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Concrete Restoration

Restored to Look Like It Never Happened.

Concrete restoration after utility work. OE restores concrete roads, sidewalks and other hard surfaces, reinstating keyhole cores with Utilibond, so the ground looks as good or better than before.

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Roads · Sidewalks · Hard Surfaces
Concrete restored as good or better than before
The Process

What Concrete Restoration Includes

Concrete restoration returns a hard surface to service after the utility work beneath it is done. OE specializes in restoring soft and hard surfaces, and starts with excavations that are as small and neat as possible, so there is less to restore.

Where the opening was a keyhole core, OE reinstates the existing core with Utilibond, restoring the road or sidewalk to its original state. Where the surface needs more than the core, OE restores the concrete and the surrounding hard surfaces, including interlocking brick, patio stone and flagstone, to look as good or better than before.

Ontario municipal note: the party making a utility cut is usually responsible for restoring it to the municipality's standards. In Toronto, for example, specification TS 4.60 makes the applicant responsible for the temporary and permanent repair of concrete road pavement, sidewalks, curbs, boulevards and driveways, and requires unshrinkable fill under curbs, public sidewalks and concrete driveways next to the road. Keyhole cores in concrete are reinstated under TS 4.70 with a bonding material that securely bonds the core to the surrounding pavement.
Applications

Concrete Restoration Applications

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Concrete sidewalks

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Concrete road pavement

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Composite pavements (asphalt over concrete)

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Keyhole core reinstatement

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Concrete driveways

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Curbs and boulevards

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Interlocking brick, patio stone and flagstone

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Restoration after water box valve replacement

Why OE

Why Book Concrete Restoration With OE

OE takes pride in making excavation look like it never happened.

The same company that made the opening restores it, so the restoration isn't left waiting on a separate contractor. OE never contracts the work out to third-party providers.

One Call, One Team

One call gives fast, easy access to streamlined end-to-end services, from coring to restoration.

As Good or Better Than Before

Hard and soft surfaces are fully restored to look as good or better than before.

Original Core Reinstated

Keyhole cores are reinstated with Utilibond, restoring the road or sidewalk to its original state.

Small, Neat Openings

OE starts with excavations that are as small and neat as possible, so there is less to restore.

200+ Fleet Units · 6 Locations

A fleet of over 200 units, with crews at 6 locations across Ontario.

The Integrated Difference

Excavation and Restoration, One Team

Most jobs hand the restoration to a separate contractor. With OE, the team that dug it restores it.

Typical competitor
Cut handoff · new contract Dig handoff · new crew Backfill handoff · delay Restore
Cut
handoff · new contract
Dig
handoff · new crew
Backfill
handoff · delay
Restore
The same project with OE
Locates obtained beforeany cut Permits applied forand on site Core keyhole openingcut Expose hydro excavationbeneath the core Backfill backfilled andcompacted Reinstate core bondedwith Utilibond Restore surface returnedto service
Locates — obtained before any cut
Permits — applied for and on site
Core — keyhole opening cut
Expose — hydro excavation beneath the core
Backfill — backfilled and compacted
Reinstate — core bonded with Utilibond
Restore — surface returned to service
ONE
crew
ONE
company
30
Years Strong

GET MORE OUT with OE Utility Services

drawing on a fleet of over 200 units and 6 Ontario locations

That single-source model matters most at the end of the job, when the surface has to be returned to service. With OE, restoration is part of the same job, not a second contract waiting on a different crew.

Bundling the restoration with the work on either side of it, in one mobilization, is where OE's LEAN approach pays off: up to 10% cost savings and 50% productivity gains when Customers book the full job with OE. OE runs integrated operations from 6 Ontario locations, and co-location reduces travel, emissions and cost. OE's NextGen units are still working trucks, but roughly ten decibels quieter than conventional ones.

10% cost savings
50% productivity gains
200+ fleet units, one company
100% hydrovac waste upgraded for value-added use
Project Example

Representative Work

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Concrete Restoration

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