Concrete contractor in Mapleton, UT - driveways and walks built from the base up

Any part of the job on the street, curb, gutter or sidewalk needs a permit from the city, and whether the rest of your driveway does is something we confirm before we schedule. The city's building permit rules cover any building or structure that's built, rebuilt, altered or moved, except work the building code exempts. I check with the city on every job, and when a permit is needed we handle the paperwork and the inspections.

You can apply yourself for sidewalk, curb and gutter, or driveway approach work next to your home when it's under 500 square feet or 100 linear feet, or we can get the permit in our own name. Under the city's rules for work on the public way, applications go to the city engineer on the city's forms, and work can't start until the engineer approves it and the permit is issued. The approach is the stretch of driveway between the street and your sidewalk, and if we're doing the pour it's usually simplest to let us handle the permit too.

Not from the city engineer, if you're hand digging to put in or fix sprinklers or landscaping in an unpaved part of the public way along the street. The work still has to meet city specifications. If you're redoing sprinklers around a new walk or driveway, tell me at the estimate so we can plan the lines before the pour instead of cutting concrete later.

Start with Utah County's hazards map, which shows rock falls, floods, liquefaction, faults, slope failure and other hazards found in the county. It covers the whole county, so it tells you what's mapped in your area, not what's under your particular yard. When I come out, I look at the ground itself, how it drains, whether the old slab settled and what it was sitting on, before I suggest a base.

There's no set price, because your cost comes from the size of the driveway, the tear-out, the base work and the finish, and I give you a figure once I've seen the job. On Mapleton lots the biggest swing is usually a long run from the street, and if the approach or curb is part of it, the city charges a permit fee and an inspection fee before the permit issues. Extra thickness for trucks or trailers, a broom finish, the light texture that gives tires and shoes grip, versus stamped or colored concrete, and how easily a truck can reach the forms all move the number too.

It can, because the city may require a guarantee for repairing contractor damage to streets, curb, gutter, sidewalks or other improvements before it issues a building permit. Whether it does depends on the kind and size of the work, it applies whenever heavy equipment may be used, and the city council sets the amount. I'll tell you at the estimate if your job looks likely to need one, since a concrete truck or an excavator on your street is exactly the case it's written for.