Shed pads, AC and generator pads, RV and boat parking, garage aprons, and light commercial flatwork — each one engineered backward from the load it has to carry.
Utility slabs and pads in the Orlando area run $8–$13 per square foot installed for standard 4-inch reinforced work, and $10–$16 for thickened RV, boat, and equipment pads. Every pad is sized, sloped, and reinforced for the specific load it will carry — that’s the whole craft.
A slab is the most honest product in concrete: no pattern, no color, nowhere for shortcuts to hide except underground — which is exactly where they hide. The trade’s quiet secret is that most ‘cheap pad’ failures are engineering failures: a generator pad poured at sidewalk thickness, an RV pad without thickened edges, a shed base that ignored the water path across the yard. We design every pad backward from its duty. What will sit on it, how much does it weigh, how does it arrive (driven, rolled, craned?), and where does water want to go — those four answers set the thickness, reinforcement, base depth, and slope before we quote a number.
The range is wider than most homeowners expect. Equipment pads — AC condensers, pool heaters, standby generators — are small pours with strict flatness and elevation requirements (a generator warranty can hinge on its pad’s level). Vehicle pads — RV, boat, trailer, third-car parking — carry point loads that demand five to six inches with thickened edges and real base depth. Building pads for sheds and studios need square, level, code-conscious layouts your building’s installer will thank you for. And light commercial flatwork — dumpster pads, walk aprons, small-lot repairs for offices and HOAs — we handle with the same crew and the same written scope. If it is flat, load-bearing-lite, and outdoors, it is probably ours; if it is structural to a dwelling, it is honestly not, and we will say so.
| Option | Best for | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 4″ utility pad | Sheds, AC, garbage & path pads | The standard for static, light loads |
| 5–6″ vehicle pad | RVs, boats, trucks & trailers | Thickened edges, load-rated steel |
| Generator pad | Standby power systems | Level-critical, spec’d to the unit |
| Sport slab | Half-courts & play pads | Flatness-first finishing |
| Scope | Typical range | What’s included |
|---|---|---|
| Standard 4″ reinforced pad | $8–$13 / sq ft | Shed, equipment & utility duty |
| Thickened vehicle pad (5–6″) | $10–$16 / sq ft | RV, boat & trailer rated |
| Generator / equipment pad | $650–$1,900 each | Sized & leveled to the unit spec |
| Shed / studio base pad | $1,400–$4,500 | Typical 8×10 to 12×24 range |
| Sport-court slab | $9–$14 / sq ft | Flatness-focused finish |
| Garage apron replacement | $900–$2,600 | Demo & tie-in included |
| Light commercial flatwork | Quoted by scope | Written proposal, insured crew |
Eight phases, forty-eight checkpoints — applied in full on every concrete slabs project. The base is photographed before it disappears, the drainage is hose-tested in front of you, and the warranty arrives in writing.
48 checkpoints · every project · no exceptions
Match the slab to the load, not to a rule of thumb. Four inches of reinforced concrete over a compacted base carries sheds, AC units, and foot traffic all day. The moment wheels arrive — an RV, a boat trailer, a work truck — the math changes: point loads through tires demand five to six inches with thickened edges, and the base under it matters as much as the slab itself. Tell us the heaviest thing that will ever sit on the pad (be pessimistic), and we engineer to that. Upgrading thickness at pour time costs a little; discovering it was needed afterward costs the whole pad.
Yes — and this is a pour where precision is the product. Generator manufacturers publish pad requirements: minimum dimensions, thickness, level tolerance, and clearances from the house and openings. Miss the level spec and some installers won’t set the unit; miss the clearances and the inspection fails. We work from your unit’s spec sheet, coordinate anchor placement with the installer, and pour a pad that passes the first time. Bring us the model number and the site — we handle the rest.
Frequently yes, and the rules differ by jurisdiction — Orange County, the Town of Windermere, Winter Garden, and the HOAs layered on top each have their own thresholds for accessory structures and paved additions. As part of the proposal we flag what your specific pad likely requires and prepare the site documentation. What we don’t do is pour first and hope: an unpermitted pad can block a shed installation, an insurance claim, or a home sale years later. Twenty minutes of paperwork beats all of that.
Only if it is designed carelessly — every square foot of concrete you add is a square foot of ground that stops absorbing rain. We slope pads to shed water toward the yard’s existing drainage path, never toward the house or a neighbor, and on lots where the swale is already working hard we’ll say so and adjust the design. In HOA communities this is doubly important: drainage complaints are one of the fastest routes to a violation letter, and pads that respect the lot’s engineered flow simply never generate them.
Light commercial flatwork, yes: dumpster pads, walkway aprons, small parking pads, and repair work for offices, HOAs, churches, and storefronts across west Orlando. We are deliberately honest about scale — we are not a highway or tilt-wall outfit, and large structural work belongs with firms built for it. What we bring to small commercial scopes is the same thing homeowners get: a written proposal in one business day, full insurance documentation for your property manager, and a crew that shows up when the schedule says.
We’re an owner-run local company and we don’t publish testimonials we can’t stand behind — so you won’t find invented five-star quotes here. What you will find is a written warranty, published pricing, and a crew that answers the phone. If we’ve built for you, your honest review is the most valuable thing you can leave behind.
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