Concrete Driveway Building in Yuma AZ - a slab built to carry your cars
Cracked, sinking or pooling driveway? We dig out soft ground, pack it evenly and pour a new slab sized for what you park.
Concrete driveway building starts underground. The pour comes last.
Building a concrete driveway means digging out and packing the ground, placing and finishing the concrete, then letting it cure, the hardening time it needs before it can carry a car. Most of the work happens before the truck shows up.
Most people call us when the old one has cracked, sunk at one edge or started holding water by the garage, or when they need more parking. Concrete is hard to undo, so a driveway poured on soft ground leaves you living with the problem. If you'd like color or a pattern, stamped concrete can go on the same slab.
The price moves with the size, how thick we pour, whether it needs steel reinforcement and whether an old driveway comes out first. The schedule turns on ground prep, any permit the city wants and the curing time. Your written estimate puts your own numbers on all of it.
Ground first, forms second. The concrete driveway comes last.
I come out, walk the ground and ask what you park and how often, because that decides how thick we go and how much base work it needs. Concrete is hard to undo, so I'd rather take a second look at the soil and the forms than rush a pour.
Ground here can be tricky. Soils that swell or collapse when they get wet turn up across Arizona, Yuma included. On swelling ground, one guide calls for a crushed rock layer under the slab, deeper as the soil gets worse, and the same guide suggests a soils engineer if you're unsure about yours.
Driveway building has several parts. Our crew handles each one.
Tearing out the old one
We break up the old driveway and haul it off, so the new slab starts on clean ground instead of buried rubble.
Digging out and packing
We dig out soft spots and compact the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, evenly, so the concrete gets the same support everywhere.
Setting the slope
We check where your water runs and set the forms so the driveway sheds rain away from the house, not toward it.
Forms and rebar
We build the forms to your layout and, when the job calls for it, lay rebar, the steel inside that helps hold the slab together.
Pouring and finishing
We plan pours for the cooler part of the day, then give the top a broom finish, a light ridged texture that gives tires and shoes grip.
Cutting control joints
Control joints are shallow cuts we make on time, so the slab cracks along a line we chose. A stray crack elsewhere is generally cosmetic, not structural.
The base gets cut first. On driveways and patios, that's backwards.
When a base gets raked level instead of dug out and packed, the slab settles right along with the dirt. A slab that falls toward the house sends rain to your foundation, a pour in midday heat can leave a weak, dusty top, and joints cut late let cracks pick their own spots.
The base is the part nobody sees on day one, so it's the first thing that gets cut when budgets get tight. I'd spend there before I'd spend on the surface, because a nice finish can't make up for ground that moves. The same thinking goes into every concrete patio we pour.
From your call to the walk-through. Here's how a driveway job runs.
01. Call or send a message
Call (928) 291-0009 or use the form, and tell us the driveway's rough size and whether an old one needs to come out.
02. I come out myself
I walk the site, check the ground and where the water goes, and ask what you park so we can settle on a thickness together.
03. Your written estimate
You get a written estimate that spells out tear-out, base work, thickness and reinforcement. Once you say yes, I check permits with the city before we set a date.
04. Pour, finish and walk-through
Our own crew preps, pours and finishes with me on site, then cleans up. We help you plan around the cure, and I walk the finished driveway with you.
Tell us about your driveway. We'll come out and look.
Send the driveway's rough size and whether an old slab comes out. We reply within one business day, and the on-site estimate is free with no obligation.
(928) 291-0009Based in Yuma. We pour driveways across the area.
We're based in Yuma and build driveways in Fortuna Foothills, Somerton and the cities around them. Don't see your city listed? Give us a call.
Mon–Fri: 7 AM–10 PM, Sat–Sun: 6 AM–11 PM
Questions come before the pour. Here are the usual ones.
Read through the answers below, and if your question isn't covered here, call (928) 291-0009 and ask me directly.
How much does a concrete driveway cost in Yuma, AZ?
Concrete driveway building in Yuma usually runs about $6 to $12 per square foot, and that doesn't include tearing out an old driveway. Steel reinforcement raises the price per square foot, and removal adds to it too. I'll measure on site and give you a written estimate that breaks out each part.
How thick should a concrete driveway be for cars and trucks?
One guide recommends at least 4 inches of concrete. It says going to 5 inches adds roughly 20% to the concrete cost but lets the slab carry nearly 50% more weight. We talk through what you park, from a sedan to a work truck, before we pick a thickness.
How long before I can drive on a new concrete driveway?
One guide says to let it cure at least a week before driving on it, with curing started as soon as the finishing is done. Curing that starts late can cut strength by up to half in extreme cases, so we help you plan where the cars go that week.
Who helps with driveway permits in Yuma, AZ?
The City of Yuma's Building Safety Division helps with permits, which it generally requires for new construction, and its no-permit list doesn't name driveways. If you're unsure which permit to apply for, the city's Development Portal page lists an email and phone line for help. Before we set a date, I check with the city and handle the application and inspections when a permit's needed.
Does a driveway contractor in Arizona need a license?
Yes, contractors are licensed by the State of Arizona, and the law only exempts casual or minor work under $1,000 on a single project that needs no local building permit. Yuma also lets only state-licensed contractors work in the city's street right-of-way, under a city permit. We're licensed and insured.
Driveways are one piece. We pour the rest of your concrete too.
- Concrete patio construction
- Stamped concrete services
- Concrete sidewalk building
- Garage floor concrete
- Decorative concrete
- Concrete retaining walls
- Concrete floor installation
- Concrete pool decks
- Concrete steps construction
- Slab foundation building
- Foundation installation
- Concrete parking lot building
- Concrete footings
- Foundation raising
- Concrete cutting
Driveway or patio cracking? Call for a free estimate.
Tell us roughly how many square feet you need and whether an old driveway is coming out, and we'll set a time to come look at the ground.
(928) 291-0009