Ready the pour · Stage 10

Concrete Prep & Pier Drilling

Excavation, drilling, and grade work so the concrete crew arrives to a site that is actually ready.

Lago Vista · Austin · statewide across Texas

What concrete prep actually is

Everything that has to happen before the truck arrives.

We provide concrete preparation and pier drilling for projects that need excavation, grading, drilling, layout support, or site readiness before concrete is placed — slabs, ramps, patios, pads, footings, piers, tie-downs, fence posts, deck supports, and utility supports.

We are most useful where the prep involves equipment access, rock, grade changes, drilling, haul-off, or material movement. Concrete placement may be available depending on scope; we also do prep only when another contractor is handling the pour.

Years drilling Hill Country rock: 8 Years drilling Hill Country rock
Service radius from Lago Vista: 50 mi Service radius from Lago Vista

When you need concrete prep

If any of these describe your project, this is the scope.

The pour is booked and the site is not ready

Grade, access, or excavation work standing between you and the concrete crew.
Piers have to go into rock

Drilling depth and production in limestone that a standard auger will not handle easily.
Access is tight for concrete equipment

Difficult terrain or restricted approach that needs planning before trucks arrive.
You have engineered plans to hit

Specified depths, diameters, and layouts that need following exactly.

Sounds like something else?

If the wider site needs shaping first, that is a grading scope. If it is the whole property that needs readying, start with site prep.

How we prep for concrete

Three phases, plan to handoff.

Read the site

Review the scope · Prepare the area
Do the work

Drill or form · Manage the spoils
Finish and hand it over

Ready it for concrete · Follow the plans

Projects involving heavy rock, unknown subsurface conditions, or exact engineered requirements may need flexible pricing or field adjustments. We flag those before starting.

What drives the price

Hole count, depth, and how hard the rock is.

Drilling is priced on production, and production in limestone is unpredictable until the first holes go down. We are straight about that up front.

Excavation needs

How much has to move before drilling starts.
Spoil management

Where the drilled and excavated material goes.
Quantity, size, and depth

How many holes, how wide, and how deep.
Whether we pour

Prep only, or prep plus placement.
Rock conditions

What the auger actually meets.
Estimates are free. If you have engineered plans, send them — specified depths and diameters let us give a much tighter number.

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