Caliber Little Rock Concrete Company pours driveways, patios, steps, slabs and foundations for homeowners, builders and property owners in Ward, AR, and we dig out and pack the ground before any concrete shows up.
Ward is a growing city in Lonoke County, and you can see it from the road. New subdivisions keep going in beside older houses on bigger country lots, so our calls out here run from a first driveway on a brand-new house to tearing out a cracked slab that's been there for decades. It's the same crew and the same way of working we bring to Cabot and Jacksonville.
That mix shapes the job. On a new-build lot the dirt was usually pushed in and graded, not packed, so we dig it out and build a real base. On an older place it's more often about where the water's been running all these years and what the old slab was sitting on.
A Ward driveway starts with digging out soft fill and packing a base, then a broom finish, the light texture that gives tires grip.
Explore serviceWant a patio off the back door? We set the slope so rain runs toward the yard, not the house, and size it for the table you'll use.
Explore serviceStamped concrete gets a pattern pressed in while it's still wet, like stone or brick. The base under it gets the same dig and pack as plain concrete.
Explore serviceWe pour walks from the driveway to the front door and around the side of the house, with joints cut so cracks stay in straight lines.
Explore serviceA garage floor carries a truck every day, so we pack the subgrade, the dirt it sits on, and set steel where the load needs it.
Explore serviceColored concrete, exposed stone and borders let a slab match the house. I'll tell you which finishes hold up on a driveway and which belong on a patio.
Explore serviceWhen a yard drops off or the slope crowds the driveway, a concrete retaining wall holds the dirt back. Drainage behind the wall decides how long it stands.
Explore serviceInterior concrete floors for shops, barns and additions, poured level on a packed base with a finish picked for what the room does.
Explore serviceA pool deck needs a surface that isn't slick under bare feet and a slope that sends splash water to a drain instead of standing in puddles.
Explore serviceCracked or sinking front steps get torn out and re-formed with every step the same height, so nobody catches a toe coming up to the door.
Explore serviceFor builders putting up new houses in Ward's growing subdivisions, we pour slab foundations on a dug-out, packed pad with plumbing lines and steel set first.
Explore serviceFoundations for additions, shops and new homes, laid out to the plans and dug to firm ground so the building has something solid to sit on.
Explore serviceChurches, shops and small businesses get parking lots poured thick enough for delivery trucks, with a plan for where the rain goes off all that concrete.
Explore serviceFootings are the concrete that carries a porch, a deck post or a wall down to firm ground. We size and dig them before anything goes on top.
Explore serviceWhen a slab has settled and doors start sticking, we raise it back up and deal with the soft ground that let it drop in the first place.
Explore serviceNeed a doorway, a pipe trench or a broken section cut out? We saw-cut concrete with straight edges so the patch or new pour lines up.
Explore serviceIn Ward, building permits go through the city's Permitting Official. If your job turns out to need one, the pour waits on it, so I check with the city about your address before we set a date, and we handle the paperwork when a permit's required. We're fully licensed and insured, and you can check any contractor yourself, because Ward issues its own business license, the Occupation and Privilege License, and the city keeps a search for looking up a business.
What moves your price is how big the slab is and how thick it needs to be, how much soft dirt comes out and how much base goes back in, whether there's an old slab to break up and haul off, and the finish you pick. Plain broom finish costs less than stamped or colored work. The schedule turns on the permit question, the dig and base work, and curing, the wait while the concrete hardens before you put weight on it. You get your own number when I come out and look, and it's the same base-first work we do as a concrete contractor in Little Rock, AR.
Send the form and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I come out to your place in Ward, look at the ground and where the water goes, and give you the estimate myself, free and with no obligation. If you go ahead, our own crew does the work with me running it on site.
(501) 274-1092Check with the city before you pour, because Ward's permit list names new construction, changes to plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing, fences, sheds and demolition, but doesn't spell out a driveway or patio on its own. On our jobs I check with the city for your address and we handle the paperwork if a permit's required.
You apply in person at the Water Office in Ward City Hall, Monday through Friday between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm, or download the application from the city's license and permit page. City Hall closes for lunch from noon to 1, and the Permitting Official takes calls at (501) 843-7686 Ext. 101 and email at permitting@cityofward.com.
The city's Building Inspector does. The inspector reviews plans, inspects work while it's being built and makes site visits to see that local and national building codes are met, so when a job of ours has a permit, I plan the pour around any inspection the city wants.
It can still get hairline cracks, because concrete shrinks as it cures, but the big breaks and sinking on old slabs usually come from a soft base and joints that were cut late or skipped. We pack the base and cut joints so any crack follows a line we chose, and when I look at your old slab I'll tell you what went wrong with it.
We're based in Little Rock and work across the cities around it in central Arkansas, including the ones listed here. If you don't see your city, call and ask.
Call (501) 274-1092 or use the form, so I can look at the bare dirt or the old slab before any of your money goes into a finish.
If you've got a driveway, patio or set of steps in Ward that needs work, send us a note and we'll talk it through.
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