CONCRETE & ASPHALT
IN GRAIN VALLEY, MO.
Max Paving provides full-service concrete and asphalt work across Grain Valley, MO and the surrounding Kansas City metro. Free proposals, in-house crews, family owned since 2014.
Concrete & Asphalt Services
For Grain Valley Properties
Whether you're a homeowner needing a new driveway, a property manager handling a parking lot, or a GC coordinating a commercial build, Max Paving KC handles every phase in-house, from excavation through finished surface.
Commercial & Residential Concrete
Driveways, parking lots, sidewalks, curbs, repair & replacement.
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Parking lots, driveways, overlays, milling, patching, repairs.
Learn more → 03Excavation, Site Prep & Drainage
Grading, subgrade prep, drainage, catch basins, water management.
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KC Metro Standards.
Grain Valley is home base for Max Paving. Our shop and equipment yard sit at 29803 SW Eagles Parkway, out on the west edge of town near the Blue Springs line, on the same road that runs past Grain Valley High School and Sni-A-Bar Elementary at Kirby Road. MoDOT's Improve I-70 project is adding a third lane each way through here, from just west of Route 7 in Blue Springs to about Route H, and it is scheduled to finish by the end of 2028. The first bridge that project completed was the rebuilt Lefholz Road crossing at mile marker 26, and Grain Valley worked with MoDOT and Oak Grove so that span could be converted into an interchange in the future. Wendell, our lead estimator and project manager, and Daniel, our contract administrator, put together every Grain Valley proposal between them, and the written proposal costs you nothing.
Most of the housing in Grain Valley went up in one long building run. The city's history page puts the population at 1,901 in 1990 and 5,160 in 2000, and the 2020 census counted 15,627. American Community Survey estimates for 2020 to 2024 put the median year built at 2002 for the town's roughly 6,400 housing units, and about 2,400 of those units date from 2000 through 2009, which makes plenty of local driveways and sidewalks somewhere around 20 years old. USDA soil data maps the ground at our yard as McGirk silt loam, a poorly drained soil whose subsoil runs 35 to 60 percent clay, and in most years undisturbed McGirk has a water table 6 to 18 inches down sometime from November to May. The same survey rates McGirk, and the Arisburg soil mapped around City Hall, as very limited for local roads and streets, citing shrink-swell along with low strength, and it also flags frost action on both. So when we price a replacement slab in town, we first check which way the water drains and how far the old slab has moved.
Anything we build in the city right-of-way follows Grain Valley's Standard Detail Drawings, revised in September 2022, and contractors working on city infrastructure must keep a copy in the field. Those sheets cap the slope across a public sidewalk at a quarter inch per foot, and the ramp details hold ramp slopes to an inch per foot or less with a broom finish. On private property, Section 400.290 of the zoning code requires concrete drives and parking for new construction in the R-1 through R-2 residential districts platted after that chapter was adopted, and Section 400.230 requires concrete for the drive to a new detached garage in those districts. We dig out and build the base with our own crews ahead of the concrete or asphalt, and those crews work on houses and businesses alike. On a standard mix, plan on about 7 days before you drive on it. With a faster-curing mix, which costs extra, that drops to 2 to 3 days, and either way the concrete needs 30 days to fully cure.
- Commercial parking lots, drives, and flatwork
- Residential driveways, sidewalks, and patios
- HOA and multifamily work, scheduled around residents
- Industrial concrete pads and heavy-duty asphalt
- Municipal and church maintenance contracts
- Free onsite proposals, with callbacks the same or next business day
Paving In Grain Valley: FAQs
Does every curb or sidewalk cut in Grain Valley need its own permit?
Yes, and it has to be issued before the saw touches anything. Section 505.050 of the city code says no one may cut or excavate in, through or under a street, sidewalk, alley, easement or other public right-of-way without a permit, and each cut needs its own. The city takes Right-of-Way and Driveway Permit applications online, and the right-of-way application asks for a Missouri One Call ticket number and plans showing the area the work will affect. Under Section 505.090 the permit runs 30 days from the day it is issued, and the work must be done before it expires. We confirm the current requirements with the city when a job is booked and set the pour date with that 30-day clock in mind.
Is a commercial driveway approach in Grain Valley poured thicker than one at a house?
Yes. The city's driveway detail sets a 6-inch minimum thickness for a residential approach and 8 inches for commercial and industrial ones. Concrete for sidewalks, curbs and pavement in city right-of-way, driveways included, has to meet the KCMMB 4K standard. Approaches can be up to 35 feet wide for residential and commercial drives and 50 feet for industrial ones, and the street sections show the public sidewalk going from 4 inches thick to 6 where a drive crosses it. On streets with ribbon curb, the driveway detail notes a minimum 7-day cure, or a passing strength test, before traffic goes on. Past the right-of-way line, we size the rest of the driveway for what will be driving on it.
Can my downspouts and sump pump drain toward the street in Grain Valley?
Not all the way to the curb. Section 505.032 says water from sump pumps, downspouts and foundation drains can't be discharged closer than 5 feet to an adjoining property line or closer than 10 feet to the back of the curb. Those lines can tie into an available storm box, but only with the City Engineer's approval first. A new driveway often changes where that water ends up, especially when an old downspout used to spill across the slab toward the street. We plan for drainage on every job, so if a downspout or sump line is going to dump too close to the curb or the neighbor's yard, the proposal stage is the time to bring it up and plan where it goes.
What is the thinnest pavement Grain Valley's code allows in a business parking lot?
Section 400.290 of the zoning code calls for a permanent dust-free surface, with minimums of 4 inches of concrete, or an inch and a half of asphalt over either a 6-inch rolled stone base or a 4-inch asphalt base. In commercial and industrial districts, parking areas and access drives also need a concrete curb, or an integral sidewalk and curb, with a vertical face, and building a new lot or expanding one takes a city permit. That is the least the code accepts, not what every lot needs. Where loaded trucks stop and turn, on truck lanes and dock aprons, we typically pour 8 to 10 inches of concrete depending on many factors, on a base and drainage designed around that weight.
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