About Concrete Contractors of Casper, Wyoming | Concrete Contractors of Casper

Safety First, Then the Schedule

Most of what hurts people on a dig was there before the crew arrived. A buried line nobody marked. A soft shoulder. A truck backing up blind. At Concrete Contractors of Casper, safety is the first line of the schedule, ahead of yardage and ahead of price. We build concrete, underground utilities and earthwork in Casper and across Natrona and Converse counties, and we start each job by asking what is in the ground and who is standing near it.

We are plain about the rest too. We name the quantity, the sequence and the weather window before work starts. If the ground is wet, we say so. If frost has to come out of the subgrade, we say so. If a pour should wait for a warmer day, we say that too, and we write it into the proposal so nobody is surprised in January.

Know what is under the ground

Casper is an energy town, and energy leaves things behind. The former refinery property on the river was in operation from 1895 until the last barrel in 1991, and the site is still recovering from contamination under a remedy agreement signed in 2002. In Evansville, groundwater contamination at the Mystery Bridge and US 20 Superfund site is tied to former industrial operations. The first Salt Creek gusher came in during 1908, so a century of wells, flowlines and pits can sit beneath the surface.

None of that is a reason to stay out of the ground. It is a reason to plan the dig. The construction trade partners run utility potholing and locating before trenches open, confirm what the records say against what the shovel finds, and stop when the two disagree. We handle soil that does not belong on a clean site as a separate item with its own haul and disposal path. Dewatering, shoring and trench protection are part of the plan, not an afterthought. A utility conflict found on paper costs a phone call. One found with an excavator costs far more.

What we build

We pour and dig. On the concrete side that means slabs on grade, footings, stem walls, grade beams, drilled piers, tilt-up panels, loading dock pits, truck courts, yard paving, curb and gutter, sidewalks, ADA ramps and equipment foundations. Refinery and industrial slabs get heavy reinforcing and careful joints. Our containment pads and secondary containment are built as a system: slab, curbs, waterstops, chamfered corners and slope to a sump, because a hairline crack at a joint turns a contained spill into a release to the ground.

On the underground side we lay water mains, sanitary sewer, storm drain, fire lines, hydrants, duct banks, conduit and fiber, and we set manholes and vaults. On the dirt side we clear, strip topsoil, grade, cut and fill, excavate ponds and basins, trench, backfill and prepare building pads, roads and asphalt paving bases. We treat soft soil with lime or cement when the numbers call for it and recompact weak areas. We also handle erosion control and demolition when a site needs to be cleared first.

Utility potholing before trenching in Casper

How We Work

Long hauls, short days

Distance runs this business. A yard in the oilfield is a long drive from the batch plant, and a pour at Midwest or Edgerton starts with a haul out WYO 387 from I-25 exit 227. Douglas is about 58 miles from the Casper airport. Every one of those miles shows up in the cost and in the clock. Concrete has a limited time to be placed, and a mixer that sits in traffic is a mixer that may not be usable on arrival.

So we plan around the haul. We set delivery windows with the plant, count trucks per hour against the placement rate, and decide ahead of time what happens if a load is rejected. For earthwork, import, export and haul-off is priced by the truck and by the route, with the dump or borrow site named in the proposal. If a route is not available, such as a closed ramp or a road under construction, we want to know before the schedule is written, not after.

Town by town

Casper has 59,038 residents on the North Platte River at 5,150 feet, and I-25, US 20, 26 and 87 and half a dozen state highways run through it. Our work covers the city and the ring of towns around it. Evansville and Mills sit on the east side of Casper, with 2,746 and 4,034 residents. Bar Nunn, 2,981 residents, was built around the runways of Casper's original airport, and those runways are now the town's street pattern.

The East Casper refinery area is where industrial slabs and process foundations get built, along US 20 and 26. West of the river, Poplar Street and WYO 220 are being rebuilt in stages, with storm and sanitary sewer and utility upgrades inside the road work. Our page on the Poplar Street corridor covers what that means for neighboring sites: detours, traffic control, shared trenches and tight access.

North of town, the airport business park holds more than 35 businesses and the Casper Logistics Hub covers 984 acres as part of a Foreign Trade Zone. An 18-track rail yard on about 250 acres northeast of the airport handles construction materials, and a rebar project. South and east, Glenrock sits on I-25 near a large generating station, and Douglas, the Converse County seat, hosts the Wyoming State Fair each August. Further out, the Salt Creek Oil Field and the towns of Midwest and Edgerton run on oil, and Alcova sits beside a 265-foot Bureau of Reclamation dam on the North Platte.

Frost, wind and permits

The City of Casper lists climate zone 6B, a 115 mph wind gust, a 3 foot frost line to the top of footing, an air freezing index of 3,000 and severe weathering. Footings go below frost or they move. Exterior flatwork gets air entrainment and proper curing, or it scales. We set cold-weather protection, wind screens and curing methods in the pour plan, and we keep temperature records.

The city lists the 2024 International Codes and points to Title 15 of the municipal code for amendments. Commercial permits often require a life-safety plan, engineered building and site drawings and planning and zoning approval, and a permit is good for 180 days. We build to the drawings, coordinate inspections and tell the owner when a permit clock affects the schedule. County requirements outside city limits are something we confirm with Natrona County rather than guess.

Who hires us and for what

Oil, gas and midstream owners call for pads, containment, access roads, trenching and yard paving. They want a contractor who already knows mud, wind and wells. Municipal and public works agencies hire us for sewer, water, storm drain, curb, sidewalk and street base work. General contractors and construction managers bring us in for the foundation and site package. Industrial and manufacturing owners, utilities and energy companies, commercial developers, schools and healthcare owners, agricultural operators and homebuilders call for their own versions of the same work.

The buildings vary. We build for warehouses, distribution and logistics centers, cold storage, manufacturing plants, metal buildings, truck terminals, aircraft hangars, offices, medical offices, retail centers, hotels, hospitals, schools, government buildings, multifamily projects and parking structures. The town's institutional sites, from a 249-bed hospital campus to a college and a large public events center, show how wide that range runs.

What to expect from us

You will get a proposal with quantities in it. You will get a schedule with weather risk written into it. You will get a site that is locked down, marked and supervised. You will get test results when the work is done. And you will get a straight answer when something changes. We would rather lose a bid by telling the truth than win one by guessing.

What does Concrete Contractors of Casper do?

We build concrete, underground utilities and earthwork. That covers slabs, foundations, paving, containment, equipment pads, water and sewer lines, storm drain, duct banks, grading, excavation, trenching and haul-off for commercial, industrial, energy and public projects.

Do you work on oilfield and refinery sites?

Yes. Equipment pads, containment slabs, yard paving, access roads and trenching are common requests in Natrona County. We plan each excavation around what may already be in the ground and confirm locates before we dig.

How far from Casper do you work?

We cover Casper, Evansville, Mills, Bar Nunn, Glenrock and Douglas, and we go out to Midwest, Edgerton and Alcova. The farther the site, the more the haul affects cost, so we list it as its own line.

Can you pour in winter?

Yes, with a plan. Casper has a 3 foot frost line and severe weathering, so we thaw subgrade, heat materials, cover and insulate the work and record temperatures. If a pour should wait, we say so up front.

Do you handle permits?

We coordinate with the owner and the design team. City of Casper commercial permits usually need engineered drawings and a life-safety plan, and we build to the permitted set and schedule inspections ahead of each pour.