What a pad site actually needs
Flat within tolerance. Compacted to the right proof. Drained away from the slab on all four sides. Built over stable soil, or over fill that's been placed, moisture-conditioned, and rolled in lifts. Skipping any of that is how you get cracked slabs, warranty callbacks, and insurance claims three years later.
How we build pads
Strip topsoil, undercut to competent subgrade, proof-roll, place select fill in six to eight inch lifts, compact each lift, final grade to spec. On the day before the pour we fine-grade and shoot grade one more time to catch anything that settled.
Drainage built in
Every pad we build has positive drainage fall off the slab on all sides, typically a quarter-inch per foot minimum for the first ten feet. If the natural grade doesn't cooperate, we build in swales or French drains during grading, not after. Water that can't leave the slab becomes a foundation problem fast in blackland clay.
Builder-friendly scheduling
Pads hate weather. We schedule around forecast, protect finished grade with plastic when needed, and coordinate with your concrete crew so the pad isn't sitting exposed for weeks. Straight communication the whole way.