Fortis Ground Works

My concrete driveway is a year old and is spalling in places; some 3 to 4 inches wide. A structural engineer told me that they used excess air and worked the concrete too much when finishing it.

Fortis did a great job all the way around.
From day 1, they were professional, courteous and on the ball all the way around. From the first call to set up my consultation, they were always on time, they return phone calls and did what they said they would do. That’s rare these days. They even dug up a tree root for me that I had already paid a landscaper to do (but apparently the landscaper didn’t do his job). The driveway turned out great and we were pleased with our experience from start to finish. Barb and the whole team are top notch.

Three years ago we had a large patio in the backyard and front stoop and walk done. The back patio sidewalk and stoop were poured with one batch of cement. The sidewalk was finished the next day with a second batch of cement.
The first batch cured fine and has been okay for us. The second batch has been terrible chipping peeling and now looks awful and will need to get replaced. We noticed this within the first year and called to see if there was some remediation possible. We were treated very rudely and after many phone calls they came out and sanded down and surface treated the front walk. The front walk is now worse than ever! I called again recently to inquire about repairing however Fortis does not do any patching or piecework. Buyer beware. I did not research this company properly.

I am wondering why every review out there for these guys is «not recommended». Eight of the ten are one star reviews. I had this company pour a patio for me some years ago and they did not complete the work in the manner we discussed. When I had the audacity to be unhappy with their crappy product and suggested I was not going to pay until they fixed it, one of the owners actually stood in my driveway and said «I will kill you and bury you in the trees» (in the back of my lot)…lol. My wife was a little upset, but I was more amused by this idiot than anything else. HORRIBLE COMPANY. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THESE PEOPLE. Incidentally, they are now listed as Fortis Ground Works in case there is any confusion about with whom you are dealing.

We had our driveway done by Fortis some years back. They put all sorts of stone into the concrete, and it has all risen to the top, and now we have little holes all over our driveway. They would not do anything about this either, and now they are leaving flyers in our neighborhood again soliciting work. If you live in the Briarcliffe area, DO NOT contract this company — they may be less money, but in this case you really do get what you pay for, and much less!!! Worse concrete work I’ve ever seen.