Domino's Pizza — Independence, Missouri
New-construction restaurant concrete, self-performed from excavation through backfill — foundations, building slab, and the flatwork that carries around-the-clock delivery traffic.
What Did Ford Concrete Build for Domino's in Independence?
The Project
Ford Concrete self-performed the concrete for a new-construction Domino's Pizza in Independence, Missouri — footings and foundations, the building slab-on-grade with its under-slab plumbing and conduit, and the site flatwork, parking, and walks. One crew ran the full sequence from excavation and subgrade prep through pour, finish, cure, and backfill, on Independence's expansive clay soils.
A delivery-focused restaurant is a small building with a demanding site: the slab has to carry a busy kitchen, the walks and parking take constant driver traffic, and the store opens on a fixed date. Self-performing the concrete meant one crew owned every step, base to backfill. Here is how the work broke down.
At a Glance
Project Facts
We describe the scope we self-performed rather than publishing estimated quantities. Individual figures for this project are not listed here.
Scope of Work
How the Work Broke Down — Excavation to Backfill
We self-performed the full concrete sequence: excavation and grading, footings and foundations, formwork and reinforcing steel, the building slab and site flatwork, form stripping and curing, and backfill. One crew, one chain of accountability, from bare ground to a store ready to build out.
Excavation & grading
Cut and grade the site to plan and proof-roll the subgrade before forming. Independence sits on the expansive clay soils common east of the river, so uniform compaction under the slab is not a formality — it is what keeps a building slab and its walks from moving with the seasons. We prepare the base to carry the load evenly before a yard of concrete is placed.
Footings, formwork & rebar
Form the footings and stem walls, tie the reinforcing steel, and set the under-slab plumbing and conduit to the kitchen and equipment layout. A carryout-and-delivery restaurant runs on a tight back-of-house, so the floor drains, sleeves, and embeds have to be placed exactly where the plan calls before the slab locks them in place.
Pour & finish
Place and finish the building slab, entrance walks, and the parking and loading areas delivery drivers use around the clock. High-turnover driver traffic is hard on flatwork, so the finish and the slope to drain are held to the plan — a low spot or a weak joint by the door becomes a maintenance headache within a season.
Strip & cure
Strip forms as the concrete gains strength and protect the surfaces through their cure. The store opens on a fixed date, so the cure is built into the schedule instead of shortened at the end. Concrete that is not allowed to cure scales and cracks in its first Missouri winter, right where the foot traffic is heaviest.
Backfill & site tie-in
Backfill against the foundations, bring the site to finish grade, and tie the flatwork into curbs and the parking so the site drains and the next trades can start. Because one crew self-performed excavation through backfill, there was no seam where accountability could fall between two contractors.
Why It Matters
Why Clay Soil Makes the Base Prep the Whole Job
Independence's expansive clay swells when wet and shrinks when dry, and concrete placed on a base that was not compacted and drained right will crack no matter how good the mix is. On this store — and on your driveway a few miles away — the subgrade work is what determines whether the concrete lasts, so that is where the crew spends the attention.
The same soils that sit under this restaurant sit under homes across Independence, Blue Springs, and Lee's Summit. The reason a driveway cracks in five years is almost never the concrete — it is the base under it. We proof-roll and compact the subgrade and detail the joints to control where the concrete moves, on a national-brand pad and on a residential slab alike.
See how we bid new construction on our commercial concrete for general contractors page and our restaurant & QSR work, or read about the base-prep side on our concrete driveways page. Browse more of what we build on the project case studies page.
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