Concrete for the Market Common and the south end of Myrtle Beach
The old Air Force base became the city's newest neighborhood in 2008. Its first driveways are old enough to need attention, its HOAs want drawings, and the golf carts never stopped.
The south end of Myrtle Beach is the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, closed in 1993 and reborn as the Market Common in 2008 — a 114-acre town center ringed by new neighborhoods: the Market Common's own streets, Seagate Village, Withers Preserve, Emmens Preserve, Sweetgrass Square, the Battery, and south across Farrow Parkway to the older Prestwick and the streets along Kings Highway toward Surfside Beach. It's the newest part of the city and the most uniform: 2008–2020s homes with builder driveways and walks that are now ten to fifteen years old, HOA architectural standards that govern every exterior change, and a golf cart culture that runs on the Market Common's own paths and the city's 35-mph streets.
The concrete work follows that profile. First-generation builder driveways poured thin and fast are starting to crack and settle, and the HOAs want them replaced to match; patios and screened-porch slabs are being added to houses sold with a bare back yard; golf cart pads and paths are the single most common request; and pool decks are going in behind the larger lots. The base itself was graded flat for runways, so the subgrade is better than the beach flats north of here, but it's still sand, and the swale and pond system the developers built to drain it is protected by the city's stormwater rules — the tie-in of any new slab can't change where the water goes.
What we do in Market Common & the south end
HOA-matched replacements
Builder driveways and walks replaced to the community's finish and width standards, with the drawing.
Golf cart pads and paths
Pads beside the drive and paths to the Market Common trail system, sized to the cart.
Patios and porch slabs
Back-yard patios and screened-porch slabs for homes sold without them.
City apron spec
Six-inch fiber-mesh aprons with the Construction Services permit and inspections.
Pond and swale drainage
Grading that respects the development's stormwater system.
Pool decks
New decks and resurfacing behind the larger lots.
Neighborhoods and areas we cover
- The Market Common
- Seagate Village
- Withers Preserve
- Emmens Preserve
- Sweetgrass Square
- The Battery
- Prestwick
- Farrow Parkway
- Kings Highway south
- Myrtle Beach International Airport area
- Grand Park
- Warbird Park neighborhood
Concrete services available in Market Common & the south end
- Driveways, aprons, culverts & encroachment permits, walkways
- Patios, pool decks, resurfacing, stamped concrete
- Golf cart pads, shed, boat, RV & generator pads, foundations & additions
- Repair & leveling, removal
Questions from Market Common & the south end homeowners
Does my Market Common HOA have to approve a cart pad?
Yes, nearly every community here reviews new concrete. The committee wants a site plan showing the pad and its distance from the lines, and a finish that matches. We prepare it and it usually clears in a couple of weeks.
My builder driveway is cracking after twelve years. Why?
Builder driveways on the base were often poured thin on a lightly compacted subgrade and without enough joints. Hairline cracks that aren't moving can be sealed; a driveway that's settling or cracked through gets replaced on a proper base, and the HOA will want it to match.
Can carts use the Market Common paths?
The Market Common's own trails are designed for carts in places; the City of Myrtle Beach's multipurpose paths and sidewalks are off-limits to carts. State law covers the 35-mph streets within four miles of home in daylight.
Is the old base ground stable?
Better than the beach flats — it was graded for aircraft — but it's still sand, and the slabs that fail here failed from thin pours and missing joints, not the ground.
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