Concrete Slab Construction

Concrete slabs form the foundation of most modern buildings—residential house slabs, commercial floor slabs, industrial hardstands, and suspended deck slabs for multi-storey construction. Each slab type has its own engineering requirements, construction methods, and finishing standards. Our crews have the depth of experience to deliver all of them to specification, whether the project is a single house slab in Hamilton or a 5,000-square-metre warehouse floor in Perth.

We build slab systems suited to the soil conditions and structural requirements of each site. In New Zealand, that typically means ribraft or raft slabs on the clay soils of the Waikato and Auckland, and conventional slabs on the freer-draining grounds of the Bay of Plenty and Hawkes Bay. In Australia, we work with the waffle-pod and stiffened raft systems common in Perth and Brisbane, where reactive soils demand slabs designed to resist ground movement.

Quality slab construction comes down to preparation and precision: correct excavation levels, properly compacted ground, accurate steel placement, clean concrete placement without cold joints, and finishing that meets the specified tolerances. Our supervisors manage every stage of the process, from checking bearing capacity with the geotech through to final level checks on the cured slab.