Concrete & Foundations Engineered For Kansas City Clay

Most concrete failures in the Kansas City metro are not concrete failures at all. They are subgrade and drainage failures. Expansive clay soils move seasonally, and a slab poured over an improperly compacted, poorly drained base will crack regardless of how much steel is in it. We start every project with a soil and drainage assessment rather than a form board.

Mavrix Build Co. self-performs concrete work, which means the crew placing your flatwork is the same crew that prepared the base. We excavate to depth, proof-roll the subgrade, place and compact clean granular base in lifts, and verify thickness and reinforcement before the pour. We control the water-cement ratio on site rather than letting a truck driver add water to make the mix easier to place.

Our scope covers structural footings and poured foundation walls, basement slabs and garage slabs, driveways, sidewalks, patios, stoops, retaining walls and decorative finishes including stamped and exposed-aggregate work. We also handle structural repair: crack injection, carbon-fiber strapping, pier installation, mudjacking and full foundation replacement where repair is not economical.

Every pour is finished with proper control joints cut to depth, cured under a curing compound or wet cure, and sealed after 28 days. That sequence is what prevents the random cracking you see in driveways that were cut too shallow or never cured at all.