Concrete Contractors in Dania Beach, FL

Dania Beach uses the motto "Broward's First City," and concrete contractors working there see the full range of property ages that comes with that history. The Town of Dania was incorporated on November 30, 1904, and most of its 35 residents then were farmers of Danish descent. After the 1926 Miami hurricane, most of Dania split away from Hollywood and reincorporated as a city in 1927, and in 1998 it took the name Dania Beach. Today it sits between Fort Lauderdale to the north and Hollywood to the south, right beside Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Many homes are rentals

Census estimates show only about 46.8% of Dania Beach homes are occupied by their owners, and the 2020 census found 18.0% of its 16,377 housing units vacant. Landlords and property managers have their own priorities for concrete:

• Durability over decoration. A plain broom finish on a well-built slab outlasts a fancy finish that needs regular resealing nobody remembers to do.
• Safety and liability. Trip hazards on walks and steps need to be fixed quickly, before a tenant or visitor gets hurt.
• Turnaround. Work timed between tenants, or scheduled so a unit keeps access to parking.
• Clear paperwork. A written scope and photos that an owner can keep with the property records.

Rain and water on low ground

The city's elevation is about 10 feet, in a tropical climate bordering on monsoon. During the April 12 to 13, 2023 floods, a band stretching from Hollywood into Dania Beach took 15 to 20 inches of rain, and a weak tornado in the city damaged trees and a mobile home park. Storms like that test every slab: water that cannot drain sits against foundations, eats at slab edges and floods garages.

On a replacement here, drainage drives the design. Surfaces slope away from buildings, low spots between slabs are designed out, and downspouts are checked. Sometimes a small change, like turning a downspout onto a splash block instead of under a slab edge, prevents years of washout.

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Antique Row and older buildings

Antique shops line Federal Highway, the stretch locals call Antique Row, and the city carries the nickname "The Antique Capital of the South." In a town settled before 1904, old slabs poured without reinforcement, patched steps and root-lifted walks are common. For older properties, we start by finding out what is there: how thick it is, whether there is steel in it and what it sits on. That tells us whether a repair will hold or whether replacement is the better spend.

What we do in Dania Beach

1. Driveway replacement and new parking pads. 2. Patios and covered outdoor areas. 3. Stamped concrete for entries and courtyards. 4. Pool deck resurfacing and replacement. 5. Slabs for equipment, sheds and dumpsters at rental properties, sized for the vehicles that cross them. 6. Repairs to cracked panels, broken steps and settled walks.