Cost To Concrete Pave One Acre

[Jerry Lieb]

Doing a cost approach and tying to determine the cost to concrete pave a one acre lot (in an industrial park) in Southern California. Not fully comfortable with the usual "cost guides". If anyone has dealt with this recently, would love to hear from you. Thanks.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

Our church paved a smaller area than that for right at $3/SF. My one cost book is similar but has a discount for larger parcels. There is a significant difference between two cost books I have.

 

[Elliott]

I know a guy who says he could do it for about $4000, he just finished a job down the street and he's got a batch he's just going to have to throw away, but you have to do it right now.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

I know a guy who says he could do it for about $4000, he just finished a job down the street and he's got a batch he's just going to have to throw away, but you have to do it right now.

Ha! I get that gypsy scam every few years wanting to pave my drive.

 

[rbrienza]

Call a few local concrete contractors.... and ask them...

Most will be willing to help and that way you can test it against Marshall & Swift... live data is always better than static data

 

[glenn walker]

Agree the typical cost guides can be so far off because there are so many variables An acre in concrete is a very large space, you need a lot of ground work first, including drainage and hardcore, the amount of hardcore will depend on ground conditions and ground conditions can greatly add to your costs. As is such a large space, the concrete will need expansion joints and the drainage and on a space that big can get extremely expensive. I normally call one of the paving contractors in my area BUT if you don't know any contractors your going to have to use the cost guides ** But first you need to determine how thick the concrete is and how much weight it's required to handle ? Typical 4' concrete pours for driveways will not handle heavy duty trucks which require 6" or more. Anyway sorry not much help because my paving contractor buddy is at the river this week-end.

 

[George Hatch]

I always ask contractors about their costs. Matter of fact, we're having lunch today with a SoCal concrete contractor so I'll put the question to him and relay his answer later. It'll probably be evening (big BBQ event).

 

[techbiker]

I get my 6" concrete paving done at between $7.50 and $8.50 per square foot. This includes demo of any existing, grading, doweling-in for repairs, fresh 4000 psi pre-mix, etc.

I have nearly an acre of concrete on our lots. As an exercise recently, I estimated $300,000 to totally repave.

Look around because I've seen estimates that range from $7 psf to $15 psf.

 

[Jerry Lieb]

Thanks to all that replied. Agree that best is from a local contractor - but they're all closed this weekend for the holiday and I'm trying to get some work done now. May just have to wait until next Tuesday.

George Hatch: That would be great if you would ask at lunch and drop me a reply later. Thanks.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

I've seen estimates that range from $7 psf to $15 psf.

Wow...that's pretty high. Here we do have sources for lime and gravel nearby, and many slabs now are metal free, using fiberglass filler to hold a high strength concrete (4000# min) together. But most lots here would be asphalt with concrete curbing.