Concrete Contractors in Roeland Park, KS

Roeland Park names sidewalk and driveway replacement as permit work, and that shapes how concrete contractors in Roeland Park plan most front-of-house jobs. The city's Right-of-Way Permitting page says permits are required for work in the right-of-way, including sidewalk and driveway replacement. We handle that permit and its paperwork when your project reaches the street.

What the city asks for

Along with the application, Roeland Park Public Works asks for:

• A sketch or engineering plans of the work
• A traffic control plan if a lane will be narrowed or closed
• A $5,000 surety bond covering a two-year maintenance period
• Commercial general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate

The two-year maintenance bond is the city's way of making sure work in the public strip holds up. We build approaches and public walk sections to last well beyond that.

A streetcar suburb grown older

Roeland Park was named for John Roe, an Irish immigrant who settled 267 acres here in 1883. William Strang developed the area in 1905 as a streetcar suburb called Southridge, served by his Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway. Single-family building sped up in the late 1930s and 1940s, and the city was incorporated in 1951. Its population peaked at 9,760 in 1970 and was 6,871 in 2020. Many of today's homes are 75 years old or more.

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Typical Roeland Park projects

Older homes on small lots tend to have the same few concrete problems. Single-car driveways have cracked into pieces or been patched with asphalt. Front walks have lifted at tree roots or sunk near the steps. Concrete stoops have pulled away from the house or have crumbling treads. Detached garages often sit on old, broken slabs. We replace these in a way that suits the age of the house: clean broom finishes, tidy joints, and steps with even risers.

Drainage on a dense city grid

Roeland Park covers only 1.62 square miles with no water area, and lots are close together. That leaves little room to move water. When we replace a driveway, we check that it sheds water to the street and not into the garage. When we pour a patio, we slope it away from the foundation toward the yard and keep runoff from heading onto the next lot. The city also notes that yard maintenance in the right-of-way is the abutting owner's job, so new concrete there should be easy to mow around and keep tidy.

Kansas City winters

Road salt, freeze-thaw cycles and plowed snow are the main enemies of exterior concrete here. Air-entrained mixes, a proper cure and a sealer on driveways help a new slab resist scaling. We explain each of those choices in the quote.

What we do in Roeland Park

• Driveways: replacements and approaches with the city permit
• Sidewalks and steps: public walk sections, front walks and stoops
• Patios: new slabs and replacements
• Stamped concrete: patios and garden paths
• Garage and shed slabs: new slabs for detached garages
• Repair and replacement: cracked, sunken or lifted sections

Call (913) 355-6902 to set up a visit.