Serving Union City, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 1991
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Customers say: True professional
"Outstanding. Great attention to detail and eye for beautiful layout of rocks. Very professional and customer service focused. Ike and his men were great."
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Serving Union City, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 2007
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Credit card accepted
"I recently had the pleasure of working with Just Stamping Concrete for a landscape design project, and I cannot recommend them enough! They are a true gem in the industry, and their work speaks for itself."
Serving Union City, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 2018
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Warranties offered
"I highly recommend Tubman Stone Masonry for adherence to a high standard of quality and excellent craftsmanship in their work. They were prompt, reliable , and very detail oriented. They cleaned up at the cmpletion of each workday and maintained a neat and tidy environment. Sunny and his crew were always polite and simply outstanding. I will use them again and recommend them to neighbors, family, and friends. I am very pleased with the outcome of my front yard project."
+11
Serving Union City, CA and surrounding areas
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Super Service Award Winner
In business since 2020
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"Gary was great to work with. He understood what we wanted and did everything needed to make us happy. Beautiful work! We will definitely use Katoa Concrete again for future projects."
Serving Union City, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 2010
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Emergency services offered
"Cortez Bros Concrete was responsive to my calls and arrived on time to perform the work. They went beyond what we expected and did an excellent job patching the concrete trench and cleaning up. I highly recommend them for both small and large jobs."
+63
Serving Union City, CA and surrounding areas
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Super Service Award Winner
In business since 2018
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Warranties offered
"Fantastic experience working with Pedro and Xtreme Concrete"
+59
Serving Union City, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 2010
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"Victor is good on this work. We had him doing entire landscape plan for new construction. I am happy with his work. One thing stands out him from the other is his knowledge about hard scape and flexible to change things. Bravo Victor"
+22
Serving Union City, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 2001
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Emergency services offered
"Great communication, exemplary work ethic, creative problem solving, and quick service. Concrete slab turned out very nice!"
+28
Serving Union City, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 1997
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Warranties offered
"Very professional project proposal, design and references. Excellent value from a contractor that's well established in the local community. Project was completed and met all project milestones. On-site crew was very responsive to design changes, and applied best practices to improve on the prior concrete surface layout and design. I'm confident the resulting concrete driveway and walkways will serve us well for many years."
+38
Serving Union City, CA and surrounding areas
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In business since 2000
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"good workmanship. reasonable pricing, and good results. i plan to hire plascencia concrete again."
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