Amazon — Riverside, Missouri
50,000-plus square feet of new-construction concrete, self-performed from excavation through backfill — the commercial scale behind every driveway and patio we pour.
What Did Ford Concrete Build for Amazon in Riverside?
The Project
Ford Concrete self-performed more than 50,000 square feet of new-construction concrete for an Amazon facility in Riverside, Missouri — handling the full sequence from excavation and sub-base preparation through formwork, reinforcing steel, placement, finishing, and backfill. It is the kind of commercial-scale, load-rated work that proves out the standards we bring to residential jobs too.
A project at this scale for a client like Amazon leaves no room for improvisation — the schedule, the load requirements, and the flatness the building depends on are all fixed before the first truck arrives. Self-performing the concrete meant one crew owned every step, so accountability never got handed off between subcontractors. Here is how the work broke down.
At a Glance
Project Facts
Scope figure is owner-confirmed. Individual quantities beyond the overall square footage are not published here — we describe the work performed, not estimated numbers.
Scope of Work
How the Work Broke Down — Excavation to Backfill
We self-performed the full concrete sequence: excavation and grading, sub-base prep, formwork, reinforcing steel, placement and finishing, form stripping and curing, and backfill. One crew, one chain of accountability, from bare ground to a finished, load-ready surface.
Excavation & grading
Cut and grade the building and slab footprint to line and elevation, then prepare and compact the sub-base so the concrete has uniform support across a 50,000-plus square-foot footprint — the foundation of a slab that stays flat under warehouse loads.
Formwork & rebar
Set forms to the engineered layout and tie the reinforcing steel — bar size, spacing, and cover to plan. On a facility this size, reinforcement and joint layout are what control cracking and carry the heavy, repetitive loads a distribution building sees every day.
Pour & finish
Place and consolidate the concrete, then finish to the specified flatness and surface. High-volume commercial pours run on tight timing and crew coordination — the window to place, screed, and finish before the concrete sets does not wait, so the pour is planned to the hour.
Strip & cure
Strip forms once the concrete has gained strength and protect the slab through its cure. Curing is where long-term durability is won — rushing it is how slabs end up weak at the surface, so the schedule respects the concrete rather than the calendar.
Backfill
Backfill and finish grade around the completed work, leaving the site ready for the next trade. Self-performing the sequence end to end means one accountable crew owns the result from bare ground to a finished, load-ready surface.
Why It Matters
What a 50,000-Sq-Ft Amazon Pour Says About Your Driveway
The discipline a facility like this demands — base prep that stays flat under load, reinforcement and joints laid out to control cracking, curing that is never rushed — is the same discipline that separates a driveway that lasts 30 years from one that cracks in five. The crew that met Amazon's standard brings it to residential work too.
Most contractors who pour residential flatwork have never run a pour at this scale, and most who run commercial facilities do not want your driveway. We do both with the same crew, which is the whole point: the standards do not change with the size of the job. Sub-base compaction, rebar placement, joint spacing, and cure time either get done right or they do not — on a warehouse floor or a backyard patio.
See the commercial work in depth on our warehouse & industrial floors and commercial concrete pages, or browse more of what we build on the project case studies page.
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