Slabline Concreting Co. The concreter who shows you the price by the m².
Slabline has poured concrete across Geelong and the Bellarine since 2006. In that time we learned the thing homeowners actually want is not the lowest number, it is an honest price they can see and a slab that stays flat. So we built the business around making both plain: the price on the screen, and the thickness, the mesh and the MPa on the quote.
Most slabs go wrong before a single barrow is poured. A driveway laid thin over loose fill. A "slab" quoted as one round number with no thickness, no mesh and no concrete strength named. A price given over the phone by someone who never measured the area or classified the soil. By the time you can see the problem, the slab cracked across the middle a couple of summers in, lifting at the joints, the cowboy is long gone and the guarantee was never in writing.
Slabline started in 2006 after twenty years on the tools watching exactly that. The founding idea was simple: write the quote so the m², the thickness, the mesh and the finish are impossible to hide, and put an honest by-the-m² range on the screen so a homeowner knows roughly what a 60 m² exposed-aggregate driveway costs before booking anyone. The area, the site classification, the mesh and reo, the MPa, the base prep, the finish, the control joints. Each one a line. Put next to a cheaper quote, ours does not look dearer. It looks complete.
I would rather lose the job to an honest by-the-m² price than win it by pouring over loose fill. The driveways I win on a quote that names the thickness and the mesh are the ones still flat and crack-free in ten years.
Today we pour driveways and crossovers, paths and footpaths, house and shed slabs, exposed aggregate, coloured and stencil, and plain and broom finish, plus the slab break-outs and replacements in between, across Geelong and the Bellarine, with no travel surcharge within 35km of Geelong.
What we will not compromise on.
The itemised page vs the text-message price.
We put the price on the screen
Concreting is area in m², by the spec, by the finish, so we show you an honest by-the-m² range before you book anyone. Then we measure, classify the soil and pin the exact figure on site. We would rather lose a job to a fair number you can see than win it by hiding behind "every job is different, contact us".
The base and the reo are done right, every time
The base and the reo are the part that fails first, and the part a cheap pour skimps. We excavate and compact the base, size the mesh to the site classification, and cut control joints at the right spacing, deeper and heavier in reactive clay. It is why our guarantee covers the slab and footings, and why our driveways are still flat and crack-free in ten years.
We name the thickness, the mesh and the MPa
The slab thickness, the SL72 or SL82 mesh, the concrete strength in MPa, and the finish, all named on the quote off a real site classification. Not a flat rate for "a slab" with nothing specced. You know exactly what you are getting before you sign, not after it is poured.
The crossover and permit conversation, done straight
We tell you up front who pays for the crossover, the bit that crosses the council nature strip, and which permit your job needs, then build it to the council and AS 2870 spec so it passes. The hardest part of the paperwork becomes the easy part.
Who we are the right concreter for, and who we are not.
We would rather lose a job to a fairer fit than win one we will both regret. Here is who Slabline suits.
If you want the cheapest number on the street and you do not mind a slab poured over loose fill, we are probably not your concreter. If you want a slab priced honestly by the m², the base compacted and the mesh sized to the soil, the thickness, the MPa and the finish named, and the whole thing in writing with a 10-year slab and footings guarantee, that is the whole business.
Registered, designed and mixed to the standards.
The credentials a cheap cash job leaves out, named up front.
VBA
Victorian Building Authority registration
Registration DB-U 00000. Covers the structural slab and footing work over the domestic threshold across Geelong and the Bellarine, so a house or shed slab is built and signed off by a registered concreter.
Design
Slabs designed to AS 2870
House and shed slabs set out to AS 2870 off a real site classification, Class A through E, which decides the slab thickness, the footings and the reo, not a guess off a flat rate.
Concrete
Mix to AS 3600 and AS 1379
Concrete ordered and placed to AS 3600 and AS 1379 at a named strength, 25 to 32 MPa, with the slump right for placing and finishing, named on the quote.
Materials
Genuine mix and sealer, named
The concrete strength and the sealer on decorative finishes named by product on the quote, with the manufacturer materials warranty that comes with them.
Insured, registered, and happy to prove it.
Insurance
Public liability to $20M
Certificate of currency available before we start.
Registered
VBA registered
Victorian Building Authority registration for the structural slab and footing work over the domestic threshold.
Guarantee
10-year slab & footings
In writing, with exclusions named.
Method
VBA Registered
Registration DB-U 00000
Method
Slabs to AS 2870
Designed off a site classification
Structural slab and footing work over the domestic threshold in Victoria needs Victorian Building Authority registration. Slabline Concreting Co. holds it, designs house and shed slabs to AS 2870 off a site classification, supplies concrete to AS 3600 and AS 1379, and carries public liability insurance, so you are covered if anything goes wrong on site. Slabline Concreting Co. is a composite reference site, so the registration number, ABN and contact details above are illustrative placeholders, not a real operator. On a live build these are the real, verifiable credentials of the business. Always ask to see the registration and the insurance before anyone pours.
The conversations cheap pours dodge, had up front.
The crossover and permit conversation, done straight
We tell you up front who pays for the crossover, the bit that crosses the council nature strip, and which permit your job needs, then build it to the council and AS 2870 spec so it passes, so the hardest part of the paperwork is the easy part.
Genuine mix, named
Concrete ordered to AS 3600 and AS 1379 at a named strength, 25 to 32 MPa, with the slump right for the job, never a watered-down mix that places easily and cracks and dusts later. The MPa is on the quote.
Spoil and waste handled
The excavated spoil, the old broken slab and the washout are removed and carted away, with the disposal itemised, so nothing is left on your verge and nothing is sprung on you at the end.
A small crew, not a call centre.
Marco Bianchi
Founder & lead concreter
Twenty years on the tools across Geelong and the Bellarine, the last decade watching cheap slabs crack and lift within two summers because the base was skimped and there were no control joints. Started Slabline in 2006 to size the slab to the soil, name the thickness, the mesh and the MPa, and put the whole thing in writing, every job.
“I would rather lose the job to an honest by-the-m² price than win it by pouring over loose fill. The driveways I win on a quote that names the thickness and the mesh are the ones still flat and crack-free in ten years.”
Joel Hartman
Finisher & decorative lead
Runs the exposed aggregate, the coloured and stencil work, and every honed finish we lay. Sets the falls and cuts the control joints, because a decorative slab that cracks across the middle or pools water is a callback waiting to happen, and seals it to last.
Karen Whitmore
Quotes & scheduling
Runs the free measures, builds the itemised by-the-m² quotes and books the pours. The reason you get a written quote within a business day and a call back when you say you want one.
What happens from first call to handover.
Free measure and set-out
We measure the area, check the soil and the falls, mark out the slab and talk through the finish and the spec, then put a written by-the-m² quote in your hands.
Excavate to depth
We strip the topsoil and excavate to the right depth for the slab, the falls and the soil, and cart the spoil away, so the slab sits on solid ground and drains the way it should.
Compacted base and vapour barrier
We bring in and compact the road base in layers, then lay the vapour barrier under a habitable slab and lap it at the joins, because a slab is only as good as what is under it.
Form up and place the mesh and reo
We set the formwork to the line and the falls, then place the mesh and any reo on chairs to the design, so the steel sits in the slab, not on the ground.
Pour and finish
We pour the concrete to the named strength, screed it to level, and work the finish, broom, exposed aggregate, coloured or honed, the way you signed off on the quote.
Cure and cut control joints
We cure the slab so it reaches its strength instead of drying out and cracking, cut the control joints at the right spacing, seal a decorative finish, and hand over the guarantee in writing.
Want a concrete quote you can actually read? Start by pricing it.
Tell us what you need. We’ll book a walkthrough and send a quote with the work itemised, not just a number.