Next pour · Mon 06:30 · 186 m³ · Northcote
Scope // Form · Steel · Pour
We take a concrete package from the shop drawings to the last cured face: design the forms, fix the reinforcement, pump and place, finish, cure and strip. One contract, one programme, one foreman to call.
Pour 02 // Services
Engage us as a trade package under a builder, as a design-and-construct subcontractor, or direct for civil and infrastructure clients.
F3–F4 // Exposed
Board-marked, off-form, ribbed and sandblasted walls, columns and soffits. Sample panels, mock-up pours and a finish standard agreed in writing before tender.
Typical · 600–7,000 m³ · F3–F4
PT // Slabs
Flat-plate, banded and transfer slabs, podiums and car parks. Our own stressing crew and PT designers, with tendon set-out drawn and checked in-house.
Typical · 250–450 mm decks
B4 // Below ground
Rafts, pile caps, ground beams, retaining and core walls. Waterproof basements with crystalline admixtures, waterstops and injection hoses at every joint.
Typical · 2–5 basement levels
C2 // Civil
Culverts, abutments, headwalls, tanks and reservoirs for road, rail and water authorities — exposure classes to C2 and 100-year design life.
Typical · 1,000–8,000 m³
TW // Design
Temporary works engineering, pour pressure checks, back-propping, pour sequencing and full shop-drawing sets — independently certified before every lift.
9 drafters · 2 TW engineers
RP // Remediate
Condition surveys, spalling and corrosion repair, crack injection, slab strengthening and new-to-old connections for alteration projects.
Live buildings · night shifts
Pour 03 // Finish classes
Most disputes on concrete jobs come down to one word: “acceptable”. We price every package against a finish class and a signed sample panel.
| Class | Finish | Where it's used | Formwork face | Tolerance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | Rough Honeycomb repaired, no visual standard | Footings, pile caps, backfilled walls | Any sound form, earth-formed | ±15 mm · steps 10 mm |
| F2 | General Uniform, blowholes up to 10 mm | Faces to be painted, rendered or clad | Plywood or steel system panels | ±10 mm · steps 5 mm |
| F3 | Fair-faced off-form Smooth, consistent colour, tie holes on grid | Exposed soffits, car parks, stair cores | Film-faced formply, new or one-use | ±6 mm · steps 3 mm |
| F4 | Architectural / board-marked Matches signed sample panel, no repairs visible | Feature walls, civic and cultural buildings | Seasoned sawn boards or bespoke liners | ±3 mm · steps 1 mm |
Pour 04 // Process
Every element goes through the same six hold points. Nothing gets poured until the one before is signed.
Set-out, existing levels and access checked; pump and truck positions agreed.
Temporary works, shop drawings and pour stops issued and certified.
Steel, embeds and cover checked by our engineer and the client's.
Pre-pour permit signed, every truck docketed, slump and cubes taken.
Curing regime logged; strip times from maturity sensors, not guesswork.
Finish inspection against the sample, test certificates and as-builts.
Pour 05 // FAQ
Around 400 m³ for structural work. For architectural walls we'll look at anything — some of our best work is a single 60 m³ feature wall.
Both models work. Usually we nominate the supplier and mix designs so we carry the risk on finish and strength; we can also place builder-supplied concrete under a joint testing regime.
Before the architect fixes the board width and tie-hole grid. A day with us at design stage usually saves weeks of formwork redesign — and the sample panel needs six weeks to cure and approve.
Yes. Our PT engineers produce tendon layouts, calculations and stressing records under a design-and-construct subcontract, reviewed by the project's structural engineer.
We notify you the same day, take cores within 48 hours and engage an independent engineer. In 32 years we have never had to demolish an element — but the procedure is written down and priced in.
Large raft pours, civil works and live-road jobs often run at night. We hold permits and noise management plans for both metro areas and price shift premiums openly.