Uniformat G2030

Concrete sidewalk

A concrete sidewalk has a useful life of about 40 years, the median of 17 published sources, which state 20–80 years.

Also listed as Sidewalk, concrete, sidewalk, concrete walk

• Confidence C
• Version 0.5.0 (permanent link)
• Reviewed 2026-10-22

Service life

Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.

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Basis

• 50 years · CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p2 · HUD CNA 3.2.5.2 “Concrete” — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (planning life)
  Same life for family and elderly properties. US multifamily housing. HUD's row is concrete flatwork: walks, plazas, terraces and patios. HUD's row is for site work at US multifamily properties, not municipal networks.
• 35 years · Grey Highlands: By-law No. 2026-052, Tangible Capital Asset Policy A09-F-03, p10 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 50 years · Kingston: Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p14 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 40 years · Prince Edward: FIN-12 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p34 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 35 years · Quinte West: A09-POLICY-0034 Tangible Capital Asset Policy, p36 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 30 years · Sarnia: Finance-04 Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Attachment No. 1: TCA Policy Appendix A, p2 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 50 years · Severn: By-law 2019-04, Corporate Policy Manual: Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Useful Life Guide, p402 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 30 years · Amherstburg: Asset Management Plan Town of Amherstburg 2025, p36 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 80 years · Brantford: 2025 Asset Management Plan: Transportation, City of Brantford, Ontario, p13 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 50 years · Centre Hastings: Municipality of Centre Hastings Asset Management Plan (Final Report, June 26, 2025), p60 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 20 years · Chapple: Township of Chapple 2025 Asset Management Plan, p55 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 40 years · Chatham-Kent: Detailed Asset Management Plan: Roads 2025, p10 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 50 years · Kirkland Lake: Asset Management Plan 2025 Town of Kirkland Lake, p49 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 60 years · Norfolk County: 2025 Asset Management Plan, p49 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 40 years · Orillia: City of Orillia Asset Management Plan 2025, p65 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 70 years · Thunder Bay: Future-Ready Roadmap: Asset Management Plan Phase Three, p51 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 28 years · Haldimand County: 2025 Asset Management Plan, p76 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Compared with an image of the cited page.

How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.

Preventive maintenance

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Months from the schedule start. Download the tasks as CSV for a CMMS, or ask the MCP tool get_pm_schedule for dated visits.

Frequencies are ISO 8601 durations in the data (P3M = every 3 months).

Open questions

• HUD gives planning lives for US multifamily housing; the municipal rows are Ontario accounting lives. Neither is observed replacement data.
• A municipal minimum standard tied to the statutory defence in s.44 of the Municipal Act, 2001; patrolling is a drive-by observation of the whole road, not a component-level inspection. Not an official version.

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Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Sidewalk, concrete, v0.5.0. https://unfinished.one/c/sidewalk-concrete/v/0.5.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_sidewalk_concrete_0_5_0,
  title = {Sidewalk, concrete},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.5.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/sidewalk-concrete/v/0.5.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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