Concrete, Slab & Foundation Removal in Maryland

When the concrete has to go

Concrete is often the last thing left on a site and the heaviest thing to move. A house can be down in a day and still leave a basement, a garage slab and a driveway behind. A commercial lot can be cleared of buildings and still be covered in slab and paving. Until that concrete is out and the ground is backfilled, nobody can build.

Beltway Demolition removes concrete as a stand-alone job or as part of a larger house teardown or commercial demolition. We break it out with the right equipment for the thickness and the access, load it, and haul it away, then backfill and rough grade so the area is ready for whatever comes next.

Concrete we remove

• Building slabs — garage, shed, house and commercial floor slabs, including slabs left behind after a demolition.
• Foundations and footings — basement walls, crawlspace foundations and footings, with the excavation backfilled.
• Driveways, sidewalks and aprons — on private property; work in a public right-of-way needs its own permit, which we can coordinate.
• Patios, steps and pool decks — including concrete around in-ground pools as part of pool removal.
• Retaining walls and pads — equipment pads, low walls and old footings for sheds, fences and signs.
• Interior floor removal — cutting and removing sections of slab inside a building for plumbing or a new layout.

What drives the cost of concrete removal

• Area and thickness. A four-inch patio and an eight-inch reinforced floor slab are very different jobs, even at the same size.
• Reinforcement. Rebar and wire mesh take longer to break out and have to be separated for recycling.
• Access. Whether an excavator and trucks can reach the concrete, or whether it has to be cut and carried out in smaller pieces.
• Backfill and grading. How much fill is needed to bring a basement or excavation back to grade, and how finished the surface needs to be.
• Haul distance and tonnage. Concrete is heavy; the number of loads and the distance to the recycling yard both matter.

Photos with a tape measure or a rough sketch with dimensions are enough for us to give a budget range before we visit.

Recycling concrete

Clean concrete is a recyclable material: crushed, it becomes aggregate for base and fill. Where a recycling facility will accept the material, we send it there rather than to landfill, and we keep the tickets for your file. If the project can reuse crushed material on site as base or fill, ask us about it at the quote stage.

Before you call: a quick checklist

• Rough dimensions of each area of concrete, and a photo with a person or tape measure for scale.
• Whether you know of rebar, mesh or a thickened edge — if not, we will check.
• How equipment can reach it: gate widths, slopes, overhead lines and anything that must not be driven over.
• What the area becomes next — lawn, new slab, new house — so we leave the right grade and fill.

Where we work

We remove concrete across Prince George's County, Montgomery County, Anne Arundel County and the rest of our service area. For permits and timing, see the FAQ.