Freddy's — Kansas City Metro
New-construction restaurant concrete, self-performed from excavation through backfill — foundations, building slab, drive-thru, and the site flatwork guests walk on every visit.
What Did Ford Concrete Build for Freddy's?
The Project
Ford Concrete self-performed the concrete for a new-construction Freddy's in the Kansas City metro — footings and foundations, the building slab-on-grade with its under-slab plumbing and conduit, the drive-thru lane, and the parking, walks, and ADA approaches. One crew ran the full sequence from excavation and subgrade prep through pour, finish, cure, and backfill.
A sit-down restaurant with a drive-thru is a full site in miniature: a dining room, a heavy kitchen, a drive-thru lane, and a parking field all tie into the same grades and open 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. The specific location and 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 restaurant ready for build-out.
Excavation & grading
Cut and grade the building pad, drive-thru, and parking to plan, then proof-roll and compact the subgrade before forming. A sit-down restaurant with a drive-thru packs a dining room, a busy kitchen, and a full parking field onto one site, so the grades have to tie together cleanly — the building, the lane, and the lot all drain off the same set of elevations.
Footings, formwork & rebar
Form the continuous footings and stem walls, tie the reinforcing steel, and set the under-slab plumbing and conduit to the kitchen and dining layout. A restaurant this size carries a heavy back-of-house with grease and floor drains, so every sleeve and embed has to land on the plan before the slab is poured and the layout is fixed for good.
Pour & finish
Place and finish the building slab, the drive-thru lane, the entrance walks and any patio, and the parking to the specified finish and flatness. The drive-thru and the front walks take the most traffic and are the surfaces guests judge, so the finish, the slope to drain, and the ADA transitions are held to the detail on the drawings.
Strip & cure
Strip forms as the concrete gains strength and protect every surface through its cure. A new restaurant opens on a fixed date, so the cure is planned into the schedule rather than compressed at the end. Concrete that is rushed off the cure scales and cracks in its first freeze-thaw winter, exactly where the traffic concentrates.
Backfill & site tie-in
Backfill against the foundations, bring the site to finish grade, and tie the flatwork into curbs, the dumpster enclosure pad, and the parking lot so the site drains and the next trades can move in. Self-performing the whole sequence means one crew owns the result from bare ground to a restaurant ready to build out.
Why It Matters
Why One Self-Performing Crew Beats Three Subs
When sitework, foundations, and flatwork are split across three subcontractors, the seams between them are where schedules slip and accountability disappears. On this restaurant, one crew ran excavation through backfill, so subgrade acceptance, the embed layout, and the finished slab all sat under one point of responsibility — the same way we handle a residential job.
A restaurant opening on a fixed date cannot afford a gap where the grading contractor blames the concrete contractor for a slab that will not drain. We self-perform the whole sequence so there is no gap — and that single-crew accountability is exactly what a homeowner gets when we pour a driveway or a patio.
See how we bid new construction on our commercial concrete for general contractors page and our restaurant & QSR work, or the site side of the job on commercial parking lots. Browse more of what we build on the project case studies page.
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