Concrete Contractor in Carson, CA - New Driveways, Patios and Slabs on a Solid Base

The city's Building & Safety Division issues building permits in Carson, for homes, businesses and specialty projects. The same division reviews plans and inspects the work against the building codes, so it's the office to ask about your job. I go over the permit side at the estimate and tell you who handles each step.

You apply online through the city's Carson Civic Access Portal, which takes new construction, encroachment and trash bin permits. At the estimate we tell you which office your job involves, and where a step falls to you as the owner, we walk you through it.

Yes, every contractor and subcontractor doing business in Carson needs a city business license, separate from the state license. Each subcontractor needs its own, whether the deal is written or just agreed out loud, and the contractor has to give the city's Revenue Division a list of every sub on the project. That covers everyone working on your concrete job, not only the company you signed with.

The Contractors State License Board requires a license whenever a project needs a building permit, puts any additional workers on the job, or has contracts totaling $1,000 or more for labor and materials. A bigger job can't be split into pieces under $1,000 to get around that, and contractors need the license before they bid. We're fully licensed and insured.

The price of a Carson driveway comes down to its size, how much old concrete we break out and haul off, and how much digging and packing the base needs before we pour. Thickness, the steel, the finish you pick and how easy the slab is to reach move it too, and a plain broom finish costs less than a stamped one. Your written estimate gives you the number for your job, with each of those spelled out.

Most of the cracked and sunken slabs we break out in Carson failed from underneath, because the base was raked flat instead of dug out and packed, water ran under the slab, or the control joints were cut late or never cut. The base is the part nobody sees once the concrete is down, which is why it's the first thing a tight budget cuts, and it's the last place I'd cut, because a nice finish on a soft base settles just like the old slab did. No slab is crack-proof, but a packed base, planned drainage and joints cut in time keep cracks few and in the joints where they belong.