Houston, Texas

Concrete pumping in Houston, from the Tomball yard.

Putzmeister and Schwing boom pumps from 28 to 65 meters and line pumps for the contractors pouring greater Houston. One dispatch number: (281) 357-1555.

Where we pump

The yard is at 24223 FM 2978 in Tomball, on the north side of Houston. From there a boom reaches any job in the metro the same morning: Katy, Cypress, The Woodlands, Conroe, Spring, Baytown, Pasadena, La Porte, Sugar Land, Galveston County. The Houston Ship Channel and the plants along it are a regular run. Galveston County is the south end of the everyday area.

Farther than that is still work we take, with one rule. The pump stays within a day of a base and a mechanic. Austin is its own market, and Gulf Coast plant work is covered on the LNG and petrochemical page.

What Houston contractors call us for

Slabs. Warehouse, distribution and retail slabs on the 36 to 47 meter class. The boom reaches across from the perimeter so the trucks stay off the pad.
Tilt wall. Panels poured flat on the slab, then the pour strips and closures. The 36 and 38 meter do most of it.
Mats. Data center and plant mat foundations, often with more than one pump on the pour, often before daylight.
Plant work. Ship Channel refineries and chemical plants: badged operators, inspected equipment, long reach and long line. See LNG and petrochemical.
Decks. Elevated decks and parking structures, where vertical reach and a steady pace matter more than yards per hour.

Highway and water plant work is on the infrastructure page. We do very little residential. For a driveway or a pool deck there are good local line pump outfits, and we will point you to one.

How dispatch works

Start windows. Pours are booked in start windows, early and later in the day. Summer mats and plant work go at night. Say the start time you need and dispatch tells you the truth about the schedule.

Night pours. Normal for us. The boom is staged the evening before so the first truck pumps at the start time, not after.

What to send. The jobsite address or cross streets, the pour date and start time, the yards, what you are pouring, and where the truck can park. Boom size if you know it. Overhead lines, soft ground, badging or gate hours if they apply. The request form asks for exactly that. For tomorrow, call (281) 357-1555 instead.

New to Houston?

Builders arrive on a data center or a plant job with a schedule and a project engineer who has never heard of us. That is fine. Send the request with your company name and the project. We return the W-9 and a certificate of insurance naming the project, and we fill out whatever vendor packet your site uses. Badging and site orientation on plant work are routine. Details on the safety and vendor setup page.

Which boom?

The work

Other areas

Drone view of a S.T.A.R. boom placing a large slab in Houston — Houston slab from above

Five S.T.A.R. booms arched over a floodlit night pour — Night pour, five booms

S.T.A.R. boom close up over a pit with mixers feeding the hopper — Mixers at the hopper

Straight answers

Questions Houston contractors ask

How far out of Houston do you go?

The whole metro from the Tomball yard: Katy, Cypress, The Woodlands, Conroe, Spring, Baytown, Pasadena, La Porte, Sugar Land and Galveston County. Past that we still go, as long as the pump stays within a day of a base and a mechanic. Austin is its own market, and Gulf Coast plant work is staged from a base, not a hotel. See the bases.

What size boom do I need for a 10,000 square foot slab?

It depends on where the truck can park. A 100 by 100 foot slab with the truck set up at the middle of one side puts the far corners about 112 feet out. A 47 meter reaches 138 feet and covers that with room to spare. If the truck can park at a corner and move once, or the slab pours in two sets, a 36 or 38 meter at 103 to 108 feet does it. Tell dispatch where the truck can sit, or check it on the reach finder.

Do you pour at night?

Yes. Plant work, highway lane closures and summer mat pours run at night. Give dispatch the start time when you call and the boom is set before the first truck.

How do I get set up?

Call dispatch or send the request form with your company name and the Houston project. We send the W-9 and the certificate of insurance and put you on the schedule. First pours are on terms dispatch explains on the call.

Pouring in Houston?

Tell dispatch the jobsite, the date, the yards and where the truck can park. You get the boom and the time.

Request a pump

Or call dispatch, (281) 357-1555.