Professional Asphalt Paving Contractor in Riverside CA - Pavement That Handles the Heat

Riverside is the largest city in the Inland Empire, and it has a property mix that most paving contractors do not fully account for. Older homes near downtown - some dating to the late 1800s - have driveways and flatwork that was installed long before modern materials and base standards. Mid-century ranch homes across the city have original concrete that is now 50 to 70 years old. Newer suburban tracts on the north and east sides are hitting the age where the first round of serious paving repairs is due. Each situation calls for a different approach.

The clay-heavy soils under much of Riverside create ongoing ground movement that stresses pavement from below - the same soils that shift driveways in Moreno Valley extend throughout this region. Add to that the triple-digit summer temperatures that bake asphalt and accelerate oxidation, and the occasional Santa Ana wind events that knock over older structures and expose surfaces to sudden thermal changes, and you have a climate that demands pavement installed and maintained with local conditions in mind rather than generic specifications.

Riverside is the county seat of Riverside County and the largest city in the Inland Empire, with a population over 300,000. The city was founded in the early 1870s and grew into a major center of the California citrus industry - a history preserved today at the California Citrus State Historic Park. That agricultural past shaped the city's older neighborhoods, where streets were laid out around citrus groves and homes were built in Victorian, Craftsman, and Mission Revival styles. The landmark Mission Inn Hotel in downtown Riverside - one of the most recognized buildings in Southern California - anchors the historic core of the city. UC Riverside in the northeastern part of the city is one of the area's largest employers and institutions.

Riverside's housing stock reflects more than a century of growth, from the pre-war homes downtown to the mid-century ranch neighborhoods that cover much of the city's middle, to the stucco subdivisions and HOA communities added in the 1990s and 2000s. The city sits at the intersection of the 91, 60, and 215 freeways, making it a major hub for commuters and commercial traffic throughout the Inland Empire. We cover all of Riverside as part of our broader service territory, and we also serve Perris to the south and Redlands to the east.