Concrete Contractors in Millican, TX

Millican is a small community about 14 miles southeast of College Station, and our concrete contractors work on Millican properties that are rural through and through. Wikipedia lists 240 residents in 2010 and about 4 square miles of land, at an elevation of 312 feet. Homes here are spread out, and most concrete projects revolve around getting vehicles, equipment and people across open ground without mud.

A place with an early start

Robert Hemphill Millican and his son settled the area in the 1820s. By 1845 it was known as Millican Crossroads, a post office opened in 1849, and from 1860 to 1867 Millican was the end of the line for the Houston and Texas Central Railway. A 2006 Texas Attorney General opinion found that Millican is not an incorporated municipality, so city-level rules that apply in Bryan or College Station may not apply here. We check with Brazos County on what your project needs instead.

The jobs that come up most

Driveways off a county road. A concrete drive from the road to the house ends ruts and washouts. We strip the topsoil, build a compacted base and pour with a cross slope so water runs off to the side ditches. Where the drive crosses the bar ditch, the culvert must be in place and backfilled before the slab goes over it.

Barn and shop slabs. Metal buildings and barns need level slabs with thickened edges and anchor bolts set to the plans. For stalls and feed rooms we use a broom finish for traction; for a workshop, a smooth trowel finish.

Patios and porches. A back patio or a wide front porch slab for watching the weather. Stamped concrete is an option if you want the look of stone.

Walkways between buildings. A simple 4-foot walk from the house to the shop keeps mud out of the house.

Repair of old slabs. Older rural slabs often have cracked corners or settled sections. We seal what can be sealed and replace what has failed.

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Curing a slab in open sun

Rural slabs often sit in full sun and wind with no shade at all. Both pull water from the surface fast. We start early on hot days, dampen the base before placing concrete and apply curing compound right after finishing. Keep equipment and trucks off a new slab for at least a week, and longer for heavy machinery, so it reaches enough strength first.

Soil and water in the south end of the county

The Handbook of Texas describes Brazos County as rolling prairie and woodland between the Navasota and Brazos rivers, with soils from alluvial to sandy and about 39 inches of rain a year. In practice, a rural Millican lot can have sandy topsoil over firmer clay, and low spots that stay wet after storms. We probe the ground where each slab will go, and if we hit soft or wet soil we dig it out and replace it with compacted base rather than pouring over it.

Planning around rural access

Concrete trucks are heavy. On a country property we plan their route so they do not cross septic lines, water lines or soft pasture. When a slab sits far from the driveway, we may use a pump or extend chutes. Tell us where your septic system and buried lines are, and we will mark a safe path before pour day.

If you are planning several projects, such as a driveway and a shop slab, we can sequence them so the heavy trucks for the shop come before the new driveway is poured.