Ryan Doucette
5 reviews · 4 weeks ago
“This company is great. Hard working guys who make sure you end up with a great result. Very experienced workers who can adapt to any job you throw at them!”
Gillies
Footings and foundation walls, driveways, patios, walkways, garage floors and finished surfaces. On a Gillies property the question is usually where the water goes. Between the Whitefish River, the creeks and the small lakes scattered through the township, grade is the first thing we look at and it decides more about the finished result than the mix does.
We are Precision Concrete, based at 684 City Rd in Thunder Bay. Two owners, both Thunder Bay natives, each with over eleven years of concrete work behind them, operating under this name since 2024. Gillies is around thirty-five kilometres out, and a good number of people living there make the same drive into the city every working day.
Gillies is a township of about 440 people covering a patchwork of farm ground and boreal forest. Hymers and South Gillies are the two communities most people name, with Sellars on the map as well, and Neebing runs along one boundary.
Six services, available from Hymers through South Gillies and out to the properties between. Each links through to the full detail.
DrivewaysAcreage driveways are long, and on ground with this much water moving through it the base and the crown matter more than the surface does. Tear-out, re-grade, gravel base, pour.Price my driveway »
FoundationsFootings, walls and slabs for new builds, additions, garages and outbuildings. There is room to build on a Gillies lot, and room to get equipment where it needs to be.Plan your foundation »
Garage FloorsFlat, hard-troweled floors with slope to a drain where the building calls for it. Detached shops and storage buildings are standard on acreage.Pour a new garage floor »
PatiosBackyard slabs placed where you actually sit. On a property with a creek or a treeline, that usually is not directly behind the back door, and it is worth walking the yard before deciding.Design your patio »
Walkways and StepsFront walks, side paths and steps between buildings. Runs across sloping or wet ground need their base and joints planned rather than guessed.Fix my walkway »
Stamped and Decorative ConcreteBroom, smooth or exposed aggregate. Broom is the default on anything that sees boots, mud and a Gillies winter.See stamped options »5-star ratings from Google
5 reviews · 4 weeks ago
“This company is great. Hard working guys who make sure you end up with a great result. Very experienced workers who can adapt to any job you throw at them!”
1 review · 4 months ago
“Had a beautiful patio done for my parents in their backyard, stamped and sealed. Looks fantastic and very professional/efficient crew! 10/10 and would highly recommend!”
2 reviews · 6 months ago
“They did an amazing job. Definitely recommend them if you're looking for a concrete contractor in Thunder Bay.”
2 reviews · 6 months ago
“Precision Concrete did an outstanding job. Professional, reliable, and top-quality work from start to finish. Tyler and Johnny were great to work with and made sure everything was done right.”
1 review · a year ago
“Excellent work from Tyler and Johnny. I was blown away from start to finish with their attention to detail and overall craftsmanship. If you want your job done right, call precision concrete.”
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Read our Google reviewsThree conditions that shape how we build a Gillies job.
The Whitefish River runs through the township and it brings a lot of company: small creeks, low spots and little lakes scattered across the map. That is pleasant to live beside and it is the main thing working against a slab. Where the water table sits and where runoff goes in spring decides the base depth, the crown on a driveway, and whether a patio wants to be six feet further from where you first pictured it.
Gillies is a patchwork of farm ground and boreal forest, and those two need different prep. Clearing and stripping organic material off a bush lot is real work that a worked field does not need, and it is invisible in the finished job. We price the ground you actually have rather than an average of the township.
Gillies is a commuter township. Most of the people who hire us here are in Thunder Bay during the day, which means the job has to run without the homeowner standing over it. We agree the layout in writing at the consultation and keep you updated as it goes.
On a township this wet, where the water goes is the job. We work out the grade and the drainage at the consultation, not once the forms are already up.
A Gillies job gets a normal place in the schedule. We are not driving in from somewhere else and treating this as a side trip.
Minor repairs on our own work, guaranteed to your satisfaction. In a township of 440 people, a contractor who does not honour that has nowhere to hide.
Both owners work the pour. Useful when you are at work in the city and cannot be there to keep an eye on a crew you have never met.
Gillies shares a boundary with Neebing, and the Slate River Valley and Oliver Paipoonge sit just north. If your property is over one of those lines, start on that page.
The first four are all within forty kilometres of our City Rd shop.
Book a free on-site consultation in Gillies Township, or call (807) 633-0653.
Tell us what you are building and where the water sits. The visit and the quote are free.