Concrete Sidewalks, Walkways & Curb and Gutter
Concrete sidewalks, walkways, ADA access routes, curb and gutter, valley gutter and ribbon curb, formed and poured to municipal and DOT specification.
- Sidewalks and walkways
- ADA access routes and ramps
- Curb and gutter
- Valley gutter and ribbon curb
- Commercial and municipal work
- Subdivision flatwork
Sidewalks, walkways, curb and gutter are the concrete most people never think about until something goes wrong with them — a lifted panel, a curb that doesn’t drain, an access route that fails an inspection.
Pave-Way has been forming and pouring flatwork across the CSRA since 1978, for subdivisions, commercial property, municipal work and homeowners, on both sides of the river.
What we pour
Sidewalks and walkways. Residential, commercial, subdivision and municipal.
ADA access routes and ramps. Accessible routes from parking to entrance, ramps with proper landings and detectable warnings, slopes and cross slopes to current requirements.
Curb and gutter. Formed and poured to municipal and DOT specification, tied into the storm system we install.
Valley gutter. Shallow concrete channel carrying water across a driveway or intersection at grade.
Ribbon curb. A low, flat edge where a site wants a defined pavement boundary without a raised barrier.
Commercial and subdivision flatwork. Islands, pads for site furniture, access aprons, loading areas and walkways.
Curb and drainage are the same job
Curb and gutter exists to control where water goes. Poured without reference to the storm system it is supposed to feed, it becomes an expensive concrete edge that holds water in the wrong places.
We install the catch basins, the piping and the curb, so the elevations are set by one company against one plan. On a subdivision or a commercial site, that means the gutter line actually falls to the inlet, the inlet is set at the right elevation, and nobody discovers the mismatch after the asphalt is down.
This is one of the clearest cases where doing the whole sequence is not a sales line. Curb, storm and pavement have to agree with each other to within tolerances that are easy to miss when three contractors are each responsible for one of them.
ADA work
Accessibility is the most common thing we find wrong on older commercial properties, and it is rarely deliberate — most of it is property that predates the requirements, or routes that were re-poured at some point by somebody working from the previous layout.
What we see most: running slope or cross slope outside tolerance, ramps without proper landings, missing or worn detectable warnings, and accessible routes that exist on paper but are interrupted by a curb, a step or a slope in practice.
We lay these out and pour them to current requirements. Because we replace rather than patch, non-compliant sections come out and new concrete goes in, rather than something being ground or overlaid into approximate tolerance.
Replacement, not patching
We replace, we don’t repair. A cracked or lifted sidewalk panel failed for a reason — roots underneath, or a base that was never compacted and has settled.
Grinding a lifted panel flat leaves the root exactly where it was, and it will lift again. Pouring a skim over a settled panel leaves the void underneath.
We take out the affected panels, deal with what caused the failure, rebuild the base and pour new. On a trip hazard in a commercial walkway that distinction is not academic — it is the difference between a solved liability and a deferred one.
Work we don’t take on
Our concrete work is flatwork and infrastructure. We do not do decorative or stamped finishes, staining or sealing, epoxy or garage floor coatings, retaining walls, pools or pool decks, masonry or block, or interlocking pavers and brick.
Where we work
Augusta, Evans, Martinez, Grovetown, Hephzibah, Aiken and North Augusta, and further for larger site packages.
Bonded, licensed and insured in Georgia and South Carolina. Free estimates from either office.
Common questions
- What kind of concrete work do you do, and what don't you?
- Our concrete work is flatwork and infrastructure — driveways, sidewalks, walkways, ADA access routes, curb and gutter, valley gutter, ribbon curb and parking areas, along with the drainage that goes underneath them. We do not do decorative or stamped finishes, staining or sealing, epoxy or garage floor coatings, retaining walls, pools or pool decks, masonry or block work, or interlocking pavers and brick. We would rather tell you now than send a crew to look at something we don't do.
- Do you install curb and gutter to municipal specification?
- Yes. Subdivision, commercial and road work in both Georgia and South Carolina, formed and poured by our crews to municipal and DOT specification, and tied into the storm system we install. Because we build the drainage as well as the curb, the two are designed to work together rather than being handed between contractors and hoping the elevations match.
- Can you make an existing sidewalk ADA compliant?
- Usually, and it is common work. The issues we find most often on older properties are running slope or cross slope out of tolerance, ramps without proper landings or detectable warnings, and routes from accessible parking that are technically present but not compliant. Because we replace rather than patch, we take out the non-compliant sections and pour new to current requirements rather than trying to grind or overlay something into tolerance.
- Why do sidewalks crack and lift?
- Two usual causes. Roots, where a tree has grown under a panel and lifted it — that is a trip hazard and a liability, not a cosmetic problem. Or a base that was never compacted and has settled unevenly. Both are fixed by removing the affected panels, dealing with the cause, rebuilding the base and pouring new. Grinding a lifted panel level treats the symptom and leaves the root exactly where it was.
- What is valley gutter and when would I need it?
- Valley gutter is a shallow concrete channel that carries water across a driveway or intersection rather than requiring a pipe underneath. It is common in subdivisions and on commercial sites where water has to cross a traffic route at grade. Ribbon curb is a low, flat curb used where you want an edge and a defined pavement boundary without a raised barrier. Which one a site needs is usually set by the plan, and we pour all of them.
Related work
Free estimates, either office
Tell us about the site and we’ll come look at it. No obligation, and no charge for the estimate.