Concrete Contractors in Rillito, AZ

Being concrete contractors in Rillito means working in a place where cement is the local industry. Rillito is a small census-designated place in Pima County, completely surrounded by the Town of Marana. Its largest business is Arizona Portland Cement, a cement producer. The community has had a post office since the 1920s, and the 85654 ZIP code area counted 148 residents in 2000. It is a small place, but the homes here need the same driveways, pads, patios and repairs as anywhere else in the metro.

A community split by a road

Avra Valley Road divides Rillito into northern and southern sections for school and police assignments, and the Rillito Vista Community Center, a regional park and recreation center, sits in the middle. Lots here tend to have room for vehicles and equipment, so pads and wider driveways are common requests alongside patios and walks.

Slabs for heavier use

When a slab will hold a truck, trailer or equipment, we size it for that load: thicker concrete, a well-compacted base, and thickened edges where wheels come on and off. Control joints go in at the right spacing so any cracking happens in straight, planned lines. When a new slab meets an old one, we tie them together or separate them depending on how each needs to move.

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Water and ground in the Santa Cruz valley

Rillito sits inside Marana, in the low Santa Cruz River valley. The Marana Wikipedia page records severe flash floods during Tropical Storm Claudia in 1962, and in 1983 nearly the whole town flooded during Tropical Storm Octave, considered the worst flood in Pima County history. That history is why drainage comes first in every plan we make here: slabs pitched away from buildings, edges deep enough to resist sheet flow, and a clear path for water to leave the lot.

UA Extension notes that many southern Arizona soils contain caliche, lime-cemented soil from a few inches to several feet thick, which slows drainage. We dig test spots before quoting.

Permits

Rillito is a census-designated place, so we confirm with Pima County which permits apply. In unincorporated Pima County, improvements within a regulatory floodplain, including areas along washes and areas of sheet flooding, need a Floodplain Use Permit before construction, and we check that for lots near a wash.

Rillito projects

• Driveway replacement and widening
• Truck, trailer and equipment pads
• Patios and covered-patio slabs
• Walks and steps
• Repair of cracked or settled slabs

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