Footings and Stem Walls
We dig, form and pour concrete footings, then build block stem walls and small building foundations for casitas, garages, sheds, new walls and fire features. Free written estimates.
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Ram Masonry is a concrete contractor in Las Vegas, working the whole valley and Clark County. We pour slabs with rebar prep, flatwork, pool decks, and commercial pads, plus footings and block stem walls for new walls and casitas. Ram Masonry has poured and laid block here since 2014, with decades of hands on masonry and concrete behind the company. We hold Nevada masonry license C-18, number 0080771, and the company is bonded and insured. Jobs run from a single backyard slab to a commercial pour on a graded site. Estimates are free, and the price comes in writing after we see the site.
Homeowners call us for a slab under a shed, a casita, or an RV pad. Builders and business owners call for footings, building pads, and the concrete under a trash enclosure. Other calls come from people whose old concrete has cracked and sunk. Some are starting from dirt and need the grade, the base, and the forms handled first. We work both ways, and we tell you what the ground under the job needs. Pool decks, sidewalks, and walkways are regular work for us too.
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It starts with a call and a look at the site. We measure the area, check truck access, and look at what is under the dirt. Hard caliche, soft fill, and old concrete all change the bid. Then you get a written price covering dirt work, forming, the pour, and the finish. The estimate is free, and it lists what is included.
On pour day we set forms, hold the grade, and tie rebar at the spacing the slab calls for. The base gets compacted before any concrete lands on it. We place, screed, float, and finish to the surface the job needs. Control joints get cut or tooled so the slab cracks along a line we chose. Then the slab gets protected while it cures.
Square footage is only the starting point. Thickness, rebar, dirt work, and access move the price more than most people expect. A backyard slab a wheelbarrow has to reach costs more per foot than an open pour. Caliche in the dig can add hours of hammer work before a form goes up. Removing an old slab is priced on its own line. Our guide to what a concrete slab costs in Las Vegas lays out the published ranges by slab type.
One national cost guide lists a concrete slab at $6 to $12 per square foot installed. Thicker pours, heavy rebar, and deep footings run above that. Commercial pads built to spec price on their own. Those are typical ranges, and every job is bid on site. Two slabs the same size can price very differently once we see the dirt.
Homeowners hire us for slabs under sheds, casitas, and RV parking. Pool decks, sidewalks, and walkways are steady residential work. Backyard pours need care around gates, irrigation lines, and finished landscaping. We form to the lines you want, and we pitch the slab so water drains away from the house. Access gets sorted before pour day.
Commercial customers call for building pads, footings under CMU walls, and trash enclosure slabs. That work runs on someone else's schedule, so pours get planned around inspections and site access. On an active site, we work around the trades who are already there. Builders and general contractors get the same written scope a homeowner gets. The walls that go up on those footings are covered on our commercial block wall and CMU building page.
Some of what we pour has its own page on this site. Driveway pours are covered there, including the slab thickness a vehicle load needs. Patios have their own page. Stamped and decorative concrete, where the finish carries the look, is written up separately. Slabs, footings, flatwork, pool decks, and commercial pads are the work on this page.
Las Vegas summer changes how a concrete pour gets planned. Fresh concrete sets faster in high heat, which shortens the window to finish the surface. Hot weather practice keeps concrete near or below 90 degrees when it is placed. So summer pours get scheduled for early morning, while the ground and the mix are cooler. Curing is where a slab is won or lost, so we keep it protected through the first days.
Under the dirt, much of the valley sits on caliche. It is a hard layer cemented by calcium carbonate, and it changes lot to lot. One yard opens with a claw, and the next needs a hammer to break the shelf. Caliche makes a strong bearing layer once we are through it. It also holds water, so the base and the drainage get planned before the pour.
Monsoon storms push a lot of water across the valley in a short time. A pad that holds water shows it within a year or two. We set the pitch so storm water runs off the slab and away from the house. Slope gets checked with a level, and it is part of the written scope.
Ram Masonry started in 2014, after years of block and concrete work in the valley. The crew that looks at your slab is the crew that pours it, and the number in writing is the number you pay. Call (702) 769-4416. Estimates are free, and photos of the area help before we come out.
We hold Nevada masonry license C-18, number 0080771, and we are bonded and insured. A concrete contractor who also holds a masonry license can pour the footing and build the wall on it. The footing, the slab, and the wall come from the same company. That means one bid and one schedule for the whole job. Residential and commercial both, anywhere in the valley.
Free, no-obligation estimates across Las Vegas and the whole valley.
(702) 769-4416From the first look at the site to the final walk-through, here is exactly how it goes.
Call or send the form, and photos by text get a fast first read. For a firm number we come out, measure the run, and check what sits under the job: grade, access, caliche, old work.
You get a written price and timeline before any work starts. If a permit or engineering applies, the estimate says so. Repair and rebuild get quoted as separate numbers when both are on the table.
Footings dug to bearing and inspected, rebar and grout in the cells, base compacted before concrete, mortar kept from drying too fast in the heat. The parts you never see get built like the parts you do.
We walk the finished work with you: walls plumb, joints full, slabs draining the right way, site cleaned up. Done means you have looked at every part of it and said so.
Common questions about concrete across Las Vegas and the whole valley. Don't see yours? Give us a call and ask.
We dig, form and pour concrete footings, then build block stem walls and small building foundations for casitas, garages, sheds, new walls and fire features. Free written estimates.
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We pour new concrete driveways and replace worn out slabs across the Las Vegas valley. Compacted base and rebar under every pour. Nevada C-18 license, bonded and insured, with free estimates.
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New concrete patios and patio extensions across the Las Vegas valley, plus pads for shade structures. Broom or trowel finish, poured on a prepped base. Free estimates.
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What a concrete slab costs in Las Vegas: published per square foot ranges by slab type, plus caliche, rebar, thickness, permits and what a bid should list.
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Read more →Block, brick, stone and concrete are the whole business, not a sideline. Footings dug to bearing, cells grouted around steel, joints struck full. That is why the walls we build stay straight.
Vegas heat and monsoon wind punish shortcuts. Early summer pours, mortar kept from drying too fast, drainage behind every retaining wall, footings cut through caliche instead of stopping on it.
We look at the job, measure it, and put the price and timeline in writing before work starts. Photos by text get a fast first read. The estimate costs nothing either way.
Nevada C-18 masonry license #0080771, bond and insurance on file. The license is what lets us pull your wall permit, and it covers commercial work at the same standard as residential.
A wall that worries you, a driveway past its best, or a backyard ready to become the good part of the house? Call or send the form and we will look at the site with you and hand you a straight written quote.
Tell us about your project and we’ll get right back to you.