Concrete Contractors in LaCrosse, FL

LaCrosse is a farming town, and concrete contractors in LaCrosse are usually asked to pour something that will work hard: an equipment pad, a barn floor, a shop slab, a driveway that holds up to trucks. The town sits about 15 miles north of Gainesville and counted 316 residents in 2020 across roughly 4.7 square miles. It was incorporated on December 17, 1897, named after early settlers from La Crosse, Wisconsin, and reincorporated in 1957. The surrounding area is known as the Potato District for its crops, along with tobacco, vegetables and cattle. We pour new concrete for homes and farms here and repair what has worn out.

Farm slabs sized to the load

A slab that holds a lawn mower and a slab that carries a loaded potato truck are two different things. For farm work we start by asking what will sit on the concrete, how often heavy equipment will cross it, and where the water goes when it rains. From there we pick thickness, base depth and reinforcement. Typical LaCrosse jobs include:

• Equipment and implement pads
• Barn aisles, wash bays and feed room floors
• Shop and pole building slabs
• Loading aprons and turnarounds
• Driveways and aprons at the county road

For engineered metal buildings, we pour from the supplier's foundation drawings so anchors and edges match the frame.

Homes in and around town

Residential work is usually practical: a driveway to replace a rutted sand drive, a carport slab, a back patio, steps and a landing at the door. LaCrosse Missionary Baptist Church dates to 1884, and the town's post office opened in 1881, so some homes here have concrete that has been patched and added to over many years. We look at what is worth keeping, replace what has failed and make the pieces work together.

Water and the Santa Fe floodplain

The Santa Fe River runs north of the area. When it flooded after Hurricane Irma in September 2017, Alachua County ordered a mandatory evacuation of the floodplain, including areas north of U.S. 441 in LaCrosse. On farms near low ground, we site slabs on the high side of the property where possible, set the top of the slab above the surrounding grade and give it a clear slope so water drains off. That keeps equipment and feed dry and stops water from undercutting the edges.

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Permits and county roads

The Town of LaCrosse is small, and many properties around it are unincorporated Alachua County. The county's Public Works department issues right-of-way connection permits for driveways onto county roads, including rural driveways, with a location inspection before construction and a final approval. Larger farm buildings often need a building permit too. We check what applies to your parcel and file the Sunshine 811 locate request at least two full business days before we dig. Call (352) 558-2464 to set up a visit.