Slab foundation building in Tuscaloosa AL - built for the soil under your house

Because the county soil survey is general, so testing on your own lot by people experienced in building engineering is still needed to show what's under the house. A road study found considerable swell pressure in the clay soils under Alabama Highway 5. We want your results in hand before we settle on a regular or post-tensioned slab.

Yes, for a new house, because the City of Tuscaloosa issues the permits required for all new construction. We check with the permit office for your address and pull the permits our part of the job needs. On a Foundation Only permit, a surveyor, engineer or architect certifies the floor height once it's set, before the city issues the full permit.

You might, since projects next to Lake Tuscaloosa may also need a Land Development Permit, and projects in the Lake Tuscaloosa, Harris Lake or Lake Nicol watersheds may need a Site Stabilization Plan. When your lot needs those extra approvals, I'll tell you who to call, and we build from the plans they approve.

In most cases, a licensed contractor. The city requires a city general contractor's license number on residential permit applications unless the contractor qualifies for an exception, and the state's Home Builders Licensure Board covers anyone paid to build or supervise a home for someone else when it costs more than $10,000. We're licensed and insured.

Yes, if you claim the state's homeowner exemption, but any subcontractor whose part of the work costs more than $10,000.00 has to be licensed. Read the board's homeowner exemption rules before you count on it, and if you want us on the slab, the estimate is the place to start.