Road Base Delivery Near Houston: Crushed Concrete, Limestone, and Gravel

Know what suppliers may call road base

Searches for road base, driveway base, limestone base, crushed concrete base, recycled concrete aggregate, flex base, and caliche can describe different products or specifications. Ask for the gradation, maximum particle size, fines content, source, and approved use instead of assuming two names mean the same material.

Match the material to the finished job

A temporary construction entrance, rural driveway, parking area, equipment pad, and engineered pavement section do not have the same requirements. Share the traffic type, current surface, drainage, soft areas, desired finish, and whether the aggregate will remain exposed or support another surface.

• Crushed or recycled concrete may be considered for compactable working surfaces and base applications.
• Crushed limestone is available in different gradations for base and finished-surface uses.
• Clean gravel or drainage stone does not compact like a graded material containing fines.
• Engineered or public work must follow the project plans and approved specifications.

Price the delivered and placed plan

Compare product price together with load size, delivery distance, minimums, fuel or environmental charges, truck access, spreading, grading, compaction, and any separate top course. A lower price per ton can still cost more if the material or delivery plan does not fit the site.

Prepare the site before the truck arrives

Address unsuitable soil, standing water, drainage, grade, utilities, legal access, overhead clearance, turning room, and the approved dump location before delivery. Additional rock alone usually does not correct a failed subgrade or drainage problem.