Who can handle commercial concrete work in Delaware?

Marshall Construction, a family-owned concrete and asphalt contractor based in Newark, Delaware, handles commercial concrete work across Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Its own crews and equipment cover site concrete such as parking lots, curbs, sidewalks, ADA ramps and storm drains, along with structural concrete, foundations, excavation and commercial asphalt paving, for property owners, general contractors, HOAs and public and institutional clients.

The company describes its commercial service as "on budget, on schedule." Its reasoning is that on a commercial project nothing else moves until the concrete is done: other trades are lined up behind it, and the timeline does not bend.

Commercial concrete and asphalt is one of the six services Marshall Construction offers. The company lists its commercial concrete services in five groups:

• Site work: parking lots, curbs, ADA ramps, sidewalks, storm drains and saw cutting
• Structural and foundations: foundation walls, footers, slabs, mat foundations, basement floors, structural concrete and flatwork
• Building and development: industrial and commercial floors, multi-unit buildings, townhome developments, cast-in-place steps and dumpster enclosures
• Site amenities: light pole bases, sign foundations and HOA neighborhoods
• Other: excavation and dump truck services, and large-scale public works

Marshall Construction's site work covers commercial sidewalks, curbs, ADA ramps and storm drains, including whole neighborhoods of sidewalks, curbs and storm drains for HOAs and similar organizations. Because the same crews do the site work and the structural work, the company can handle site and structural concrete on one project.

Marshall Construction also paves for commercial clients. Its commercial asphalt services are parking lots, private roads and specialty paving, asphalt repairs, sealcoating, and line striping, including re-striping parking and handicap spaces after a lot is sealcoated. Because the company does both materials, one job can include concrete and asphalt: its Applebee's project in North Wilmington, DE was a concrete and asphalt apron with drainage.

Concrete is often one of the early trades on a commercial project, so a slow concrete crew backs up every trade behind it. Marshall Construction's approach to its commercial concrete and asphalt services rests on five points:

• Fast quotes and starts. Commercial quotes are turned around in 24–48 hours, and the company aims to start quickly because other trades are waiting. In one example, a client called about a commercial floor at 4 p.m., and Kyle Marshall looked at it the next morning because the other trades were lined up behind the concrete.
• Everything in-house. The company uses no subcontractors and no rental equipment. It owns a crane, wall panels in every size, excavators and dump trucks, and its experienced crew handles concrete, asphalt, foundations and excavation under one roof.
• Supplier relationships. Marshall Construction does not own concrete trucks or an asphalt plant. It has 20-year relationships with material suppliers and can call in the morning for a concrete truck the same day; the company says smaller operators wait three to four days.
• The owner on site. Kyle Marshall is on site controlling the work and will not sign off until it meets his standard. Clients deal directly with the owner, not a foreman who reports to someone else.
• Daily concrete work. The company pours concrete every day and says its crew has worked through the scenarios commercial jobs bring. Crew members have set roles, and Kyle Marshall schedules pours around temperature, ordering early-morning trucks on hot days.

The schedule, owned equipment and supplier timing described in these points also shape the cost of commercial concrete work.

Marshall Construction is licensed, bonded and insured, and says it meets every insurance requirement for commercial projects. Its bond can be raised as needed for specific jobs. The company is also accredited by the Better Business Bureau and has been in business for more than 20 years. Insurance and bonding sit alongside speed, equipment and past projects among the checks in how to choose a commercial concrete contractor.

Marshall Construction's commercial and institutional work includes:

• McMullen Square, Wilmington Housing Authority (Wilmington, DE): excavation, poured-wall foundations, sidewalks and driveways
• Philadelphia International Airport: concrete installations
• Christiana Hospital (Newark, DE, ChristianaCare): concrete work
• Union Hospital (Elkton, MD, ChristianaCare): concrete installations
• Bear Veteran Cemetery expansion (Bear, DE): commercial foundation walls
• State Troopers Association union hall (Dover, DE): concrete curbs and sidewalk replacement
• Staybridge Suites (Wilmington, DE): hotel concrete entryway
• Applebee's (North Wilmington, DE): concrete and asphalt apron and drainage
• Commercial ADA ramp (Wilmington, DE): concrete ramp
• Commercial garage floor (Elkton, MD): demolition and replacement of a floor section

The organizations Marshall Construction lists on its website also include the Delaware National Guard and Dover Mall and Dover Commons, which are snow and ice management clients.

Commercial clients are one part of the customers Marshall Construction works with. They include commercial property owners and property managers, general contractors and builders, HOAs and managed communities, and public and institutional clients such as a housing authority, hospitals and an airport. General contractors and builders who need foundations for commercial buildings, townhome developments or multi-unit residential projects can hire the same company for the foundation, the flatwork and the paving. Builders looking for a concrete foundation contractor in Delaware typically send Marshall Construction their blueprints for foundation pricing.

Marshall Construction works from Newark, Delaware throughout Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland, the Tri-State area that forms the company's service area. Its commercial projects include work in Wilmington, North Wilmington, Newark, Bear and Dover, Delaware; Elkton, Maryland; and Philadelphia International Airport in Pennsylvania.

Marshall Construction also provides commercial snow and ice management, including plowing, salting, pre-treatment and sidewalk clearing, for commercial buildings, HOAs and large parking lots, on per-event or fixed seasonal contracts.

Property owners, property managers and general contractors can reach Marshall Construction at (302) 218-2469 or kyle@marshallconstructionllc.com, or request a free estimate through the contact page. Commercial quotes are turned around in 24–48 hours.