Hills, drainage and where the unit stands
Most of the southwest suburbs are flat; Palos Hills is not. The subdivisions off Roberts Road and 107th Street climb and dip with the moraine, and a lot of the newer custom homes sit on lots with a walkout basement on the downhill side. That makes the placement conversation different here: the driveway is usually the only truly level pad, and the driver will use shims and stakes anywhere the concrete pitches. After a hard rain the swales between houses run like creeks, so we keep units well away from the low side of any lot.
Condominium and townhouse complexes along 111th and near the Cal-Sag edge run roofing, siding and balcony-replacement projects in phases, and those associations rent a standard unit per building under work, moved along as the crew advances.
Campus projects and summer at Town Center
The community college on the west side of town is a construction customer in its own right, with lot repaving, building additions and utility work happening most summers when students are away. Campus placements go where the facilities office directs, typically a service lot behind the affected building, with deluxe flushing units for the larger contractor crews. The city's summer festival at Town Center and the park district's events at its fields off 107th take short-term banks of standard units on the paved lots with an ADA accessible model included.
Route through the preserves
Palos Hills is hemmed by forest preserve on two sides, so trucks approach on 111th Street from Harlem or up Roberts Road from the south, and the winding preserve roads are avoided with a loaded truck. City hall handles building permits and public-way questions; driveway placement sidesteps the latter.
Weekly service runs with Hickory Hills and Palos Heights, and winter units on those exposed hillside lots get antifreeze and an extra look at the stakes after every freeze.