Pillar
A pillar is a small wall
Every course has to sit dead level or the cap tells on you from the road. The stone is dry laid to the line, the cap is cut to overhang evenly on all four sides, and the joints are struck before the mortar sets up.
Adamo Brothers Construction Inc. · Ridgefield, New Jersey · since 1957
Stone, grade and concrete.
Anthony Adamo started laying stone in Ridgefield in 1957. His sons Al and John have run the company since 1987, and the same crews still handle the clearing, the grading, the pour and the finished face.
The archive
Sixty-nine years of finished work
A short pass through jobs that are still standing, and the part of each one that decided whether it would be.
Walk
The walk is graded before it is laid
Water has to leave the house, not pool at the door. We set the fall across the walk before a single flag goes down, then lay to that pitch so the surface drains without anyone noticing it slopes.
Public
Public work keeps different hours
A park has to reopen. Municipal jobs run to a schedule the town has already published, which means the clearing, the base, the pour and the surfacing are sequenced tight and inspected as they go.
Face
Blackland frost decides the base
Northern New Jersey freezes and thaws all winter, and anything set on a thin base moves with it. Footings go below the frost line and the base is compacted in lifts, which is the part nobody sees and the only reason the face stays flat.
What we handle
Six trades, one contractor, one schedule
Masonry, concrete and excavation are all self performed. That is why one company can take a job from the first cut of the ground through to the last struck joint, without three subcontractors blaming each other for the calendar.
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Masonry
Steps, patios, chimneys, retaining walls, piers and seawalls, stucco, interlocking paving stones, Versa-Lok and Keystone walls, and flagstone, tile and marble accent work.
Masonry work
02
Paving
Parking lots, asphalt and concrete driveways, concrete overlays, sidewalks and curbs, for private drives and commercial lots alike.
Paving work
03
Concrete work
Poured and pre-cast concrete, foundations, vaults, overlays, patios, sidewalks, curbs and drainage systems, formed and finished by our own crews.
Concrete work
04
Site work
Land clearing and preparation, excavation, grading, levelling, trenching and backhoe services. The grade comes first, and everything above it depends on getting it right.
Site work
05
Excavation and demolition
Site preparation, soil removal, trenching and drainage, plus tear-downs and fire or flood damage demolition. We own the machines, so the schedule is ours to keep.
Excavation work
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Residential
Brick work, chimney repair and new construction, paver and concrete patios, walkways, steps, retaining walls, outdoor fireplaces and driveways for homes across Bergen County.
Residential work
The grade first, then the base, then the stone that sits on top of it.
Work in this order and a patio stays flat through a decade of Bergen County winters. Work out of order and it moves the first spring.
A named job
The park work is the honest reference
The playground installations in the gallery are municipal jobs: cleared, graded, based, poured and surfaced, with benches set on concrete pads and fencing back to the line. They are the clearest picture of what this company actually is, because a town job is inspected at every stage and has to reopen on a published date.
The same crews do the residential stone. Our project managers, estimators, operators and labourers have been here over twenty years, which is the whole reason a homeowner and a borough engineer get the same standard of work out of one yard on Alexander Avenue.
“They did a fantastic job on our driveway and walk! I'm so pleased with the work. They went the extra mile too. If I could give 10 stars I would.”
One review, quoted in full. We would rather show you the work than pad this column out.
Before you call
Questions we get asked at the estimate
Bergen, Hudson, Passaic and Essex Counties in northern New Jersey. The yard is at 1033 Alexander Avenue in Ridgefield, so most of our work sits inside a short run of the shop.
Anthony Adamo started the company as a mason contractor in 1957. His sons Al and John have managed it since 1987, and the work has grown from masonry into general contracting, demolition and site contracting.
Yes. We are fully licensed, bonded and insured, and we hold New Jersey Home Improvement Contractor licence #13VH00015800 through the New Jersey Home Builders Association.
Both. The same crews that build stone steps and patios on a family home also clear, grade and pave commercial and municipal sites. Our project managers, estimators, operators and labourers have been with us for over twenty years.
Usually, yes. Because we run our own excavation and site work alongside the masonry and concrete, one company can take a job from clearing and grading through the foundations, flatwork and finished stone.
Call the office on (201) 945-0064 or send a message through this site with the address and a short description of the work. Estimates are arranged by appointment.
Tell us what you are building
Call the office and describe the job and the address, or send a message and we will arrange a time to come and look at it. Fully licensed, bonded and insured. NJ Home Improvement Contractor Lic. #13VH00015800.
1033 Alexander Avenue, Ridgefield, NJ 07657 · Bergen, Hudson, Passaic and Essex Counties