Halm's 'Carpeting' rendered in StreetBond across the Joyce–Collingwood SkyTrain concourse, installed at TransLink, notes on a transit-scale public art install.
October 28, 2025
A combined DecoMark and TrafficPatterns install at South Langford Elementary in Langford, BC. Pavement branding and crosswalk art for a new school opening.
September 2, 2025
TrafficPatternsXD installed at TransLink's Brighouse Station on No. 3 Road, Richmond: heavy-duty decorative marking at the Canada Line terminus.
July 8, 2025
A downtown Mission streetscape: StreetPrint stamped asphalt and StreetBond 150 in Pewter, installed under a multi-year downtown renewal program.
April 14, 2025
Drew and Elinor Atkins of Spring Salmon Studio designed a circular motif for Langley Events Centre, installed in StreetBond: civic Indigenous art.
November 15, 2024
An interactive pathway at McKenzie Park in Comox, Vancouver Island, DecoMark preformed thermoplastic games and graphics fused into a community park path.
September 24, 2024
TrafficPatterns crosswalks along Commercial Drive in Vancouver's Little Italy: green, white and red fused into the intersections of a historic district.
August 21, 2024
A StreetBond 150 recoat at Keswick Water Park in Burnaby, refreshing the spray-pad surface ahead of the summer season: a recoat, not a rebuild.
June 5, 2024
Safety Blue StreetBond with white current lines on the fire lane at Maplewoods, North Vancouver: a lane that reads as a river, not a no-parking zone.
January 10, 2024
A StreetBond quilt motif in eight colours wrapping the plaza, paths and steps at the Boundary Road pump station, a utility site that reads as public art.
January 9, 2024
StreetBond coatings for the sports court and water park at Tsuyuki Park in Albion, Maple Ridge: one coating system zoned for play and for water.
January 9, 2024
StreetBond coatings on the new Wesburn Park spray pad, South Burnaby, October 2023: a teal stream across a white field, slip-resistant and colour-fast.
December 21, 2023
Stamped and coated strata laneway and driveway surfaces at Oxford Townhomes, New Westminster: StreetPrint pattern sealed in StreetBond colour.
December 19, 2023
Every Child Matters pavement art in New Westminster for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Charliss Santos's design in TrafficPatterns.
September 22, 2023
A TrafficPatterns install at the Agnes Greenway in New Westminster, a design by Rain Pierre of Katzie First Nation, fused into the greenway pavement.
June 12, 2023
A TrafficPatterns thermoplastic crosswalk upgrade at the Tsain-Ko Centre, Sechelt: a durable, distinctive crossing for a First Nations community facility.
August 3, 2022
Dionne Paul's pictograph crosswalk at Cowrie Street and Trail Avenue, Sechelt: the shíshálh Nation origin story in TrafficPatterns thermoplastic.
June 21, 2022
Public art on the Alexandra Greenway in Richmond, a Bagua Artist Association design in DuraTherm thermoplastic, inlaid flush into imprinted asphalt.
November 30, 2021
Grey-on-grey StreetPrint stamped asphalt with StreetBond colour on the driveways and roadway accents at Natures Walk, a BC townhouse development.
November 16, 2021
Terry Fox Hometown Square, Port Coquitlam: StreetBond colour fields with DecoMark medallions marking the days and miles of the Marathon of Hope.
October 21, 2021
Phase two of stamped asphalt laneways at Windsor Gate, a masterplanned community in Coquitlam: StreetPrint and StreetBond colour matched to phase one.
October 20, 2021
The Confederation Park water play feature in Burnaby, revitalized in StreetBond 150 to a Space2place design, a slip-resistant, colour-fast spray pad.
June 26, 2021
A red StreetPrint stamped asphalt crosswalk with yellow borders at Grandview Heights School, Surrey: a school-zone crossing drivers notice earlier.
June 24, 2021
Phase four of Rutland Centennial Park, Kelowna: StreetBond coatings across the plaza with DecoMark medallions, colour-matched to the earlier phases.
June 2, 2021
StreetBond coatings on the walkways at Parc Riviera Mews, a townhouse project on River Drive, Richmond: colour laid during construction.
May 28, 2021
StreetBond coatings across the playground asphalt at Brewers Park, Burnaby, a zoned, multi-colour play surface with anti-skid grip that holds its colour.
December 10, 2020
The Connaught Park spray park in Kitsilano, Vancouver, renewed with StreetBond coatings, slip-resistant colour, designed with the community and Space2place.
July 27, 2020
A rainbow crosswalk in TrafficPatterns preformed thermoplastic outside the West Vancouver Police Department: six stripes fused into the road, not painted.
July 13, 2020
A TrafficPatternsXD crosswalk outside Granville Island Brewing, Vancouver, two years after installation, still sharp under market and bus traffic.
May 26, 2020
Oak-leaf DecoMark thermoplastic decals fused into the asphalt sidewalks of the Reunion housing complex, Murrayville, Langley: wayfinding and surface art.
May 21, 2020
Red brick StreetPrint walkways across the parking lot at Ralph's Farm Market, Fraser Highway, Murrayville: stamped asphalt carrying the store's branding.
May 21, 2020
Public art in StreetBond 150 on the Snug Cove walkway, Bowen Island, custom colours for the island community, with local wildlife asking the questions.
May 6, 2020
A walking labyrinth in orange StreetBond lines at the new c̓əsqənelə Elementary School in Maple Ridge, concentric rings held to one width, edge to centre.
October 9, 2019
A basketball-themed sports court at Brookmere Park, Coquitlam: StreetBond coatings zoning the key and surround, with orange basketballs on the asphalt.
October 9, 2019
The David Foster Walkway on Victoria's Inner Harbour, recoated in High Visibility Safety Blue StreetBond 150: a bright, slip-resistant shared path.
October 9, 2019
A brick-pattern TrafficPatternsXD crosswalk at the White Rock Pier approach, installed for the pier's Labour Day reopening: built for the foreshore.
October 8, 2019
A rainbow crosswalk on Squamish Nation (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw) territory at Capilano Road and Welchon: TrafficPatterns thermoplastic with corundum aggregate.
October 7, 2019
Robyn Sparrow's Musqueam crosswalk design on Granville Street, Vancouver, TrafficPatterns thermoplastic installed for National Indigenous Peoples Day.
April 5, 2019
Black and white checkerboard crosswalks in TrafficPatterns thermoplastic at Lougheed Holly and Orchid, phase one of Coquitlam's crosswalk program.
March 1, 2019
StreetPrint stamped asphalt laneways and crossings, sealed in StreetBond colour, at the Windsor Gate townhomes in Coquitlam.
February 7, 2019
TrafficPatternsXD markings at the Lickman Interchange's two-lane roundabout, Yale Road and Luckakuck Way, decorative crossings built for turning traffic.
February 2, 2019
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