Delivery & Site Damage
Utility Cuts and Trench Patches That Fail
I still have the density sheet from a gas service cut across a two-year-old commercial drive: one test, near the top, 96.4 percent of standard Proctor. One test, on a trench 46 feet long and 5 feet deep. Nine months…
Protecting a Driveway During a Roof or Concrete Delivery
The site-notes box on my order screen is usually one line: “driveway pour, call on arrival.” The line I actually need is whether the truck is allowed on the existing concrete, because that answer decides which truck leaves the yard,…
Who Pays When a Contractor’s Truck Breaks the Apron
A Broadmoor homeowner called me out to look at an apron that had broken under one delivery. One truck, one trip, and a 10 by 20 foot slab had three pieces in it with a quarter inch of offset at…
Documenting Site Damage During a Construction Project
I am usually the last trade in the building. By the time I show up with grinders and a vacuum, twenty people have spent six months walking on the slab I am about to make permanent. Whatever they dropped, dragged…
A Delivery Truck Cracked My Driveway: What to Do First
I am usually the guy driving the heavy truck, so this comes from the other side of the windshield. A boom pump on five axles leaves the yard around 70,000 lb, and with the boom out over one corner, a…