Concreters St Albans

Yes. We build driveways and crossings, shed slabs, hardstand, retaining walls, pool surrounds and outdoor areas for properties in St Albans and the surrounding district, including Lower Macdonald, Webbs Creek, Wisemans Ferry and Laughtondale.

No, but it takes planning. We schedule trucks around the ferries and order the concrete in as few loads as the job allows, so travel time doesn’t blow out the cost.

Yes. St Albans is in the Hawkesbury local government area. Before any work starts on the crossing between the road and your boundary, the owner or contractor has to lodge Hawkesbury City Council’s Agreement Form for Driveways with the required fee. Council also requires the contractor to carry public risk insurance with a minimum cover of $20 million and to show evidence of it before starting.

A minimum compressive strength of 25 MPa at 28 days in accordance with AS 3600. A residential crossing is a minimum 100 mm of concrete with a single layer of SL72 mesh; heavy duty is a minimum 150 mm with two layers. Where a road has no kerb and gutter, the gutter invert has to sit at least 2.2 metres back from the edge of the bitumen seal with a heavy duty layback. Council inspects once, with the formwork and steel in place, on 24 hours notice.

Only within limits, and only if your land is flood affected in the first place. On the most hazardous flood-affected land, council’s controls say importation of fill and excavation are not permitted other than a balance of cut and fill to create a level building platform or driveway access, and that cut and fill must not exceed one metre of cut or one metre of fill. Council’s Flood Advice gives the Flood Planning Level for your property in metres AHD, and an accurate ground level needs a survey by a registered surveyor.

It depends on the length, how much excavation and base preparation the ground needs, whether an old surface comes out, the crossing at the road, and the finish. Out here it also depends on the run in — distance, access and whether a ferry is on the route. The accurate number comes from seeing the site, and quotes are free.

The base is what the finished job stands on, and council sets a minimum for the crossing at the road. Beyond that, a site classification under AS 2870 comes from a geotechnical soil test on your block, not from a suburb map. On acreage the base is usually where the time goes.

Yes. The Macdonald Valley is a long run and the Webbs Creek Ferry is usually part of it, so a job here gets scheduled as a proper day rather than squeezed between others. That is the honest way to price it, and it is why we would rather do a whole driveway or shed slab here than a patch-up.

Yes. Southo Concrete holds NSW contractor licence 398552C and a general construction induction white card, and carries $20 million public and product liability cover plus workers insurance. Certificates of currency are available on request, along with SWMS where a site needs them, and we can complete site inductions as required.

We use high-quality materials and proven construction methods to help ensure our work lasts for 25 years or more. We also use appropriate materials and techniques to control cracking in our slabs, helping to keep it very limited, if not eliminate it altogether. Please note that cracking can be affected by factors outside our control, including ground movement, weather and site conditions.

No. We take on complete jobs — driveways, shed slabs, hardstand, retaining walls, pool surrounds and outdoor areas — where we control the work from excavation through to finish. We don’t do small patch-up repairs.