Concrete delivery for your project often happens in a short window to ensure the concrete is ready when it arrives. Because the timing must be correct, it is essential that you have the forms and pour site ready when the concrete arrives and that there is no delay in the process.
Premix Concrete
When using concrete for a foundation, slab, or some other project, ordering premix concrete ready to use when delivered is an excellent choice. Determining the amount of concrete you need and the timing of the concrete delivery can sometimes be tricky, but if you are using a concrete contractor for your project, they can work out the details for you.
Premix concrete has some advantages that make it easier to work with and can be customized to fit your needs. The concrete delivery service can batch mix the concrete for you so that it is the same with every load delivered to the site. If you are using multiple truck loads of concrete, this is essential to ensure the same cure time, strength, and properties of the final product.
Forms And Reinforcement
Before the concrete delivery arrives, it is crucial to have the forms completed, and if you are reinforcing the concrete with rebar or mesh, it must also be in place. If you are still trying to complete the forms when the truck shows up, it has it sit and wait, and many times that delay will come with a penalty fee from the concrete company.
If you are not going to be ready for the concrete when you initially thought you would, let the concrete company know in advance so they wait to mix your concrete and don't have to waste it. In some cases, they can deliver it to another customer if you are using a standard mix, but if the recipe is altered for specific properties, that is not always possible.
Most concrete companies are okay with delaying the delivery and will work with you as long as you don't wait until the last minute to tell them.
Delivery Challenges
The pour location can complicate some concrete deliveries, and getting a massive truck onto the site may be difficult. Often the solution is to use a concrete pumping truck with a long boom to reach the forms, and the incoming concrete delivery can dump into the pumper.
Pumping the concrete can make it easier to get over a house or into an area that is too soft to support loaded concrete trucks. It is vital to have the pumper at the site before the concrete delivery so they can get set up and are ready for the concrete when it arrives.
Contact a company like Diamondback Redi-Mix to learn more.
