Concrete Flatwork for Builders and GCs

A flatwork sub lives or dies on three things, and none of them is the per-yard price. It is whether the crew shows up on the date, whether the pour passes inspection the first time, and whether you can reach one person who owns the work. That is how we run it.

• We hold the date. Flatwork sits on the critical path between grading and the certificate of occupancy. We schedule to the permit and the build calendar, pour on winter days with blankets and a non-chloride accelerator, and tell you early if weather is going to move a date rather than the morning of.
• One crew, one contact. The insured team that bids your job is the team that pours it. No sub-subbing to whoever is free, no finger-pointing when a slab is off.
• We pull the permits. Right-of-way and encroachment filings for approaches and curb cuts are ours to file and track, so your superintendent is not chasing the city.
• Insured, with references. Certificates of insurance and references from completed work are available on request. We are not a state-licensed contractor because Indiana does not require one for concrete, and we carry insurance either way.

We stick to the flatwork we do well and self-perform in full, rather than bidding everything and brokering the rest. For a builder that means a predictable scope on every job:

The standard residential mix is 4000 PSI air-entrained at 7% air on a compacted #53 stone base with a #4 rebar grid; commercial work steps up to 4500 PSI with fiber mesh. We saw-cut control joints the first day and dowel cold joints so the slab cracks where we tell it to. If a job needs work outside this list, we will say so up front rather than bid something we would have to broker.

We work the way a superintendent wants a sub to work: predictable, and off your plate.

• Bid. Send the plans or the scope and lot count. We return a written bid, by phase or by lot, with the permit and fee line items called out so there are no surprises mid-job.
• Permit. We file the right-of-way or encroachment permits for approaches and curb cuts and schedule the pre-pour inspection, so your team is not at the permit desk.
• Pour. We schedule to your grading and framing dates, mobilize one crew, and pour to spec. Winter pours run with blankets and a non-chloride accelerator down to a 30 degree minimum ambient.
• Close out. We saw-cut, seal, and leave the site clean for the next trade, with the inspection signed off.

For volume or repeat work across a section or a community, we will set a per-lot or per-phase price and a standing schedule, so your flatwork is one line you do not have to re-solve every lot.

All flatwork is poured to ACI 318 structural concrete standards and the 2020 Indiana Residential Code, with INDOT specifications for any right-of-way approach work. Our air-entrained mixes meet Indiana's freeze-thaw durability requirements for exterior flatwork.