Owner-operated · Columbia, Missouri
Flatwork, drains, and earthwork built by the hands that planned it. Driveways, patios, and water problems handled right the first time — and built on a base that holds up through a full mid-Missouri freeze-thaw year.
What we do
The concrete, drainage, and dirt that everything else sits on. Get the base and the water right and it lasts; cut corners there and you're tearing it out in two years. You deal with the people doing the work, start to finish.
Driveways, patios, sidewalks, garage and shop floors, steps, and aprons. Broom, stamped, or exposed-aggregate finish — poured on a compacted base with control joints cut where they belong, so it doesn't crack and heave the first freeze-thaw.
French drains, area drains, downspout and sump tie-ins, and re-grading to pull water away from the foundation. Mid-Missouri clay holds water and a wet basement only gets worse — this is the fix.
Digging, hauling, and shaping dirt. Building pads, footings, backfill, lot re-grades, and the rough and finish grade that sets up a clean pour or a yard that finally drains.
Culverts, swales, ditch grading, and driveway approaches tied into the county road. Work inside drainage and utility easements done to spec and built to carry real water.
Poured and segmental-block retaining walls and Missouri limestone hardscape — holding back a slope, leveling a yard, or finishing an edge so it stays put.
Recent work
01
Water pooled against the foundation every time it rained hard. We cut in a French drain, re-graded the back lot to move water out to the street, and tied the downspouts in underground. First spring after the work: dry basement.
02
Bare clay and construction ruts when we started. We formed and poured a broom-finish driveway, apron, and back patio on a compacted base, with control joints cut to match the spans — set to ride out the freeze-thaw without cracking.
03
A long gravel drive that lost its base in every heavy rain, and a ditch that wouldn't carry. We set a new culvert, graded and crowned the drive, and poured a concrete approach where it meets the county road. Water moves now; the drive stays put.
How we work
We're a small crew, and you deal with the people actually doing the work — the same hands that look at the job, give you the number, and are on site when the concrete goes down. No sales rep, no subcontractors you've never met.
We sweat the parts you don't see — the base, the compaction, the fall on a drain line, the rebar and the joints. That's what decides whether concrete cracks and whether water actually leaves. We'd rather spend the extra hour on prep than come back and break out a slab in two years. And we'll tell you straight if there's a simpler, cheaper way to get where you're headed.
Fewer jobs, done right. That's the whole plan.
Where we work
Based in Columbia, working across Boone County and mid-Missouri. If you're nearby and don't see your town listed, ask — odds are we can get there.
Get a quote
A driveway, a patio, a drainage problem, a culvert that keeps washing out — send a few details and we'll get back to you to set up a walkthrough, usually within a couple of days.
Email us the detailsor write to contact@groundanddownllc.com