Our Approach
Every project starts on the ground, not on paper. Gwinnett County is hilly, with about 181 feet of local relief within a few miles, and the grade can change from one block to the next. Pacolet soil is the most common type here and it drains well, but it varies across the county, so we test every site on its own before we set a single form. Plenty of homes here date to the late 1980s, and when an old slab comes out, it tells us a lot about what the new one needs.
We walk the property with you first, measure it, and talk through what the surface has to carry: cars, a trailer, a grill, foot traffic. Then we grade, compact the base, and place reinforcement to suit that load. We handle the permit. On pour day the crew places the concrete, finishes it and cuts the control joints before leaving, whether the job is a plain broom finish or a stamped decorative patio. Residential or commercial, the sequence does not change. A driveway gets the same care as a large slab.
Most cracked slabs we tear out failed underneath. Water is usually the reason. With about 55 inches of rain a year, a slab that sheds water toward the house, or sits on a base that stays wet, will settle and shift long before it should. So we slope every surface away from the structure, give runoff somewhere to go, and do not pour on soft ground to keep a schedule. Getting that right takes a little more time at the start. It saves tearing the whole thing out later.
Where We Work
Lawrenceville is a Gwinnett County city of 30,954 people inside metro Atlanta, and most of what we pour here is residential. The median home was built in 1987 and is valued at $335,100. That tells you a good deal about the concrete we see. Plenty of driveways, walks and patios went in with the house and have been carrying cars, foot traffic and weather ever since. Some only need a clean replacement slab. Others need the base underneath rebuilt before any new concrete goes down.
The ground changes from one lot to the next. Gwinnett County is hilly, with about 181 feet of relief within a few miles, and a yard that looks flat can still fall enough to push water toward a foundation. Pacolet soil, which drains well, is the most common type here, though it isn't the same everywhere in the county. So every site gets graded and tested on its own before we set a single form. With about 55 inches of rain a year, slope and drainage get settled first. The finish comes after.