Driveway, parking lot and access road paving for a small village on the county's northwest side.
Free estimates25% off
Few places in St. Louis County are smaller. A handful of households and Grace Church sit here, and most of the village land has been a landfill since 1974. Bill Bangert, a former Berkeley mayor, founded the village in 1959 with a plan for a 115,000-seat domed stadium that the state blocked.
What is left is a small village in the warehouse and highway country of northwest St. Louis County. We pave driveways, church and business lots and access roads, with a base built for truck traffic and grades set to move water off the surface rather than into it. Call (866) 490-7680 for a free estimate and 25% off.
Home drives are few here, and each still comes down to the same three things: rock compacted in layers, a surface pitched so water runs off, and edges that hold under turning tires. A residential drive typically takes 2 to 3 inches of compacted hot mix over a compacted aggregate base. Where a drive doubles as truck or trailer parking, both the rock and the asphalt get thicker.
Driveway pavingChurch parking, shop yards and small business lots make up most of the paved surface in a village this size. Delivery trucks and equipment concentrate weight, so the base is sized for them rather than for cars. We slope the surface toward a planned outlet, keep runoff off the building pad, and stripe once the asphalt has set.
Parking lot pavingAccess roads, gate aprons and service drives take constant heavy turning, which is what tears thin asphalt apart. We grade, crown and compact rock in lifts, then pave to the load rather than to the width. Firm shoulders matter here, because trucks run their outside wheels right at the pavement edge.
Road constructionBeyond driveways and lots, we handle the everyday asphalt work around Champ: overlays on sound pavement, full-depth patches where the base gave out, walking paths, sport courts and shop aprons. You get a straight answer on whether to repair or replace.
Asphalt paving
Northwest county ground is rolling upland with the clay-heavy soils common around St. Louis, and clay holds water, swells, then shrinks. Fill ground of any kind settles unevenly for years. Freeze-thaw winters open the cracks that settlement starts. We check the base, compact properly and build drainage before paving.
When you compare bids, ask each contractor for three numbers in writing: the compacted asphalt thickness, the base depth, and what happens to the water. Those three decide how long the surface lasts.
Typical ranges. Your Champ estimate is sized to the soil, the traffic and the drainage on your property.
Straight answers for Champ homeowners and property managers. Anything else, call (866) 490-7680.
It depends what is under it. Fill keeps settling for years, and asphalt laid over uneven settlement cracks along the same lines. We look at what is there, build extra base where it is needed, and say plainly if a site needs more than a paving crew.
Yes. Carrying truck weight is about base depth and compaction more than asphalt thickness. We size the rock for the heaviest vehicle that will park or turn there, then lay hot mix thick enough to spread that load. Estimates are free and come with 25% off.
Hot-mix asphalt needs warm air and warm ground to compact properly, and the plants serving Champ typically run from spring into late fall. Winter is a good time to get your estimate and book a spot for the season.
Yes, widening is routine work in Champ. The added strip gets its own base, is tied into the existing pavement with a clean edge so the seam does not open, and is rolled with the rest so the surface reads as one driveway.
We pave all around Champ, across St. Louis County and the rest of greater St. Louis on both sides of the river.
| Town | County | Miles from Champ |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland Heights, MO | St. Louis County | 2.2 |
| Bridgeton, MO | St. Louis County | 2.8 |
| St. Ann, MO | St. Louis County | 3.8 |
| Hazelwood, MO | St. Louis County | 4.6 |
| Edmundson, MO | St. Louis County | 4.8 |
| St. Charles, MO | St. Charles County | 4.8 |
| Breckenridge Hills, MO | St. Louis County | 5.0 |
| Woodson Terrace, MO | St. Louis County | 5.2 |
| Overland, MO | St. Louis County | 5.7 |
| Creve Coeur, MO | St. Louis County | 5.8 |
Free on-site estimates and 25% off. Driveways, parking lots and private roads in Champ and the towns around it.
Tell us what you want paved and where. We'll call to set up a time to walk the site, measure, and give you a written quote with your 25% off.