Industry
Concrete Cutting for Retail & Restaurants in Houston
Fast-turn cutting and coring for storefronts and restaurant build-outs — floor drains, grease-trap cuts and utility penetrations scheduled around business hours.
Retail and restaurant build-outs live and die by the opening date. The concrete work — floor drains, grease-trap pits, plumbing and electrical penetrations — is usually squeezed into a short fit-out window inside a shell or an existing space. In a strip center or mall, that also means cutting next to tenants who are still open for business.
Restaurant plumbing drives the cutting
Kitchens need floor drains, trench drains and grease-trap excavations, all of which start with saw-cutting and coring the slab. Retail fit-outs need cores for new restrooms, data and power. Because these spaces often sit on slab-on-grade over Houston's expansive clay soils, crews confirm slab thickness and locate any post-tension or embedded conduit before cutting.
- Floor and trench drain slab cuts for kitchens
- Grease-trap and interceptor pit excavation cuts
- Plumbing and electrical core penetrations
- Door and pass-through openings in demising walls
Cut around the neighbors and the schedule
In occupied centers, dusty and noisy cuts run after hours or before opening. Crews contain slurry and clean thoroughly so neighboring tenants and the finish trades are unaffected, keeping the fit-out on its opening timeline.
- Off-hours cutting to protect adjacent tenants
- Slurry containment on finished or soon-to-be-finished floors
- Scan-first coring to avoid conduit and PT tendons
Common retail & restaurant scopes
Trench Drain Installation
Kitchen and floor trench-drain slab cuts.
Learn moreFloor Drain Coring
Drain cores for kitchens and restrooms.
Learn morePlumbing Penetrations
Supply and sanitary cores through slabs.
Learn moreSlab Sawing
Trenches for grease traps and utilities.
Learn moreDoorway Openings
Openings in demising and back-of-house walls.
Learn moreConcrete Scanning
Locate conduit and tendons before cutting.
Learn moreFast scoping keeps openings on track
Send the plumbing plan and fit-out schedule and the cutting scope can be built quickly, so the slab work is not the item that pushes your opening date.
Frequently asked questions
- Can cutting happen before the restaurant opens for the day?
- Yes. In occupied centers, cuts are commonly scheduled after hours or before opening, with slurry contained and the area cleaned so neighboring tenants are unaffected.
- Do you cut for grease traps and floor drains?
- Yes. Slab sawing and coring open the floor for grease-trap and interceptor pits, floor drains and trench drains as part of a kitchen build-out.
- How do you avoid hitting conduit in a slab-on-grade floor?
- Crews scan with GPR before cutting to locate embedded conduit, rebar and any post-tension tendons, then cut inside cleared zones.
- Can the cutting scope be built from our plumbing plan?
- Yes. Upload the plumbing and fit-out drawings and a cutting and coring scope can be produced quickly so it stays off your opening critical path.
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