Large commercial concrete slab being finished by a crew working along the formed edge

Case studies

Concrete We Have Placed

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Commercial slab poured in strips with dowels and reinforcement projecting ready for the next placement — Preparation

Boom pump and ready-mix truck placing concrete across a large commercial pad — Pour

Completed large concrete pad beside a covered structure with palm trees in the background — Completed

Commercial

Large-format commercial slab

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Service: Commercial slab & pad
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A large-format pad placed with boom pump support and finished by a full crew working the surface across its width. The slab was formed and placed in sections with dowelled joints so adjoining panels could be tied in later, and the finished pad was left clean and jointed.

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House footprint laid out with staked timber forms and batter boards on a cleared residential lot — Layout

Foundation with blue vapor barrier, reinforcing mesh on chairs and plumbing sleeves set before the pour — Pre-pour

Crew screeding a residential slab while a concrete pump places the pour in a new home community — Pour

Several finished building slabs with anchor bolts set and a worker saw cutting control joints — Completed

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Repeat lots in a residential community

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Service: Foundations & slab-on-grade
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The full sequence on a builder lot: footprint laid out and formed against the foundation plan, vapor barrier and reinforcement placed on chairs with plumbing sleeves and layout lines set, concrete placed with pump support and screeded by crew, then the finished pads with anchor bolts in place and control joints saw cut. Several pads on the same site were run in sequence rather than one at a time.

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Driveway subgrade graded and formed with staked timber edges in front of a home at dusk — Subgrade & forms

Crew setting and staking timber forms for a new concrete driveway at a farmhouse style home — Forming

New concrete driveway with a curved edge and sidewalk apron freshly finished at a new home — Finishing

Completed curved concrete driveway with a broom finish leading past a brick home to the garage — Completed

Residential

Driveway, turnaround and apron

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Subgrade brought to line and formed with staked timber edges, including the curved section around the turnaround. The finished driveway carries a broom finish with tooled edges and cut control joints, and the sidewalk apron was poured to tie into the same elevation.

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Open pole barn structure erected over a graded pad before the concrete floor is poured — Structure up

Vapor barrier and perimeter forms in place under a pole barn frame ahead of a concrete floor pour — Barrier & forms

Reinforcing mesh on chairs over a vapor barrier inside a finished pole barn ready for the floor pour — Reinforcement

Finished smooth concrete floor under a covered pole barn structure — Completed

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Pole barn and shop floor

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A slab poured inside an already-erected structure: perimeter forms and vapor barrier run wall to wall between the posts, reinforcing mesh supported on chairs across the full floor area, and the completed floor finished under the roof. Working inside a finished frame limits truck access, which is why the prep matters more than usual.

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More from the field

Foundations, slabs, driveways, flatwork and commercial pours from across the service area.

Full crew placing and screeding a large slab at dusk while a boom pump delivers concrete — A full crew working a large placement at dusk with pump support.

Large finished slab on a foggy morning with a boom pump extended over the pour — Early start on a foggy morning, slab placed and floated.

Concrete pump boom extended over a large freshly finished slab in a cleared wooded lot — Pump reach across a slab that a truck could not have served.

Aerial view of a residential foundation prepared with vapor barrier, mesh and plumbing rough-in — Aerial check of a foundation before the pour.

Aerial view of a formed and prepared foundation next to a house already framed and roofed — The next lot prepared while the previous house is dried in.

Reinforcing mesh on chairs over a vapor barrier with screed pins and a laser line across a foundation — Screed pins and steel set to elevation before concrete is ordered.

Commercial site with formwork laid out on finished slab sections and tilt-up wall panels standing — Formwork laid out across finished slab sections on a commercial site.

Night pour of an elevated reinforced concrete deck with column cages and a boom pump — An elevated deck placed overnight with column steel standing.

Elevated concrete slab being power trowelled on a block stem wall at a marsh-front lot — Elevated slab on a block stem wall at a marsh-front lot.

Finished residential slab with plumbing stub-ups in an established neighbourhood — Finished slab handed over ready for framing.

Freshly trowelled slab with a power trowel parked on the surface in an established neighbourhood — Machine finishing on a custom home slab.

Completed residential slab and driveway pad under a dark storm sky with crew still on site — Finished ahead of the weather.

Finished monolithic slab with turned-down edge and stepped porch section on a wooded lot — Monolithic slab with a stepped porch section.

Finished house slab with a separate lowered porch slab and plumbing stub-ups — Porch drop formed into the main pour.

Formed and braced concrete footings at depth on a custom home lot — Footings formed and braced on a custom home lot.

Power trowel finishing a freshly poured house slab with the formed perimeter visible — Power trowelling a house slab to finish.

Long concrete driveway running from the road through a wooded lot to a new home garage — A long approach driveway on a wooded lot.

Long ribbon of freshly finished concrete driveway formed along a graded slope beside townhomes — Driveway run formed along a graded slope.

Wide finished concrete driveway and parking apron in front of a two-car garage — Full-width driveway and turnaround, finished and jointed.

Finished concrete pad extending a driveway under a covered carport structure — Driveway extended under covered parking.

Freshly finished rear concrete patio with formed steps at a house under construction — Rear patio and formed steps on a builder lot.

Finished concrete patios and equipment pads along the rear of new townhomes — Repeating patios and equipment pads across a townhome row.

Reinforcing steel laid across a courtyard and pool deck between apartment buildings — Courtyard and pool deck reinforced ahead of placement.

Finished concrete pool deck and courtyard flatwork between apartment buildings — The same courtyard, flatwork placed and finished.

Finished concrete flatwork under a covered entry canopy at a commercial building — Entry flatwork under a commercial canopy.

Freshly poured and floated concrete slab under a metal roofed lean-to beside a shop building — Lean-to slab poured against an existing shop.

Perimeter forms staked out in a graded yard in front of a long open pole barn structure — Perimeter forms staked ahead of a large yard slab.

Salgado Construction Solutions pickup truck with a trailer carrying ride-on and walk-behind power trowels — Finishing equipment loaded and heading to the next pour.

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