Meet Tony Zambito

Founder of Groupe Zamco. Working in pavé-uni since he was 11 years old.

Tony Zambito started cutting pavers at 12. By the time most kids were figuring out high school, he already knew how to read a grade, set a screed, and lay a herringbone pattern that wouldn't shift through a Quebec winter. That's not marketing — that's literally how he grew up.

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He founded Groupe Zamco in 2011 with one rule: every project leaves the yard the way he would want it on his own house. Fifteen years and hundreds of completed driveways, patios, retaining walls, and full backyard transformations later, that rule hasn't changed.

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What Tony obsesses over

Ask anyone on the Zamco crew and they'll tell you the same three things show up on every jobsite:

Base preparation. Most of what goes wrong with a pavé-uni installation in Greater Montreal happens below the surface. Tony walks every site before quoting and won't sign a contract until the sub-base plan is right — minimum 8 inches of compacted 0–3/4" stone, geotextile membrane, proper grade for drainage. If the base is wrong, the prettiest pavers in the world will heave by year three. He's seen it happen on other contractors' work too many times to compromise.

Perfect cuts. A driveway is judged at the edges. Tony personally trains every cutter on the team and inspects the cuts on inlay work and curved borders himself. A clean cut against a heritage brick foundation in Outremont, or a precise radius around a poolside coping in Laval — that's the detail that separates a $25,000 driveway from a $40,000 one, and it's where most contractors cut corners.

Design that actually works for the lot. Zamco projects don't get pulled off a template binder. Every driveway, patio, and backyard is designed in 2D and 3D inside the Laval showroom with the client present, against the actual building materials of their home, in natural daylight. Tony's done this for heritage triplexes on the Plateau, post-war bungalows in Saint-Léonard, and contemporary infill builds in Griffintown — and the design changes for each one.

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Credentials

• Techo-Bloc Authorized Contractor — one of a limited number of certified installers in Greater Montreal

• Two Techo-Bloc Showcase projects — selected by the manufacturer as examples of best-in-class installation work

• RBQ Licensed Contractor — License 5866-6199-01, in good standing since 2011

• HNA Award recipient — National recognition from the Hardscape North America awards program

 

Where to find Tony

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 By Appointment Only.

Showroom: 1863 Boul Des Laurentides, Laval, QC H7M 2P8

Phone: 514-688-1420

Email: tony@groupezamco.com