Concrete Contractors in Ashland, NE

Many people who look for concrete contractors in Ashland do so after a letter from the city. Ashland began a comprehensive sidewalk inspection and repair program in 2020. The city's page explains that under Nebraska Revised Statute 17-522 and Ashland municipal code 8-203, it may build and repair sidewalks as it deems necessary and assess the cost to the property in front of the sidewalk. Phase 2 covers the area between 18th and 30th Streets and Furnas and Birch Streets, where sidewalks were evaluated in summer 2023 and owners were to receive letters detailing the repairs required.

What to do with a repair letter

If you get a letter, start with the details: which panels are listed, what the defect is, and whether the city has set a timeline. The city says the repair timeline will be updated as it works with property owners. Once you know which panels need work, we can measure and give you a written price for replacing them, and if your driveway or front walk is in rough shape too, we can quote those at the same visit so the work gets done in one trip. Ashland's building permit form is posted on the city site, and we check with City Hall on what the job needs before we start.

A town shaped by three creeks

Ashland sits in a basin where Wahoo Creek, Silver Creek and Salt Creek converge, and that geography has caused intense flooding. The 2019 flood was a major reminder of how exposed the town's creek-basin ground is. For concrete, it means low lots can stay wet, and water that gets under a slab can freeze, wash out soil or float the base. We pay close attention to grade, set garage floors and patios high enough to drain and use a compacted rock base under every pour.

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A limestone ford and an old core

Ashland formed at a low-water limestone ledge on the bottom of Salt Creek, which was otherwise a mud-bottomed stream. The older core of town has homes whose walks and steps go back many decades. Those are often the panels on a sidewalk list: heaved by frost, broken by roots or worn down at the edges. Replacing them with properly jointed, air-entrained concrete on a good base solves the problem for years.

Newer homes from the building boom

Proximity to Interstate 80, and a 30-minute drive to either Omaha or Lincoln, led to a building boom in Ashland in the late 1990s and 2000s. Houses from those years now have driveways and patios 20 years old or more. Common work there includes sunken garage panels, cracked aprons and patios that have tipped toward the house.

Ashland projects we take on

• Public sidewalk panel replacement in front of your property
• Driveway and approach replacement
• Front steps and stoops
• Patios, plain or stamped
• Garage floors and shed pads

Call (531) 217-5944 to schedule an estimate.