Service 01 / Concrete
Commercial Concrete
Building slabs, warehouse floors, footers, aprons and walks for commercial and industrial sites.
01Overview
Slabs that carry the business.
A commercial slab is a promise to everything that will sit on it for the next few decades: racking, forklifts, delivery trucks and customers. We build commercial concrete with that in mind. The base, mix, reinforcing and joint layout are settled before the first truck shows up.
Shortridge handles commercial concrete from subgrade to final finish, often on sites where we have already done the excavation and grading. When one company owns the ground and the pour, there are fewer handoffs and fewer surprises.
02Scope
What’s included
- 01
Building slabs & warehouse floors
Interior slabs placed, power-troweled and saw-cut, ready for racking, equipment or finished flooring.
- 02
Footers & frost walls
Continuous and spread footers, frost walls and piers set to the drawings.
- 03
Aprons & loading areas
Heavy-duty exterior concrete built for truck traffic and Northern Ohio winters.
- 04
Sidewalks, curbs & entries
Walks, stoops and entry pads that meet the building cleanly and drain away from it.
- 05
Equipment & tank pads
Reinforced pads for generators, transformers, tanks and machinery.
- 06
Steel building slabs
Slabs with anchor bolts set to the manufacturer’s anchor bolt plan.
03Process
How it goes
- 01
Review plans & site
We price to your drawings and specs and walk the site to confirm grades, access and pour logistics.
- 02
Build the subgrade
Compacted stone base, checked for grade and density, with under-slab utilities in place.
- 03
Form, reinforce & pour
Forms, steel and embeds inspected before the trucks are called.
- 04
Finish, cut & cure
Troweled or broomed to spec, joints cut on time, and cured so the surface reaches full strength.
05Questions
Commercial Concrete: common questions
Don’t see yours? Ask us directly or browse the full FAQ.
Can you work from our architect’s or engineer’s drawings?
Yes. Send the drawings and specifications with your schedule and we will price the concrete scope to them. If something on paper does not match the site, we flag it early instead of finding it on pour day.
Do you handle the site work too?
We can. Excavation, grading and stone base are core Shortridge services, so the company that builds the pad is the one that builds the slab on it.
How soon can a new slab take traffic?
It depends on the mix, the weather and the load. Foot traffic is usually fine within a day or two; vehicles and equipment need longer. We give you a specific timeline for your project before we pour.
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Your next project starts here.
Have plans in hand or just an idea? Tell us what you are building and we will talk through the next step.