Central Alberta · Concrete
Concrete poured to hold up to Alberta winters.
Driveways. Patios. Sidewalks. Garage floors. Shop foundations. Grain bin pads. Acreage driveways. Decorative concrete. Poured right so it lasts — the first time, on your site, by a crew that lives here.
10+
Years pouring concrete
★ 5.0
Google rating
BBB
Accredited business
13
Central AB towns served
Why homeowners and farmers call us
Concrete is only as good as the prep underneath it.
Anyone can pour concrete. The difference between a slab that lasts twenty years and one that’s heaving and cracking in three is the prep — the base, the compaction, the rebar, the frost detail, the drainage. That’s where the real work is, and that’s where most of the shortcuts get taken.
JFK Surfaces is a family-run Central Alberta contractor. Fabien Joseph Quesnel and Kyla Peters have been building here since 2018, with 10+ years of Fabien’s trade experience behind every job. Licensed. Insured. WCB covered. BBB accredited. When we quote you, we quote the full job — base and all — not the cheap number that comes back to bite you.
And we don’t give estimates over the phone or online. We come look at your site — free, no pressure. Because you can’t quote concrete you haven’t seen.
Our concrete services
Every kind of concrete work.
Residential, agricultural, and acreage-scale concrete across Central Alberta. Click through to the town or category that matches your job — or just call and we’ll figure it out together.
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Driveways
Standard residential drives, extended pickup-friendly drives, RV pads, circular drives. Poured 4-5" with mesh or rebar on compacted gravel base, sloped for drainage away from the house.
Red Deer driveways →02
Patios
Backyard patios, wrap-around patios, poolside pads, hot tub bases. Plain broom finish, stamped patterns, or exposed aggregate for lake homes and higher-end backyards.
Sylvan Lake patios →03
Sidewalks & walkways
Front walks, side walks to the back gate, garden paths. Sized to whatever fits the yard, poured with expansion joints so freeze-thaw doesn't crack them apart.
Blackfalds flatwork →04
Garage floors & aprons
New garage slab pours on gravel base, garage aprons transitioning to the driveway, replacement garage floors when the old one has heaved. Reinforced for cold storage of vehicles.
Innisfail driveways →05
Shop foundations
40×60, 50×80, custom-sized shops. Frost footings, rebar grid, thick pour to handle machinery weight. Speced to what's rolling in and out the door.
Shop foundations →06
Farm & acreage concrete
Grain bin pads, silage bases, feed pads, quonset floors, calf shelter pads, cattle handling area concrete, machinery storage pads. Built for the loads and the abuse.
Farm & acreage concrete →07
Acreage driveways
Long rural driveways, pumper-truck pours where the ready-mix can't back in, gravel prep and grade work included. Reinforced for real rural use, not just cars.
Acreage concrete →08
Decorative concrete
Stamped concrete patterns, exposed aggregate, coloured concrete, saw-cut patterns. When you want the pour to look like something more than a slab.
What actually goes into a pour
Grade. Compact. Rebar. Pour. Cure. Seal.
Grade & excavation. Strip topsoil to solid subgrade. Set forms to the finished height, sloped for drainage. On old slab replacements this means saw-cutting, breaking, and hauling the old concrete out first.
Base & compaction. 4-6 inches of road crush or 3/4 down gravel, laid in lifts and compacted with a plate tamper or jumping jack. This is where most cheap concrete jobs fail — skimp on the base and the slab tells on you within a couple of Alberta winters.
Rebar or mesh. Wire mesh for lighter residential work. #4 rebar on 18-24 inch centres for driveways, garage slabs, and patios. #4 or #5 rebar grid for shop foundations. Chairs to hold the steel in the middle of the pour so it actually reinforces.
The pour. 32 MPa mix for exterior work in Alberta — the cold-weather standard. Placed, screeded flat, bull-floated, edged, jointed, and finished with a broom, trowel, exposed aggregate wash, or stamp depending on the spec.
Cure. Concrete needs moisture and moderate temperature to gain strength. We use curing compound or wet cure the slab for the first several days. Cold-weather pours get blankets. Nobody drives on it for a week.
Seal. Penetrating sealer at 28 days helps shed water and slow salt damage. Re-seal every 3-5 years. This alone doubles the effective life of exterior concrete in a road-salt climate.
Service area
Central Alberta, town by town.
We’re based on Highway 2A in Red Deer County, halfway between Red Deer and Innisfail — roughly the middle of our service map. If you’re in one of these towns or anywhere in between, we drive out.
Red Deer
Driveways, patios, garage floors
Innisfail
Driveways, home base
Sylvan Lake
Patios, lake homes
Blackfalds & Penhold
Flatwork, driveways, slabs
Farms & acreages
Grain bin pads, feed pads, silage
Rural acreages
Long driveways, remote pours
Shop foundations
40×60, 50×80, custom
Lacombe, Ponoka, Olds
Call for these towns
Bowden, Didsbury, Eckville
And every acreage between
Who you’re calling
A family-run Central Alberta contractor.
JFK Surfaces was established October 1, 2018 by Fabien Joseph Quesnel and Kyla Peters. In 2024 we relocated to 36009 Highway 2A in Red Deer County — central to every town we serve.
Fabien brings 10+ years of hands-on trade experience. Every concrete pour is quoted, prep-inspected, and finished by our crew — we don’t sub the work out to whoever’s cheapest that week.
We’re licensed, insured, WCB covered, and BBB accredited. When something needs a permit, we pull it. When the ground says the base needs more gravel, we put it in. That’s the standard.
“Fabien came out, walked the site, told us exactly what he’d do and what it’d cost. Poured on schedule. Two winters in and the driveway looks the same as the day he finished it.”
Common concrete questions
What Central Alberta folks ask us most.
What areas of Central Alberta do you pour concrete in?
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We're based in Red Deer County (Highway 2A) and pour concrete across Red Deer, Innisfail, Sylvan Lake, Blackfalds, Penhold, Lacombe, Ponoka, Olds, Bowden, Didsbury, Eckville, Rocky Mountain House, and every acreage and farm in between. If the ready-mix truck can reach it, we can pour it.
Why won't you give me a concrete estimate over the phone?
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Because concrete jobs depend on things we can only see in person — access for the truck, existing grade, base condition, drainage, whether we need to strip topsoil, whether rebar has to work around anything. A phone number is a guess. A real number requires walking the site. We come out free, no pressure.
What's the difference between a residential driveway and a shop foundation?
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Thickness, rebar spec, and prep. A standard residential driveway is 4 inches of concrete on 4-6 inches of compacted gravel with wire mesh or light rebar. A shop foundation holding tractors and combines is 6 inches (sometimes more) with heavier rebar grid, frost footings below Alberta frost depth, and a thicker gravel base. We spec every pour to what's actually going on it.
When is the concrete pouring season in Central Alberta?
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Roughly April through October, sometimes into early November if the weather holds. Concrete needs above-freezing temperatures for the first few days of cure. We can pour in cool weather with blankets and hot water mixes, but we don't push it into hard frost — the cure is compromised and the concrete cracks. We book the shoulder months tight.
How long before I can drive on new concrete?
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Foot traffic after 24-48 hours. Car traffic after 7 days. Heavy trucks, machinery, or full loading after 28 days when the concrete has reached full design strength. For driveways, we usually tell homeowners to keep off it for a week and to keep the pickup off for two weeks in cooler weather to be safe.
Do you seal concrete after you pour it?
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We recommend it and we can do it. A quality penetrating sealer helps concrete shed water, resist road salt, and slow down freeze-thaw damage — the number one thing that shortens concrete life in Alberta. We usually seal 28+ days after the pour once the concrete has fully cured. Re-seal every 3-5 years for driveways in salt exposure.
Do you tear out old concrete before you pour new?
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Yes. Full demo, saw-cutting, hauling, and disposal are part of most driveway and patio replacement jobs. We quote it as part of the scope so there are no surprises. If the existing slab is still structurally sound and you just want to change the look, we can sometimes overlay — we'll tell you honestly what makes sense.
Ready to pour?
Come look at your site. Free.
Every concrete job is different. The only way to give you a real number is to walk the site. Call Fabien or text a photo of the area — we’ll come out.