Merchant Feature: BUrlington Construction

When it comes to concrete work, Burlington Construction are experts in the trade. Be it patios or sidewalks, curbing or street work, Burlington crews have the experience and the ability to do the job right.
Tom Hugunin owns Burlington, named for the town where they are centered. “We do anything concrete,” Hugunin said. “We can make decorative concrete look like flagstone or pavers. We have 25 different colors,” from red to tan and willow green to tint or dye the concrete.
Different surface treatments can make a product that looks like Mexican tile, or slate or even limestone.
The limits are only as broad as imagination.
Burlington employs eight men, most of whom have been with the company over 10 years. Hugunin has been in the business since 1977, when he “helped build Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant.”
“From there, I went on to building bridges,” then “doing streets and sidewalks,” in Topeka, Hugunin said of his experience.
He began Burlington Construction 15 years ago.
“There’s no job too small, as far as we’re concerned. We do patios and driveways and sidewalk segments.”
Burlington Construction did Craig Abbot’s showcase driveway, complete with the letter A “sandblasted into colored concrete,” Hugunin said. Driveway edging looks like slate, but it is actually colored concrete. “We textured it and acid stained it” Hugunin said of the showpiece. The drive itself is tinted to match local limestone of the house.
Burlington has also done work at Allen County Community College and for the City of Iola.
“We’ve done a lot of work for Iola over the past 10 years,” Hugunin said, “for the housing authority and the streets dept.”
“It’s great having the crew I have,” he added.
“Jeremy is a fanatic about details,” Hugunin said of his son and business partner. “He’ll make sure everything is lined up where it’s supposed to be.”
And that’s important to Hugunin, because Burlington Construction is serious about quality.
“When we do a city or county or state job, we’re held to a certain standard, or you can jeopardize the integrity of the job. I’m going to take that same standard and apply it to a residential project.”
So whether it is a patio or a subdivision in the plans, consider Burlington Construction.

5/20/09