Concrete cutting in Cupertino CA - clean cuts planned around what's in your slab

Saw cutting a concrete slab usually costs about $4 to $15 per linear foot across the US, which is a national range, not our price. Reinforced or deeper slabs cost more per foot, and a small job can be driven more by minimum or setup charges than by footage. Your estimate puts a number on your slab.

No, round holes for pipes, drains and conduit are core drilled and priced apart from straight saw cuts. If your job has both, each part gets its own price, so tell us how many holes you need and roughly how big.

Not unless removal is in the quote, because cutting and removal are separate jobs. A cutter may saw the perimeter or trench lines and leave the panels in place, which leaves you a very neat slab you still own, so I'll ask up front whether you want it hauled off.

We plan around it first, because a cut that crosses post-tension cables, steel strands pulled tight inside the slab, or structural steel may need drawings, scanning and an engineer's input before work starts. Send any building drawings you have early, so that planning doesn't hold up the job.

In Cupertino's right of way, the contractor needs a current Class A or appropriate Class C license and a current city business license. The state licensing board has a class covering concrete sawing, breaking and coring. The city's inspector needs at least 48 hours' notice and a final inspection call, so we plan street work with public works from the start.

On right of way work, the city's permit conditions require keeping saw-cutting washings, mud and silt out of storm drains, so the slurry gets collected, not hosed into the gutter. Dust can be held down with water spray or a vacuum with a fine-particle HEPA filter, and a state Cal/OSHA rule covers crews' exposure to silica dust.