How Our Concrete and Landscaping Work Together

Summary:

Cesar points out that most concrete projects are really yard projects, because a new slab changes where water goes and reshapes everything around it. When two separate companies handle the concrete and the landscaping, the coordination tends to break down: the concrete crew grades for the slab, the landscaper arrives later and works around whatever they find, and no one planned the two together. Schedules also stall waiting on each other. Because ACR handles both, they plan the whole yard from the first visit, thinking through drainage, edges, and the finished result rather than the slab in isolation. It also means one point of accountability if something needs correcting, instead of two contractors pointing at each other.

Answer:

A lot of concrete jobs are really yard jobs. Somebody wants a patio, but the patio changes where the water goes, and it changes what's around it, and now you've got dirt and grading and planting to deal with. When two different companies handle that, things fall through the cracks. The concrete company grades for the slab, the landscaper comes later and works around whatever they find, and nobody planned it together from the start. Or one is waiting on the other and the job just sits there for two weeks. We do both, so we're thinking about the whole yard from the first visit. Where is the water going to go? What's happening on the edges of this slab? What does this look like when it's all finished, not just the concrete by itself? And if something isn't right, it's one company to call. You're not standing in the middle of two contractors pointing at each other. It comes out looking like one job because it was one job.