Owner-operated · Columbia, Missouri
Concrete, drainage & the dirt underneath.
Flatwork, drains, and earthwork built by the hands that planned it. Patios, drainage problems, and site work handled right, built on a base that holds up through a full mid-Missouri freeze-thaw year.
What we do
Groundwork, done right.
From the base up — the concrete, drainage, and dirt everything sits on, and the patios, walls, plantings, and backyard it all turns into. Get the groundwork right and it lasts; cut corners there and you're tearing it out in two years. You deal with the people doing the work, start to finish.
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Concrete flatwork
Sidewalks, garage and shop floors, steps, aprons, and slabs. Broom, stamped, or exposed-aggregate finish — poured on a compacted base with control joints cut where they belong, so it doesn't crack and heave the first freeze-thaw.
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Drainage & water control
French drains, area drains, downspout and sump tie-ins, and re-grading to pull water away from the foundation. Mid-Missouri clay holds water and a wet basement only gets worse — this is the fix.
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Excavation & grading
Digging, hauling, and shaping dirt. Building pads, footings, backfill, lot re-grades, and the rough and finish grade that sets up a clean pour or a yard that finally drains.
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Easements, culverts & right-of-way
Culverts, swales, ditch grading, and approaches tied into the county road. Work inside drainage and utility easements done to spec and built to carry real water.
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Hardscaping & retaining walls
Walkways, steps, fire pits, seat walls, and poured or segmental-block retaining walls in concrete, paver, or Missouri limestone. Set on a base that's compacted right, so it holds back the slope and doesn't sink, shift, or wash out.
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Patios — one of a kind or off the catalog
A custom patio built to your design, or a proven layout straight from the catalog. Either way it's poured or set on a base that holds — somewhere you'll actually want to sit, that's still flat and tight years down the road.
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Tree removal, planting & remediation
Taking down trees that are dead, leaning, or in the way, and clearing the stumps. Planting new ones that'll actually take, and bringing tired, compacted, or torn-up ground back to life.
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Backyards built to disappear into
Your backyard turned into somewhere you don't want to leave. Patio, walls, plantings, and grade laid out as one plan — a private getaway that works as well as it looks, and drains the way it should.
How we work
Small operation, by design.
We're a small crew, and you deal with the people actually doing the work — the same hands that look at the job, give you the number, and are on site when the concrete goes down. No sales rep, no subcontractors you've never met.
We sweat the parts you don't see — the base, the compaction, the fall on a drain line, the rebar and the joints. That's what decides whether concrete cracks and whether water actually leaves. We'd rather spend the extra hour on prep than come back and break out a slab in two years. And we'll tell you straight if there's a simpler, cheaper way to get where you're headed.
Fewer jobs, done right. That's the whole plan.
Where we work
Columbia and out from there.
Based in Columbia, working across Boone County and mid-Missouri. If you're nearby and don't see your town listed, ask — odds are we can get there.
- Columbia
- Jefferson City
- Ashland
- Fulton
- Centralia
- Hallsville
- …and the rest of Boone County
Get a quote
Tell us about the job.
A patio, a retaining wall, a drainage problem, a culvert that keeps washing out — send a few details and we'll get back to you to set up a walkthrough, usually within a couple of days.
Email us the details
or write to contact@groundanddownllc.com
or call us at (573) 355-7239