Concrete Parking Lot Building in Yuma AZ - a paved lot that holds up for years
Tired of a dusty gravel lot or worn-out pavement? We pour a hard, clean concrete lot built to the thickness your traffic calls for.
A concrete parking lot is pavement. It carries real weight.
Concrete parking lot building in Yuma means paving the stalls, the drive lanes and any loading area with concrete, so you end up with a hard, clean surface that doesn't throw dust. In a lot of ways it's driveway work, just bigger and built for more weight.
Most calls start with a gravel lot that's turned to ruts and dust, or a new building that needs parking. The City of Yuma requires a paved surface for parking, except for homes in a few rural and large-lot zones that can use gravel, and lots with five or more required spaces need marked stalls and wheel stops.
The price mostly follows the lot's size, the thickness your traffic needs, how much base work the ground takes and which joint sealant you pick. The schedule turns on the city's plan review and the permit. After I look at the site, my written estimate puts your own numbers on it.
We plan the parking lot first. Then we pour it.
Every lot starts with how it gets used, because cars alone and daily delivery trucks call for different pavement. We quote the full thickness the design calls for, not a shaved one to win the bid, and I'm on site with our own crew from forms to finish.
We also settle the accessible spaces, the joints and the sealant with you from the start. The city requires accessible parking in all public places, in convenient spots and reserved, and those spaces need a firm, stable, slip-resistant surface with little slope in any direction, which is far easier to pour right than to fix later.
A parking lot is more than the pour. Here's the rest.
Layout and stalls
We lay out the drive lanes, stalls and loading areas first, so cars and delivery trucks each have room to turn and park.
Digging out the base
We dig out soft dirt and pack the subgrade, the ground the slab sits on, because concrete on loose fill settles and cracks right along with it.
Forms and steel
We set forms to the grade and thickness in the plan and place rebar, the steel that holds a slab together, where the design calls for it.
The pour and finish
We pour, broom the top for a light texture that gives tires grip, then let it cure, the wait while it gains strength before cars roll on.
Joints and sealant
We cut control joints, straight grooves that give the slab a planned place to crack, then fill them with the sealant you chose.
Work around the building
With a new building, we can pour the concrete footings in the same project. A building that's settled is foundation raising work, which we also do.
Concrete lots start below the surface. Good base work pays you back.
Most lots that fail early fail underneath. The base got raked level instead of dug out and packed, the pour went down in the midday heat and left a weak, dusty top, or the joints were cut late so cracks run wherever they like. None of that shows the day it's poured.
That's the trade-off I'll name on any lot. The base is the part you can't see, so it's the first thing people want to cut, and I'd rather keep the base and the full thickness and go plain on the extras, because a bad base means tearing the lot out to fix it.
It starts with a call. Then I come out myself.
Get in touch
Call (928) 291-0009 or send the form with a few details about the lot, and we'll get back to you to set a time.
I walk the site
I come out myself, look over the ground and the buildings around it, and ask how you'll use the lot so the plan fits.
Your written estimate
Your written estimate lists the thickness, joints and sealant so it's easy to compare. Once you say yes, we handle the permit application and inspections.
Pour, clean up, walk it
City review generally takes about 15 work days on commercial jobs, then we start. Our own crew pours and cleans up, and I walk the lot with you.
Tell us about your lot. We'll come take a look.
Send the lot's size, the number of spaces and whether it's inside Yuma city limits. We reply within one business day to set up your free, no-obligation on-site estimate.
(928) 291-0009We're based in Yuma. We pour lots nearby too.
We're based in Yuma and pave lots in the cities around it, including Fortuna Foothills and Somerton. If your city isn't on the list, give us a call and ask.
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Questions come up before a pour. Here are straight answers.
Read through the answers below on cost, permits, bids and upkeep. If your question isn't here, give us a call and ask.
How much does a concrete parking lot cost per square foot in Yuma?
Commercial concrete flatwork like a parking lot usually runs about $6 to $14 per square foot across the US, and that's the market's range, not a quote. Where your lot lands depends mostly on its size, thickness and base work, so the estimate after I walk the site gives your number.
Do I need a permit or site plan for a parking lot in Yuma?
Most likely. The city's Building Safety Division says permits are generally required for new construction, and parking lots aren't on its no-permit list. Lots with five or more required spaces also need a site plan approved by the Department of Planning and Neighborhood Services, and we're licensed and insured and handle the permit application and inspections.
How should I compare bids for a concrete parking lot?
Ask each bidder whether their price meets the recommended pavement thickness for your traffic. The parking lot design guides warn that going thinner can significantly raise stresses, lower strength and shorten the pavement's life, so a low number can hide a thin slab. Then check that each bid covers the same joints, sealant and accessible spaces.
How long does a concrete parking lot last, and what upkeep does it need?
With a design fitted to the lot and its traffic, a concrete lot can give good service for many years with little upkeep. Most of that upkeep is joint sealant, and federal highway guidance puts hot-poured at about 3 to 8 years, silicone at 8 to 10 and preformed seals up to 20, with the price climbing in that order.
We pour more than lots. See our other concrete work.
- Concrete driveway building
- 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 footings
- Foundation raising
- Concrete cutting
Parking lot, footings or slab work? Call for a free estimate.
Mention any other concrete on the job, like walks or a slab, and we'll set a time to come look at it all in one visit.
(928) 291-0009