Products & Services

Ready-Mix Concrete

Ready Mixed Concrete is one of the most widely used and essential building materials in the world. Its strength, durability, and versatility make it ideal for everything from towering skyscrapers to simple patios and driveways. Concrete is all around us — often in places we don’t even realize.

In and around your home, concrete is commonly used for:

  • Garage floors

  • Interior floors

  • Porches and patios

  • Driveways and sidewalks

  • Basement floors and foundations

  • Pool bottoms, pool walls, coping, and decks

In our communities, you'll find concrete in:

  • Bridges, roads, and curbs

  • Airports and runways

  • Water and wastewater treatment tanks

  • Warehouses, shopping malls, gas stations, and grocery stores

  • Sports arenas, stadiums, and concert venues

Concrete even plays a key role in protecting and delivering our water supply through dams, treatment plants, and more.

No other material offers the same combination of strength, speed, and cost-effectiveness. Concrete sets quickly, is non-combustible, energy-efficient, and requires little maintenance over its long lifespan. It's easily molded to suit any project — making it a cornerstone of construction for centuries, and for the future.

Ready-Mix Concrete Delivery

Under ideal conditions, concrete is workable for up to 120 minutes from the time of loading. Because it's a time-sensitive material, our delivery radius is typically limited to a 40–55 minute drive from our plant to your site.

Weather can affect this window. For example, on hot days (above 30°C) with low humidity and wind, the concrete may set more quickly, reducing working time. To help mitigate this, we offer options such as set-delay admixtures and concrete cooling to extend workability.

Please speak with our team in advance so we can plan accordingly and ensure your concrete arrives ready for use in optimal condition.

Upgrade Your Concrete Performance and Durability

You may rightly regard concrete as one of the most durable, visually appealing, and most widely used building material in the world, and correctly so, but did you know that all concrete is not the same?

Concrete, as with many items, can have performance upgrades, allowing better workability during placement. This gives the contractor high performance concrete that places and finishes well, and with proper curing, gives the homeowner many long years of durability that you would expect from concrete.

So, let's look at some of the options, so you will be confident that you have made the right performance choices for your application.

Blocks

We offer high-quality concrete landscape blocks ideal for retaining walls, bunkers, parking lots, and a variety of other structural or landscaping applications.

Standard Block Size:

  • 2’ x 2’ x 4’ (approx. 2,100 lbs each)

  • Each block includes lifting hooks for easy transport

  • Interlocking top and bottom for secure stacking

  • Compatible corner blocks available

Additional Sizes Available:

  • 2’ x 2’ x 4’ Corner Blocks

  • 2’ x 2’ x 4’ Half Blocks

  • 2’ x 2’ x 2’ Blocks

  • Large Blocks: 2’ x 3’ x 5’

We can load blocks onto your trailer or vehicle. Please call ahead to confirm current inventory and availability.

Super Base

Superbase is a high-performance alternative to traditional subgrade materials for interlocking stone applications. It’s a blend of Granular A gravel and Portland cement, laid on-site to grade and compacted. Once in place, water is sprinkled over the surface to activate the cement and accelerate the setting process. Within 3–7 days, the base is ready for the installation of interlocking stones.

With a compressive strength of 12–15 MPa, Superbase creates a solid, durable foundation that resists shifting, sagging, and washouts—especially in areas exposed to vehicle traffic. Unlike traditional gravel bases that can compress or erode over time, Superbase stays stable, reducing long-term maintenance and extending the life of your patio, driveway, sidewalk, or pool deck.

Unshrinkable Fill

Unshrinkable Fill is a flowable, low-strength concrete backfill that does not shrink as it cures. It’s used to fill trenches, voids, and abandoned utility lines, helping to prevent ground settlement or collapse over time. Its stable composition makes it a reliable choice for backfilling around pipes, foundations, and other critical underground infrastructure.

Super Plasticizers and Water Reducers

At Dutch Brothers Ready Mix, all concrete mixes are designed for a maximum 4-inch (100 mm) slump. Slump refers to the consistency or "wetness" of the concrete. No standard mix is designed to exceed a 4-inch slump unless upgraded with a superplasticizer — an admixture that increases workability without adding water.

Projects like driveways, patios, and pool decks often benefit from more workable concrete for easier placement and finishing. However, adding extra water to increase slump weakens the mix, reduces strength, and leads to surface issues like cracking and scaling. As water evaporates during curing, it leaves behind voids that can compromise durability — especially in our harsh climate.

Using a plasticizer instead of water preserves the mix design, boosts strength, and improves long-term performance. With proper placement and finishing, you'll get a stronger, longer-lasting surface you can enjoy for years to come.

Limestone

Limestone is a premium aggregate we include in all exposed flatwork concrete—such as driveways, patios, pool decks, and sidewalks. It’s harder and more durable than standard crushed stone, helping reduce surface popouts and increase overall strength.

We offer this upgraded stone at no additional cost, and it is our standard for most exterior concrete applications. For even greater performance, Hardstone is available as the next level upgrade.

Hard Stone

Concrete typically contains crushed stone, but not all stone is created equal. Choosing a harder aggregate can significantly improve the long-term strength and durability of your concrete. Softer stones tend to absorb moisture, which can freeze and expand in colder months—leading to surface pop-outs and premature wear. Upgrading to a denser, harder stone helps prevent these issues, minimizing failures and keeping your concrete looking great for years to come.

Reinforcing Fibers

Concrete is known for its exceptional compressive strength—it can withstand significant downward force when placed on stable ground. However, concrete is brittle and doesn’t handle bending or deflection well. Factors such as unstable subgrade, improper saw cutting, and poor curing conditions can lead to various types of cracking, including plastic shrinkage and long-term dry shrinkage.

To enhance performance and reduce the risk of cracking, the use of fibers is highly recommended.

  • Standard fiber mesh helps minimize surface shrinkage cracks.

  • Structural fibers can replace traditional steel reinforcement, offering an efficient alternative without the need for placement prior to the pour.

Fibers are added directly at the plant to ensure even distribution and maximum effectiveness. With a range of options available, talk to us today about adding the right fiber blend for your project to achieve a stronger, more durable concrete slab.

Exposed Aggregate Finish

Concrete is made by combining sand, stone, cement, slag, and water—but not all mixes are created equal. Variations in materials and proportions can affect the strength, durability, and appearance of the final product.

For decorative applications, one popular option is an exposed aggregate finish using 9.5 mm pea stone. In this method, concrete is placed and finished as usual, but a surface retarder is applied. This product delays the setting of just the top few millimeters of the surface. The next day, this layer is gently washed away, revealing a smooth and decorative pebble texture.

It’s a beautiful and durable choice for driveways, patios, walkways, and more. Ask your finisher if exposed aggregate is right for your project.

Integral Concrete Colours

Concrete is grey when fresh and will fade to a lighter white when mature. While many projects are not tinted, concrete is no stranger to colours. It can come in a large variety of shades and colours to match the décor of your home, or to accent areas of your project. We only use integral colour, meaning it is mixed directly into the concrete at the time of loading, and not distributed onto the surface after, leaving you to have a uniform colour that lasts for many years.

Some examples of colour are patios and pool decks, sidewalks, and driveways. Also, consider making a beautiful accented colored boarder around your complimenting-colored patio. There are many options to increase the curb appeal, please ask your concrete finisher for options of using integral concrete colours.

Self-consolidating / Self-Leveling

Have you ever wondered how they can make concrete self level to be perfectly flat? Well, with self-consolidating concrete you can! This is typically used to level off floors, and for radiant heat on suspended floors. This concrete, due to the very high strength, is typically is covered with flooring or tile after the moisture has left the slab, upwards of 28 days. This concrete will self level as you pour and requires minimal prodding along the edges to break the surface tension and make it smooth from edge to edge.