Concrete Contractors in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Fort Lauderdale is a city built around water, and concrete contractors here plan almost every job around it. The city has about 165 miles of waterways within its limits, which is why it is called the Venice of America, and it sits at an elevation of only about 7 feet. With that much water inside the city, plenty of lots back onto a canal or the New River. That shapes how we approach driveways, pool decks and patios: where the water goes, how close the slab sits to a seawall, and how salt and moisture will treat the concrete over the years.

Record rain and a long wet season

Wikipedia's airport records show 60.95 inches of rain in an average year, mostly in the May to October wet season, with frequent afternoon or evening thunderstorms. On April 12, 2023, it recorded 25.91 inches in a single day, causing historic flooding and closing the airport for a time. A storm like that is rare, but it shows what slabs have to handle: water that cannot drain off a patio ends up against the house, and water that sits under a slab weakens its base.

We design every slab to move water away from the home and, on canal lots, toward the yard or drainage rather than pouring directly over a seawall cap. Where a patio meets a pool deck, we watch for flat spots where water pools.

Pool decks on canal lots

Backyards here often combine a pool, a deck and a seawall in a small space. Pool decks see sun, chlorine, salt air and bare feet every day. Our options run from resurfacing a sound deck with a textured, lighter finish to full replacement where cracks, lifting or drainage problems run deep. On replacement we check the joint between the deck and the pool coping and keep the deck's weight and runoff from loading the seawall.

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Salt air and steel

Near the coast, salt can reach reinforcing steel through cracks and thin cover. When steel rusts it swells, and the concrete above it cracks and pops off, which is called spalling. For new work we focus on adequate cover over the steel, a dense mix and proper curing. For repair, we cut out damaged concrete to sound material, clean and treat the steel, patch and then seal the surface.

Right-of-way permits

The city's Engineering Permitting division reviews permits for driveway, sidewalk and roadway improvements in the public right-of-way. A new driveway apron or a sidewalk replacement in front of your house often falls under that. We check what your project needs before scheduling, and we build to the city's requirements where our work meets the street.

What we pour in Fort Lauderdale

1. Driveways, including replacements on older lots and new aprons. 2. Patios that open onto canals or pools. 3. Stamped concrete for entries, courtyards and pool surrounds. 4. Pool decks, resurfaced or replaced. 5. Slabs for generators, A/C units and boat equipment storage. 6. Repairs, including spalling, cracks and settled sections.

Postwar streets inland

Not every Fort Lauderdale home is on a canal. After World War II the city's population jumped from 17,996 in 1940 to 36,328 in 1950 and 83,648 in 1960, and many inland streets still have houses from those years, with original driveways and walks that have been patched for decades. For those, the job is a straight replacement: remove the old slab, rebuild the base, set a clean fall to the street and pour new concrete with joints in the right places. Where roots have lifted a walk, we deal with the root or reroute the path.

Getting concrete to the back yard

Canal lots are often narrow, with house, pool and seawall close together. Reaching the back yard can mean a pump truck or a hose line through a side yard, and we plan that on the first visit so there are no surprises on pour day.