Concrete contractor in Beaumont, TX - slabs built on packed ground that drains
Advanced Beaumont Concrete is a concrete contractor based in Beaumont, TX. We pour driveways, patios, sidewalks, garage floors and slab foundations here, and we put most of our care into the dug-out, packed ground underneath them.
- Licensed and fully insured.
- Free on-site estimates.
- Expect a reply within 1 business day.
Beaumont homes, yards and the ground under them
Beaumont is where we're based, so a lot of our calls come from right here. Some are older homes with the original driveway or front walk, cracked and dropped where the ground gave out under it. Others are newer houses that want a patio or a wider drive, or business owners who need a parking lot or footings for a building.
We do the same work across the river in Vidor and up in Lumberton, but on Beaumont jobs most of what I see starts underneath. Yards here are flat and low, so I check where your water goes before anyone talks about a finish.
Concrete work we do around Beaumont
Most driveway calls here are old slabs cracked and sunk at the street end. We dig out soft ground, pack a new base and pour fresh.
A backyard patio here has to shed heavy rain, so we set the slope away from your house before we talk about size or finish.
Stamped concrete gives a patio, entry or pool area the look of stone or brick. It still needs the same packed base, because a pattern doesn't stop settling.
Front walks here get lifted by tree roots and undercut by runoff. We tear out the bad sections and pour new ones level with the rest.
Older garages here often have floors that cracked and dropped at the door. We break them out, rebuild the base and pour a floor that's easy to hose down.
Decorative concrete covers color, exposed stone and patterned edges for a front entry or patio. We'll tell you which finishes stay less slick when wet, which matters here.
On a flat lot, a retaining wall can hold a raised bed or keep soil from washing onto a drive. We plan where the water behind it goes.
We pour interior concrete floors for shops, sheds, additions and commercial rooms, set on packed ground with rebar, steel bars that hold the slab together if it cracks.
A pool deck here sees bare feet, chlorine splash and hard summer sun. We pick a finish with some grip and slope it away from the pool.
Front steps on older houses often pull away from the porch or sink at one end. We rebuild them square and even, so they're easier to climb.
For a new house, addition or shop, the slab is where wet, shifting ground matters most. We grade and pack the pad before any steel goes down.
Foundation installation covers the footings, beams and slab under a building. We set the height with drainage in mind, because flat ground gives water nowhere to go.
Business owners here call us for parking lots that take daily truck traffic and heavy rain. We build the base for the load and slope it to drain.
Footings carry the weight of a wall, porch, carport or addition. In soft Beaumont ground we dig them to firmer soil, since everything above rides on them.
When a slab has dropped on wet, shifting Beaumont ground, raising it can bring it back toward level. I find out why it sank before we lift anything.
Concrete cutting lets us take out one sunken section, open a path for a drain line or widen a drive without breaking up the whole slab.
Get a written concrete estimate for your Beaumont job
We'll get back to you within one business day to set up a visit. I walk the job with you and give you a free written estimate, with no pressure to book.
(409) 240-0378- Based in
- Beaumont, TX 77702
- Hours
- Mon–Fri: 6 AM–11 PM, Sat–Sun: 8 AM–9 PM
Permits and pricing on Beaumont concrete jobs
Every permit in Beaumont goes through the city's Community Development office, and its Building Codes staff review site plans before a building permit is issued, so when your job needs a permit, that review has to clear before we pour. The city's permit list includes driveway, grading and street cut permits, so I look up what it asks for at your address, tell you what I found, and handle the paperwork and inspection bookings when the permit is ours to hold.
The price moves with the ground more than anything: how much soft dirt comes out, how much base goes back in and gets packed, whether old concrete has to be broken out, and how big and thick the slab is. When a budget gets tight, people want to trim the base because nobody sees it on day one, and I'd rather trim the finish, because a fancy surface on a sinking slab is just a nicer-looking crack. The schedule turns on the permit side, the weather and curing, the days concrete needs to harden before it takes feet and then cars. It works the same way on our jobs in Nederland, and once I've walked your lot you get your own number in writing.
What Beaumont's ground and weather do to concrete
Most of Beaumont is flat, low and wet, and much of the ground around here is clay that swells when it's soaked and shrinks in a dry spell. That moving subgrade, the dirt the slab sits on, is why so many driveways here crack and sink at the edges, and why water sits against houses after a storm. We dig out the soft stuff, pack a real base and slope every slab away from the house, because a slab that falls toward your house sends every storm to your door.
Summer heat is the other one. Concrete poured in the middle of a hot afternoon dries too fast on top and can end up weak and dusty, so in summer we pour early in the day and keep the surface damp while it cures.
What happens when you call us in Beaumont
Here's how a Beaumont job runs from your side, from the first call to the day we walk the finished slab together.
- +01
Call or send the form
Call (409) 240-0378 or send the form with what you've got and your address, and we'll set a time for me to come out. If you're not sure we cover your street, just ask.
- +02
I walk the job with you
I look at the ground, where your water runs and what you want, and it helps if you're home to walk it with me. You get the estimate in writing, so you know the cost before you decide anything.
- +03
We handle permits, then pour
If you go ahead, we sort out the permit side first and plan the pour around it. Our small crew, with me working alongside, digs out, packs the base, sets the steel, pours and cuts the joints.
- +04
We walk the finished job
When it's done, we walk the job with you and I tell you when it's ready for feet and when it's ready for cars. We clean up before we leave.
Questions about concrete work in Beaumont
How do I apply for a concrete permit in Beaumont, TX?
You apply online through the city's permit portal, and the city's page on applying for a permit links to guides for signing up and submitting. When the permit is ours to hold, we do the application and paperwork for you.
How do I schedule a concrete inspection in Beaumont?
The permit holder books every inspection online through the city's City Works Portal, and the city doesn't schedule inspections over the phone. Building Codes sends someone out to check the work while it's in progress. When the permit is in our name, I book them, so you don't have to learn the portal.
Where do I pay a building permit fee in Beaumont, TX?
Permit fees are paid only in person at City Hall or through the official City of Beaumont online portal. The city also tells applicants to check that any city email comes from a beaumonttexas.gov address, so if a fee request comes from anywhere else, check with the city at 409-880-3100, weekdays between 8 am and 5 pm.
Who can tell me the flood elevation for my lot in Beaumont?
The city sends people to its Planning and Zoning Office at 409-785-4789 for base flood elevations, the mapped flood levels, in the undetermined A zones on the federal flood map inside city limits. If we're pouring a slab foundation or an addition on a lot in one of those zones, that's a call worth making before we set the height.
How much does a new concrete driveway cost in Beaumont?
A driveway's price here mostly comes down to how much ground work it needs, then its size, thickness and finish. Breaking out and hauling off an old drive, building it thicker for trucks, adding steel, fixing where the water runs and how easily a concrete truck can reach the spot all add to it. A plain broom finish, a rough texture swept in so it grips when wet, costs less than stamping or color, and you get your own number in writing after I've walked the lot.
What causes concrete driveways to crack in Beaumont?
Most cracks here come from the ground moving under the slab, and from a base that was raked flat instead of dug out and packed, so it settles with the dirt. Concrete cracks anyway, so we cut control joints, shallow grooves that give it a straight place to crack, on time, and we build the base so the slab has less reason to move. I'd rather tell you where yours will crack than promise it won't.
Get your Beaumont concrete job looked at
Water getting under a cracked slab keeps washing out the base, so the sooner I see it, the better the odds of fixing a section instead of the whole drive.
Beaumont, TX