Concrete Contractors in Vail, AZ

People searching for concrete contractors in Vail usually live in one of two settings: a newer subdivision with a builder driveway and small back slab, or a larger rural lot that needs a long drive, a shop floor or a place to park equipment. Vail sits about 24 miles southeast of Tucson at roughly 3,238 feet. It had 2,484 residents in 2000, 10,208 in 2010 and 13,604 in 2020, and the 2020 census counted 45.5 percent of residents in rural areas. We work on both sides of that line.

A railroad stop by Cienega Creek

Vail began as a siding and water stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad, on the last stretch of flat land before the tracks dropped into the Cienega Creek bed. It is named for ranchers Edward and Walter Vail; Walter owned the nearby Empire Ranch, now part of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area. The creek and the Rincon Mountains are close, which means lots here often have real slope and natural drainage paths running through them. We look at where water already goes before we decide where a slab should sit.

Rural lots need bigger concrete

On acreage, the requests change. We pour shop and barn slabs, pads for RVs, trailers and tractors, and long driveway sections where gravel keeps washing out. Heavier loads call for a thicker slab and a well-compacted base, and we usually thicken the edges where trucks turn. On dirt or gravel drives, a concrete apron at the road and a pad at the garage often solve the worst of the washouts without paving the whole run.

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Ground and weather at 3,200 feet

Vail is higher than Tucson, so winter nights run a little cooler, but the summer heat and the monsoon storms are the same story. Many southern Arizona soils have a layer of lime-cemented caliche, UA Extension notes, anywhere from a few inches to several feet thick, and it slows drainage. We dig test spots on the estimate and plan the base and the drainage around what is down there.

Vail is a census-designated place, not a town; incorporation was voted down in 2013 and again in 2023. That means Pima County handles permits. Lots along washes can fall inside a regulatory floodplain, where the county requires a Floodplain Use Permit before improvements go in, so we check maps for properties near Cienega Creek and its tributaries.

What Vail homeowners ask us for

• Driveway replacement and widening in subdivisions
• Shop, garage and barn floors
• RV, trailer and equipment pads
• Back patios and covered-patio slabs
• Walks and steps from the drive to the entry
• Aprons and pads to stop gravel washouts

Call (520) 619-2611 to set up a visit anywhere in Vail, from the Colossal Cave side to the newer neighborhoods off Houghton Road.