Customer parking for a storefront
Customers see the lot before they see the door. We lay out the spaces, the path to the entrance and the drainage together so nobody is stepping through puddles to get inside.
Concrete parking lot building in Prattville AL - a slab built for what drives on it
Gravel rutting out or old pavement breaking up? We build a concrete lot matched to the vehicles on it and the ground under it.
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What building a concrete parking lot involves
Concrete parking lot building in Prattville starts with getting the soil under your lot even and firm, then pouring a slab thick enough for the vehicles that park and drive on it. When a lot is designed and built for its own traffic, concrete can give many years of service with little maintenance.
Lot calls usually come from small business owners with a gravel lot that ruts after every rain or an old surface that's coming apart. We also hear from homeowners who need more room to park.
The price moves with the size of the lot, how thick the slab has to be for your vehicles, how much soft or mixed ground has to come out, and how the water has to drain off. The schedule turns on the permit, the ground work and curing, the wait while fresh concrete gains strength before it can take traffic. I'll come out, measure it and look at the ground myself, and the estimate gives you the figure for your lot.
Ground work before the pour
What's under the concrete matters more to me than the finish on top, because a slab only stays flat if the ground beneath it is even and packed the same all the way across.
Straight answers since 2013
We've poured concrete full time since 2013, and I'll tell you plainly what your lot will and won't do, including where it's likely to crack, before you decide anything.
The same person plans and builds
I look at the job and measure it myself, then run the work on site with my crew, so the person who drew up the plan is there making sure it gets built that way.
How we build a concrete parking lot
I start with what's going to drive on the lot, cars and pickups only or delivery and light trucks too, and get the ground under it even before we talk about the pour. A lot doesn't need a special layer of rock under it, but the subgrade, the soil the slab sits on, has to be the same type, moisture and firmness all the way across, so we dig out the soft or mixed spots, refill them with matching material and pack it. Most of the mapped soil in Autauga County rates low for shrink-swell, which helps, but that's a county-wide picture, so I still check your site's own ground.
We check where the water runs before any forms go up, so the lot sheds water away from the building instead of pooling in the spaces. If it's a business lot, the accessible spaces go into the layout from the first sketch. When a budget gets tight, people want to cut the base because nobody sees it on day one, and I'll push back on that, since a nice surface on a weak base just cracks sooner. We finish the top with a broom finish, a light ridged texture that gives tires and shoes some grip when it's wet.
On a hot day we plan when the pour starts, because concrete that's hot when it sets expands, and cooling off overnight can add shrinkage and raise the risk of cracking. We keep traffic off the slab until it's cured. If your lot needs a sign base or a short wall beside it, we pour concrete footings for those, and if the building next to the lot has settled, foundation raising is worth looking at before new concrete goes in against it.
Lots we build around Prattville
Lots that take delivery trucks
Trucks follow the same path in and out every day, so we look at where they'll turn and stop, because that's where the ground and the slab take the most wear.
Church and non-profit parking
These lots sit quiet most of the week and fill up all at once. We plan the spaces and the way traffic moves in and out around that busiest hour.
Extra parking at home
Some homeowners need room for a work truck, a trailer or more cars. A parking pad at a house is a smaller job, but it gets the same ground work, because loose dirt settles under any slab.
Get a free estimate for your lot
Send the form and we'll get back to you within one business day to set a time to see the lot. The estimate is free, done at your property, and there's no obligation.
Tell us what will use it
Put the vehicles that will park and drive there on the form, and whether it's new ground or an old lot getting redone, so I come out with the right questions.
Your satisfaction, guaranteed
That's our promise on every lot we build. If something in the plan doesn't sit right with you, I'd rather hear it at the estimate than after the pour.
Prattville and the cities nearby
We're based in Prattville and also work in Montgomery, Millbrook, Wetumpka, Pike Road, Clanton, Holtville and plenty of other cities around them, so send the form wherever your lot is.
Concrete lot and slab examples
Example photos of broom finishes, joint layouts and striped spaces you can point to when we talk through the plan for your lot.
Questions about building a parking lot
Here's what owners around Prattville usually ask before a new lot goes in, from permits to how thick the slab should be.
Do I need a permit to build a parking lot in Prattville?
Yes. The city requires a development permit for every new site, and commercial work that needs grading also needs a stormwater grading permit. Prattville counts everything except one- and two-family homes as commercial. We find out what the City of Prattville wants before we set a date, then handle the application or walk you through it, and we don't start ahead of it.
How thick should a concrete parking lot be?
It should be thick enough for the heaviest vehicles that use it, set together with your soil and the strength of the concrete. A lot that takes light trucks may need a thicker slab than one that only sees cars and pickups. I'll settle on the thickness once I've seen your ground and heard what parks there.
Does my business parking lot need accessible parking spaces?
Yes, if a business, non-profit or government provides the lot. Federal ADA guidance says those parking lots must provide accessible parking spaces. As I said above, they go into our layout first, because moving them after the pour means cutting concrete.
Does resealing or restriping a parking lot trigger the ADA accessible parking rules?
Resurfacing, resealing or adding spaces does, because the U.S. Access Board's guide counts those as alterations that have to include the required accessible spaces. Patching potholes or repainting the existing stripes for a few spaces counts as maintenance, unless that work changes how the lot can be used. If you're redoing an old lot, plan the accessible spaces into it.
When does a parking lot job in Alabama count as general contracting?
When the site work, grading or paving costs $100,000 or more, counting labor and materials together, Alabama's contractor licensing board defines whoever builds or oversees it as a general contractor. That's the board's line, so it's worth knowing where your lot's total lands before you hire anyone. We're licensed and insured, and you can ask me about it when I come out.
Will a new concrete parking lot crack like my old one?
Concrete usually cracks somewhere, so I'd rather tell you where and put the joints there. We cut control joints, shallow grooves that give the slab a straight place to crack, on time. Sealing those joints keeps surface water and grit out, so water doesn't soften the ground below and debris doesn't stop the joints from closing.
Other concrete work that goes with a lot
Call about your parking lot today
Call (334) 788-0315 any day between 6 AM and 11 PM, or send the form, and we'll set a time to walk the lot.