The full scope of formwork and concrete work
DPBC CONSTRUCTION LLC forms, pours and finishes foundations, walls and flatwork for Utah Valley
builders from its Springville formwork yard at 663 N 100 E, Springville - 84663-5698,
United States (US). The six services below describe exactly what our crews build, how the work
is sequenced, and what a finished placement should look like when the forms come off.
Six services, one pour shed
Foundation Forming and Pours
Footings and stem walls are the first place a building either lands true or fights the crew
for the rest of the job. We excavate to the drawing, stake the footing lines, then build the
footing forms with clean ply and solid bracing. Reinforcing steel is placed to the engineer
schedule and held at the correct cover before inspection. Once the footing is approved we
pour, screed and float the top, then set the stem wall forms on top and repeat the cycle for
the wall pour. Panels and walers come from our Springville yard, stripped, cleaned and oiled
between every use so the concrete face releases without tearing. Anchor bolts, hold downs and
embeds are set from a template so the framing crew finds them exactly where the plan shows.
Structural Wall Panels
Structural walls, whether tilt up or cast in place, are built flat and true on a prepared
casting bed. We set the panel edges, align the joints and run tie rods on a regular grid so
the form face stays straight under the weight of wet concrete. Lift inserts, coil inserts and
edge chamfers are placed before the pour, and every embed is checked against the rigging plan
so the crane pick is predictable. Form faces are oiled evenly and the mix is placed in lifts
with proper consolidation, which drives out the bug holes and honeycomb that show up when a
wall is poured too fast. When the panels are cured we strip, patch the tie holes and finish the
faces to the specified texture before they are lifted into position.
Flatwork and Driveways
Driveways, patios, shop floors, walkways and equipment pads are graded for drainage first,
because a slab that pools water is a slab that fails early. We set the subgrade, place and
compact base, then form to grade with the slope the site needs. Joint layout is planned before
the pour so control joints fall in the right places and cut cleanly. The mix is placed, screed,
floated and finished to the requested texture, and the surface is checked with a straightedge
before it sets. We cut control joints on the required spacing, cure the slab, and leave the
work with an edge that reads crisp instead of ragged.
Curb and Sidewalk Machines
Continuous curb, gutter and small sidewalk runs are extruded with our curb machine in a single
pass, which holds a straight line far better than a long set of hand forms. We set the string
line first, checking grade and alignment, then run the machine with the correct mold for the
curb profile and the required cross section. The extruded face is finished by hand immediately
behind the machine, then control joints are cut on the specified spacing. Because the run is
poured continuously, the joints are consistent and the curb face stays uniform across the
whole length. Where a sidewalk run ties into a driveway or a radius, we finish the transition
so the walk meets the apron cleanly.
Grade and Layout Staking
Every placement begins with the elevation work. We bring the laser level, the tripod and the
stake bundle to the site, shoot the grades from a known benchmark and set the hubs and offsets
that carry the building corners through the whole job. Cut sheets and fill marks are written
on the stakes so the excavator, the footing crew and the form crew all read the same numbers.
Chalk lines snap the wall faces and the control lines, and we re-check the layout after the
footing pour to confirm the stem walls are still square. Good staking is quiet work that saves
loud arguments later, and it is the service that makes every other service possible.
Concrete Repair and Patching
Concrete takes damage: spalled edges at a driveway apron, a cracked shop floor, a failed joint
in a walkway, hairline cracks that open with freeze and thaw. We cut the damaged area back to
sound concrete, clean it, and patch with a mix matched to the surrounding work so the repair
blends rather than shouts. Larger failures are replaced, not covered, which means removing the
isolated section, re-forming it and pouring new concrete tied into the existing slab. We also
repair wall surfaces, rub out form marks and fill tie holes so a repaired face matches the
rest of the structure. The goal is a surface that holds up to the next decade, not a cosmetic
patch that fails in the next season.