ADA-compliant, level, and built to last
South Davis, Wildhorse, and El Macero — energy-efficient, sustainable concrete designs that match Davis's green ethos. Our sidewalk installation crew serves Davis and surrounding Yolo neighborhoods with the same engineered specs, written warranty, and licensed crew we use on every Sacramento-metro pour.
20+
Years in Sacramento
500+
Projects Completed
4.9★
Customer Rating
2yr
Workmanship Warranty
ADA-compliant, level, and built to last
Sacramento-metro specialty
About this service
Sidewalks are simple slabs — and yet they're some of the most common slabs to fail. Tree roots heave them, settled sub-base sinks them, and after a few years of differential movement, the trip hazards start to add up. In Sacramento, sidewalks in the public right-of-way are also a homeowner liability issue: when a section becomes a tripping hazard, the city can require the homeowner to replace it.
Whether you need a new walkway through the yard, a replacement of a section in front of your house, or an ADA-compliant path from the parking area to a business entrance, we build sidewalks that don't move. Sub-base prep, fiber-mesh or rebar reinforcement, control joints every 5 feet, a broom finish for grip, and root barriers where mature trees are within 10 feet of the walk.
Public-right-of-way work requires a City of Sacramento encroachment permit, which we pull. ADA work (cross-slope, running slope, detectable warnings at curb cuts, smooth transitions at driveway crossings) is handled to current standards. The crew that pours residential walkways is the same crew that pours commercial ADA paths — same training, same standards.
Working in Davis
Every Yoloneighborhood has its own soil, drainage, and permitting realities. Here's what we've learned pouring concrete in Davis.
Davis sits on alkaline alluvial Yolo soil with a relatively high water table in winter. The biggest concrete consideration here is the city's extensive bicycle infrastructure — properties often have side-yard bike paths or greenbelt connections that require specific finish textures and ADA-compliant transitions. Summer heat in Davis routinely tops 100°F, so we schedule pours pre-dawn and use a retarding admixture to keep working time reasonable.
City of Davis Public Works has specific bike-and-pedestrian-network requirements for any work touching the public path or sidewalk system — finish texture, slope, transition radius are all spec'd. We handle these submittals. UC Davis property has its own permit office; commercial work near campus needs that coordination. Davis is also strict on construction noise hours.
Driveway approaches that connect to the city's bike-path grid get a lot of our attention here — proper transitions are the whole job. Patio and outdoor-living work concentrates in Wildhorse, Mace Ranch, and Stonegate where lots are larger. Downtown Davis and Mace Ranch commercial give us a steady run of ADA upgrades, exterior flatwork, and bike-rack pad work.
Davis neighborhoods we cover
7 areas · same crew, same spec
What's Included
These are the specifications and details we build in by default. Not upgrades. Not extras. Standard scope on every project.
Cross-slope ≤2%, running slope ≤5% (or up to 8.33% as ramp with handrails), 48-inch minimum width, smooth transitions. Compliant for businesses and a courtesy on residential.
Where mature trees are within 10 feet, we install vertical HDPE root barriers between trunk and walkway to prevent the inevitable heave you'd otherwise see in 5–8 years.
Fiber-mesh reinforcement standard for residential walks, with #3 rebar grid available where heavier loads are expected. No concrete poured without reinforcement.
Saw-cut control joints at 5-foot maximum spacing on 4-inch walks. Joint depth at D/4, cut within 12 hours, so cracks occur at the planned joint instead of randomly.
Truncated-dome detectable warning panels installed at all curb-cut ramps per ADA. Cast-in-place or set-in-mortar style, both options offered.
Public right-of-way sidewalk work requires a City of Sacramento encroachment permit. We pull it, schedule the inspection, and close it out.
Our Process
Walk the route with you, set grade for slope compliance, pull encroachment permit if in the public right-of-way.
Remove existing slab, grade subgrade, install Class II base, compact to 95% RC, set root barrier if needed.
Set forms to slope spec, place fiber mesh or rebar grid, prep edge details (curb returns, driveway crossings, ramps).
Pour concrete, screed, bull-float, edge, broom finish for grip. Saw-cut control joints within 12 hours at 5-foot spacing.
Curing compound applied. City inspector walks the work and signs off. Walk-through with the homeowner.
Technical Specifications
Most contractors won't publish their specs. Ours are below — what we build to, every time.
Sidewalk Installation FAQ
Specific to sidewalk installation in Davis, CA
Still have questions?
Call us directly — we're happy to answer anything about your sidewalk installation project.
Call 877-542-9872Nearby Cities We Serve
Sacramento County · Placer County · Yolo County
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