Concrete contractor in Gorham, Maine

In Gorham, a new house needs a Driveway Entrance Permit with its building permit, and the driveway must meet Public Works specifications at the road.

• Code Division. Building permits run through the Code Division, with online permitting through SmartGov. The town's Code Enforcement FAQ requires foundations to be placed 48 inches below grade, and that is the depth we dig foundation footings to.
• Culverts. A driveway culvert must be smooth-bore HDPE or an approved equivalent, at least 15 inches inside diameter and 30 feet long, with 12 inches of gravel over it, per the driveway permit application.
• The apron must be 4 inches of bituminous concrete, at least 12 feet wide with 5-foot radii. That is asphalt, which we do not lay, so our concrete drive stops where the paved apron begins, and the apron is a separate paving job.
• Winter installs. A driveway put in over the winter needs a cash performance deposit for the paved apron, posted with the town. Public Works sets these specifications.
• Street openings. Chapter 255 allows none from November 1 to April 15 (§255-23H), and a street is closed to openings for five years after reconstruction (§255-22I). The same moratorium covers newly accepted subdivisions and developments, so in a new subdivision, settle the driveway entrance before the town accepts the street.

On Routes 4, 22, 25, 112, 114 and 237 and U.S. Route 202, the town permits entrances inside its urban compact limits and MaineDOT outside them, and on a state highway, MaineDOT's guide says replacing a driveway culvert is generally the owner's job.

Shoreland zoning reaches 250 feet from a river such as the Presumpscot and 75 feet from a stream, and driveways there sit at least 75 feet back from the water. Dig Safe covers anyone who makes or contracts for an excavation, so a homeowner who hires a dig is covered too; we make the 811 call before our digs, and the marking itself costs nothing.

We work in every part of Gorham's 50.59 square miles of land: Gorham Village and the University of Southern Maine campus, South Gorham, West Gorham, North Gorham, White Rock, and Little Falls, which the town plan notes is also called South Windham, plus Dingley Springs, the Flaggy Meadow-Narragansett area, the Burnham and Barstow Road areas, and Babb, Dog, Gag and Mosher corners. Mixers reach them on Routes 25, 4 and 202, on Routes 22 and 114 out of South Gorham to the Turnpike, and on Routes 112 and 237, with the Bernard Rines Village Bypass around the Village. Beyond Gorham, the towns we serve are listed below.