Concrete Curbs & Gutters in Lawrence, KS

A curb and gutter passes when the flow line holds a continuous fall to the inlet, the line and grade match the survey, and the joints align with the pavement so it drains and holds under load. In Lawrence the load comes in waves.

The city runs from the University of Kansas and Mass Street through the 23rd Street and Iowa corridors to expanding industrial along K-10 and I-70, and event days drive intense, pulsed traffic that older South Iowa lots from the 1980s-90s were never built for.

Lawrence spans the Wakarusa valley and the Oread rise, and the valley and North Lawrence floodplain carry expansive soil that heaves when it takes on water; per KDHE mapping this is the expansive ground below the Oread. Under a gutter that heave pulls the flow line off grade, so we compact and drain the subgrade and run slipform curb on the long runs. The joints are saw-cut to the pavement and the concrete is air-entrained 4,000-PSI, against the freeze-thaw the NOAA record shows for Douglas County and the de-icing salt behind it.

We build the same curb and gutter across the K-10 corridor — in Eudora, De Soto, and Olathe. Ford rates 4.9 stars across 29 Google reviews for concrete flatwork across the KC metro.