Concrete hardscape construction

Beyond patios and driveways, most yards need supporting concrete work — walkways connecting spaces, steps handling grade changes, curbing to separate beds from lawn, or footings for structures like pergolas.

This is the connective-tissue concrete work that makes the rest of a landscape plan function, sized and finished to match the rest of your hardscape.

Steps and walkways follow their own rules: residential steps are built to a consistent rise of about 6–7 inches and a run (depth) of 11–12 inches per code and comfort standards — inconsistent step heights are a trip hazard and one of the most common mistakes in DIY or under-engineered hardscape. Footings for anything structural, like a pergola post or a retaining feature, get poured below the local frost line — roughly 30 inches in the Salt Lake Valley — so freeze-thaw heaving doesn't shift the structure above it over time.

We plan this work as part of the overall grading and hardscape design, so walkways and steps land at the right elevation and slope the first time.

Small concrete elements are exactly where corner-cutting shows up fastest — we hold the same base and reinforcement standards here as we do on a full driveway or patio.

Step rise and run stay consistent across every step in a run, and footings go below frost depth every time — both are easy to shortcut and both are exactly where cheap hardscape work fails first.