Cracked, sinking or puddled parking area? We prepare even ground and pour a lot that drains where it should and carries your daily traffic.
Concrete parking lot building in Malibu means checking and preparing the ground, then forming, pouring and finishing concrete pavement with joints that control where it cracks, so you end up with a lot that stays flat under the vehicles that park on it.
A parking lot job usually starts with something going wrong. You see cracks that wander across the slab, panels that sink at one end, or water that sits in the low spots for days after rain. Most of that traces back to what's under the concrete. So the price moves with the size of the lot, how thick it has to be for the vehicles using it, how much soft or uneven ground has to come out, and how easily the trucks can get in. The schedule depends more on the city's approvals and the time of year than on the pour itself. Your own number comes from the written price I send after measuring the site.
I come out, walk the ground and take the measurements myself, so the person pricing your lot is the one on site at the pour. Our crew does the work with me there, and we work alongside your engineer, architect or soil consultant when the project has one.
We're fully licensed and insured. In California, forming, pouring and finishing pavement and other flat concrete work falls under the state's concrete contractor classification. Whoever you hire, ask whether their license covers this kind of work before you sign anything.
I ran a sign shop for years, learned concrete next to experienced finishers and foundation crews, and started this business in Malibu in 2023. You get a written scope of what goes under and into the slab before any work begins. Satisfaction guaranteed. Call (424) 388-5404 or use the form.
We reply within one business day, by phone or by message, to set up a free estimate at your property with no obligation. I'll measure the lot, look at access and any existing concrete, then send a written scope with a price you can compare line by line. It helps to have the rough size of the lot, the vehicles that will use it, and whether the project falls under a Coastal Development Permit.
Malibu's Local Coastal Program applies to all development and activity in the city unless it's exempt. Any project that needs a Coastal Development Permit has to include a plan for handling stormwater after construction, and it has to be designed to keep as much of the surface permeable as is practical. That shapes a parking lot before the first form goes in, because it can change how much area gets paved, where the runoff goes and whether part of the lot should let water soak through. Whether your lot needs that permit is the city's call, so before we price the job I look into what the city asks for at your address and tell you what I found. Where approvals are needed, we plan the start around them. We can also handle the concrete side of the paperwork or work alongside your architect or engineer. For anything about your own lot, the City of Malibu has the final word on its current coastal and plan check rules.
If the lot serves new office or commercial development that may affect public access to the coast, the city's coastal land use plan says its parking must also serve public beach parking on weekends and holidays, so it's worth knowing before you settle on a layout. On jobs around here we often find sloped sites, tight access for trucks and ground that isn't the same from one end to the other, so the ground check and the drainage plan get more of our time than the pour. We're based in Malibu and take jobs in many of the cities around it, including Calabasas and Topanga. If you're not sure we cover your address, just ask when you call.
Concrete industry design guidance says 4 inches without reinforcement usually suits cars and pickup trucks, and lots used by light trucks may need 5 or 6 inches. The right thickness also depends on the soil underneath and the strength of the concrete. That's why the most useful thing you can tell me at the estimate is which vehicles will park there and how often.
Concrete industry groups point to lots lasting 30 years and longer without major maintenance. That gives you a long stretch before big repairs to the surface come due. The lot holds up best when the ground under it gives even support from the start.
I can't give you a fair number until I've seen the site, because the price turns on the lot's size, the thickness your vehicles need, how much ground has to be dug out and replaced, and how easily trucks can get in. Steel in the slab, footings along the edges and anything the city asks for on drainage also add to the cost, and a plain broom finish keeps it lower than decorative work. The written scope lays each of those out so you can see what you're paying for.
It can, as long as soil controls stay in place. The city's draft grading policy says project managers keep those controls in place from November 1 to March 31, with soil piles bermed or covered with plastic. Work in those months also has to keep dug-out soil from washing onto the street or neighboring properties. Because the policy is still a draft, I check the city's current rules for your address before we set a start date.
In Malibu, any project that adds impervious surface, ground that sheds water, or includes grading or drainage work has to complete a hydrology study and submit a hydrology report to the city. A new concrete lot adds that kind of surface, so plan for the study from the start. If an engineer is on the project, we work with them on where the water goes.
It can be, but a North Carolina stormwater manual says pervious concrete works properly only when it's mixed and installed correctly. The same manual says that if it loses much of its ability to let water through, restoring it may mean removing and replacing the surface. Weigh that against the city's push for permeable surfaces before you decide.
