New driveways, take a little more work than do driveway repairs,. New driveways, can also give you more flexibility to be more creative than repairing an old driveway,. The principal in building new driveways, is the same starting out as any excavation, you must first get rid of all vegitation before the real work can begin. After you've rid your self of the vegitation and start the excavation process you can now move the dirt to the areas in most need then shape and compact, the dirt for stabilization of the driveway,. Apply the base course, then compact, if the customer requests it to be done. Compaction, really helps the new driveway to set up faster and allows for faster stabilization as well. Some customers like to top off the base course, with a decrative rock to add some color to match their home after wards, purely, decrative. Another favorite is to top off the new drive way, is to put limestone, crusher fines, over top for a smooth top surface.