Christchurch foundations, dirt to finished.
Ribraft foundation specialists in Christchurch. One crew coordinates the plumber, the council, the engineer, and hands you back a foundation ready for frames.
- 25+Years in construction
Mark started as a qualified carpenter.
Standard slabs to engineered re-levellable.
Signed off by a Licensed Building Practitioner who is a qualified builder too.
Published pricing, on the Process page.
What we pour.
Ribraft is the specialty. The rest rides with it: foundation construction across TC1 to TC3, the concrete contractor side of the shop for insulated slabs, the whole start of the build for the home builder, and the excavating contractor work that readies the ground first.
Foundation Construction
Ribraft and engineered foundations, TC1 to TC3, coordinated end to end.
Concrete & Insulated
Insulated slabs and concrete work, with the warm layer built into the pour.
New Home Builds
The whole start of a new build, handed back ready for frames.
Earthworks & Site Prep
Excavation, hardfill and a site left ready to pour.
The whole job handled, off your plate.
The usual arrangement stops at the slab. We take the whole start of the build and run it, so it comes in cheaper and easier for you. The pour happens on the day it was booked, because the surveyor, the plumber, the inspector and the pump were all chased by us. Here's how a foundation runs, start to finish.
- Day 1
Set-out
First on site, 7am start. Pegs checked against the surveyor's set-out before a single thing goes in the ground.
- Day 2
Foundation and formwork
Formwork formed and set. This is where the carpenter's eye earns its keep, built right so the trades behind us aren't fixing our work.
- Day 3
Plumber in
Waste pipes installed. Booked and sequenced by us, so the build never sits waiting on a trade to turn up.
- Day 4
Inspections
Council and engineer called by us, not you. While they inspect, we run our own check over the formwork at the same time, so anything that'd hold up the pour gets caught before it does.
- Day 5
The pour
Poured, screeded to level and checked. Set-downs, levels and penetrations all walked before anyone packs up. You get a finished foundation, ready for frames.
Your only job was frames.
- 25+ years with a carpenter's eye
- TC1 to TC3, Christchurch ground
- Relationships, not one-off jobs
One crew coordinates the lot.
This is the difference. You hand over the plans; we hand back a foundation ready for frames. Everything between is ours to run.
Plans in
Email your plans. Mark prices from the drawings and talks it through with you.
Ground + site
TC class confirmed, platform prepped. Earthworks, hardfill, drainage prep and the surveyor set-out, booked and done.
Trades booked
Plumber, engineer, and the heating installer where there is one. We book them, we run them.
Council handled
Inspections scheduled and passed. You never chase a council slot.
The pour
Day 5. Poured, screeded to level and checked. Set-downs, levels and penetrations all walked before anyone packs up.
Handed back
A finished foundation, signed off by an LBP, ready for frames.
Pour day.
A multi-lot subdivision in Canterbury: the pump, the mixer trucks and the crew, all booked to land on the same morning.
Meet Mark.
Master Foundations is Mark's outfit: over 25 years in construction, starting as a qualified carpenter, now specialising in foundations. He reads the drawings himself, quotes them himself, and answers the phone that is on this page.
SiteSafe, and every foundation signed off by a Licensed Building Practitioner. The about page has the longer story.
Published pricing.
No mystery numbers. These are the from-rates for the systems we pour most; your section and your plans set the final figure. The process page carries the full board and what each system suits.
- TC1 Polystyrene Raftfrom
- $112.00/m²
- TC2 Polystyrene Raftfrom
- $138.00/m²
- Sustainable Plastic RaftTC1 from
- $135.00/m²
- Multi-Unit
- POA
A real number, off your plans.
Builder with a programme, or self-builder with a set of drawings: email them over. Mark reads the drawings himself and comes back with a real number and any questions.
Details, then the drawings.
PDFs or photos of the drawings are both fine. Everything sent here lands with Mark himself.