Concrete Parking Lot Building in Juneau AK - a lot built to handle freeze and salt
Who builds concrete parking lots in Juneau?
Juneau Concrete builds concrete parking lots in Juneau for homeowners, small businesses and property owners. A lot here will freeze and get salted, so we settle the mix and the pour season before anything else. I come out to look at the site myself, and our own crew does the work with me there for the pour.
A concrete parking lot gives your property off-street spaces that stay put through a Juneau winter, as long as it's built for one. The first thing I ask about is the air in the mix. Entrained air is a network of tiny bubbles spread through the concrete, and it gives freezing water room to push into, so the surface doesn't break up.
The city requires off-street parking when a building goes up, gets bigger or changes use, so the number of spaces is often settled before we plan anything. The city's General Engineering Division also helps with grading and drainage projects and inspects that work in the field, which suits us fine, because where the water runs decides how long a lot lasts.
Most of the job happens below the surface, in the digging, the packed base and the grading, and I'll walk you through what your site needs on the estimate visit. If the lot comes with a new building, we can pour the concrete footings too, and if a building beside it has settled, ask about foundation raising before we set grades against it.
What a lot needs
- Digging out and packing the base
- Grading so water runs off
- An air-entrained mix for winter
- A pour timed around the cold
- Control joints cut on time
- Joint seals that keep salt out
What to weigh before a concrete parking lot
What sets the cost
Size and number of spaces matter most, then the digging, base and drainage work. The base is the last place I'd cut, because you only see it once it fails.
What sets the schedule
Weather sets it more than we do. When the air is due to drop to 40°F or below after a pour, the concrete needs protection while it hardens, and more as it gets colder.
Roller-packed or poured
Roller-compacted concrete, a mix packed down with rollers, has been used for commercial lots, but there's a concern about how it holds up to frost and salt. For a salted lot, I settle that first.
Parking lot questions from Juneau
How much does it cost to build a concrete parking lot in Juneau?
There's no honest number until I've seen the site, because the ground under the lot moves the price as much as its size does. The mix, the drainage work and any protection a cold-season pour needs all show up in the written estimate I give you after the visit.
How long does new concrete need to cure before I can salt it?
The general advice is to hold off on deicing salt until 30 days after the curing period, the stretch when new concrete is kept protected while it hardens. That comes from older trade guidance, but it's still why we look at the calendar before we book a pour.
Is fall a good time to pour a concrete parking lot in Juneau?
It can be, but a lot poured in fall often doesn't dry out enough before it needs salt. Fresh concrete can also be damaged by a single freeze until it gains enough strength, which most well-made mixes reach within about 48 hours at 50°F. If a late pour leaves too little time before your first salting, I'll tell you plainly.
Does a new parking lot in Juneau need accessible parking spaces?
Yes, when the city requires off-street spaces, accessible spaces have to be counted among them, in numbers set by a table in the city code. Residential uses that need fewer than ten spaces and have no visitor spaces fall under an exception, and the Permit Center can confirm the current rules for your property.
Who reviews permit applications for a parking lot in Juneau?
The city's General Engineering Division reviews permit applications for the Permit Center, though its list names driveways, site and utility work and rights-of-way, not parking lots. When it isn't clear a lot needs a permit, we ask the Permit Center at 907.586.0770 before we start, and when one is needed we handle the application and book the inspections. We're fully licensed and insured.
How do I keep a concrete parking lot from breaking up in winter?
Start with the air-entrained mix and a pour that leaves curing time before salt, then keep the joint seals in repair. A working seal greatly cuts how much salty water gets in, while a failed one lets it soak the concrete around the joint. Control joints are the grooves we cut so the slab cracks along a line we chose, and their seals are what keep that water out.
Concrete parking lots near you
We're based in Juneau and build lots across the City and Borough. Find your area below, or call (907) 560-0628 if yours isn't listed, since we take jobs elsewhere when they make sense.
Other concrete work
- Concrete driveway building
- Concrete patio construction
- Stamped concrete services
- Concrete sidewalk building
- Garage floor concrete
- Decorative concrete
- Concrete retaining walls
- Concrete floor installation
- Concrete pool decks
- Concrete steps construction
- Slab foundation building
- Foundation installation
- Concrete footings
- Foundation raising
- Concrete cutting
Get a free estimate for your lot
Send the lot's size, spaces needed and hoped-for pour season. We reply within one business day, then I walk the lot and write a free estimate, no obligation.