Concrete Contractors Ventura County | Master Construction

Concrete Contractors Serving Ventura County

Concrete is unforgiving, and the concrete contractor you hire decides whether you live with cracks for 30 years. Master Construction has poured driveways, patios, walkways, slabs, and foundations across Ventura County since 1994. Our licensed, family owned crews (Lic. #1027281) do the groundwork properly so your concrete stays flat, drains right, and lasts.

Built From the Ground Down

Good concrete starts below the surface with compacted base, correct thickness, proper reinforcement, and control joints placed where the slab wants to crack anyway. We engineer for your soil and slope, plan drainage so water runs away from your home, and finish to the texture you want, from smooth troweled to broom finished to stamped. Washed concrete, also called exposed aggregate, earns its popularity here. The exposed stone grips wet feet around pools, hides tire marks, and shrugs off coastal weather, so we finish plenty of Ventura County driveways and pool decks that way.

Pour day is choreography. The base gets a final compaction pass and a light wetting so it does not pull water out of the mix. Rebar sits up on chairs in the middle of the slab, not on the dirt where it does nothing. We screed to grade, float after the bleed water is gone rather than before, and cut control joints to a quarter of slab depth the same day, before the slab decides where to crack on its own.

Our Concrete Process

Every pour follows the same disciplined steps:

  • Layout and design. We mark the exact footprint, grade, and drainage plan with you.
  • Demo and excavation. Old concrete out, ground cut to proper depth.
  • Forming and reinforcement. Forms set true, rebar or mesh placed correctly.
  • Pour and finish. The right mix placed, screeded, and finished for your application.
  • Cure and seal. Proper curing time and sealing for a longer life.

Concrete Contractors Backed by a General Contractor

Beyond flatwork, we pour footings, foundations, retaining walls, and slabs for additions and ADUs as part of our general contracting work. That means engineering, inspections, and waterproofing are all handled in house, and your project moves from dirt to framing without waiting on a separate concrete sub.

Ventura County soil is the hidden variable. Much of Camarillo, Oxnard, and Santa Paula sits on expansive clay that swells with the winter rains and shrinks all summer, which is what heaves and tilts slabs poured straight on native dirt. We compact imported base over the clay, thicken slab edges, and pitch everything so runoff moves away from foundations. The same discipline scales to HOA sidewalks and commercial pads, poured in phases so residents and customers always keep a path in.

Pouring in the city of Ventura? Our concrete in Ventura page covers the sand, the slopes and the salt that shape those jobs.

  • Driveways & walkways
  • Patios & pool decks
  • Foundations & footings
  • Retaining walls
  • Garage & ADU slabs
  • Stamped & decorative finishes
  • Washed & exposed aggregate
  • Concrete removal & replacement
  • Drainage & grading

Proudly serving Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, Simi Valley, Moorpark, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Santa Paula, Fillmore, Ojai, Port Hueneme, Somis, and Calabasas, plus all of Ventura & Los Angeles Counties.

Questions

Concrete - FAQ

Why did my driveway or patio crack?

Concrete cracks. The question is whether it cracked where it was supposed to. Control joints cut at the right spacing and depth direct cracking into straight hidden lines. Random cracking usually means missing or shallow joints, a poor base, or a slab poured too thin for its use.

Can you match new concrete to an existing slab?

Color matching cured concrete is difficult and honest contractors say so up front. Cement color, aggregate, and years of weathering all differ. Where an exact match matters, a finish treatment across both surfaces or a deliberate contrast usually looks better than a near miss.

Do I need a permit to pour a driveway or slab?

Flatwork on private property usually does not require a permit, but a new driveway approach into the public right of way normally does, and structural slabs and footings always do. Requirements differ by city. We confirm before we pour.

How much does a new driveway cost in Ventura County?

Square footage matters less than people assume. Access for trucks and equipment, demo and haul off of the old slab, base depth over poor soil, reinforcement, and the finish drive the number. A stamped patio takes more labor than a broom finish. We measure, check the ground, and quote a fixed scope, so the price does not move once the forms are set.

How long does a new driveway take?

Usually three to five working days. Demo and excavation first, then forming, base compaction, and inspection of the prep, then the pour and finish in a single day. Cure time before you park on it comes on top of that. Weather can move a pour date, and we would rather slip a day than pour ahead of rain.

What do you do about expansive clay soil?

Clay swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and a slab poured straight on it goes along for the ride. We over excavate, compact imported base in lifts, add reinforcement, and slope the surrounding grade so water never ponds against the slab. The same ground prep decides whether pavers and hardscape stay flat too.

How long before I can drive on new concrete?

Foot traffic comes first, vehicles considerably later, and full design strength later still. We give you the specific hold times for your pour and your weather at the time of the job rather than a rule of thumb that gets slabs cracked.

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