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Controlled low-strength material for utility trenches, abandoned pipes and tanks, and structural backfill that never needs compaction.
Flowable Fill (CLSM) · El Dorado County
Flowable fill — controlled low-strength material (CLSM) — is a self-leveling, self-compacting slurry that replaces compacted backfill. It flows into trenches and voids, sets firm enough to support loads, and can be excavated later if the utility ever needs to come back up.
Volumetric batching is ideal for CLSM: quantities are metered on the spot, so a long trench or an odd-shaped void gets filled without guessing truckloads in advance.
What Shingle Springs customers notice first is what's missing — no anxious countdown while a barrel truck fights traffic from a distant plant. The materials arrive dry, the mixing happens at your forms, and workability is exactly what it should be. Inspections and pours have to line up: tell dispatch your inspection schedule and the batch window gets planned around the sign-off, not the other way around.
Shingle Springs is a El Dorado County community of roughly 4,432 residents, about 33 miles from our West Sacramento yard — typically 56–76 minutes for a mixer to reach, traffic willing.
Also in Shingle Springs: Foundation & Slab Concrete · Shotcrete · Rapid-Set Concrete · all Shingle Springs concrete services.
Nearby communities we serve: Cameron Park · Deer Park · Diamond Springs · Placerville · all service areas.
Utility trench backfill, filling abandoned pipes, tanks, and vaults, and structural void fill. It eliminates compaction in lifts — the material consolidates itself and supports load when set.
Standard CLSM mixes are designed to be excavatable with normal equipment, which is why utilities prefer them over lean concrete for trench work. Tell us the intended use and we will batch the right strength.
Yes — Shingle Springs is part of our El Dorado County service area. Call dispatch at 916-248-2860 to schedule, or request a quote online and we will confirm timing for your address.
No minimum-truckload games — volumetric mixing means we batch on site and you pay for the yardage actually poured. Small Shingle Springs pours are welcome; see our short-load page.
Tell us what you're pouring and when. We'll bring the mix to your site and meter it by the yard — so every dollar you spend ends up in the forms.
916-248-2860