Concrete cutting with the rates published
Jackson Concrete Cutting is a commercial concrete cutting contractor serving Jackson, MS and the metro: core drilling for the trades, slab and flat sawing, wall openings, curb and sidewalk cuts and the same-day work a waiting crew needs. Every job prices off the public rate sheet, so a GC can bid from this website and a plumber can quote a customer before calling us.
The saw truck is taking new work now. Booked cuts get a written date.
Concrete cutting in the Jackson, MS area costs $300 to $800 for one to three core drills, $600 to $1,500 for a batch of cores, $800 to $2,500 for a typical interior slab trench cut and $1,500 to $3,500 for a door or window opening sawn through a wall, with sidewalk and curb cuts at $250 to $900. Most single cuts finish in a day, wet cutting with vacuum recovery keeps dust and slurry controlled inside occupied buildings and same-day service exists at a published $400 to $900 priority premium for the crews that cannot wait. The one rule that protects every budget: slabs that might hide conduit or post-tension cables get scanned before the blade touches, because a struck tendon costs more than a hundred scans. Every price traces to a published rate sheet anyone can read before making a call.
See your price range right now
Two questions, priced straight from the published rate sheet. This is a real calculator running on this page. It asks for no contact details, sends nothing anywhere and the range updates as you answer.
The hidden driver on sawing is depth and steel. A 4 inch residential slab and an 8 inch loading dock are different days, and heavy rebar slows every foot. Photos plus a tape measure at a joint get the quote right the first time.
Coring and sawing, built for the trades that wait on the cut
Cutting is almost never its own project; it is the step in the middle of someone else’s. The plumber needs the trench before the drain goes in, the electrician needs cores before conduit runs, the GC needs the opening before the frame arrives and the demo crew needs sections before anything lifts. Which means the cutter’s real products are dates kept, layouts hit and a slab handed to the next trade exactly as promised. The contractors page covers how bids, insurance certificates and repeat scheduling work with us.
The two core services carry the calendar: core drilling for clean round penetrations through slabs and walls, and slab and wall sawing for trenches, openings and sectioning. When the timeline is today, the same-day page explains exactly what the priority line buys and what it honestly cannot.
Safety is the product nobody sees
Modern concrete cutting is a safety discipline wearing a saw. Silica dust is federally regulated for good reason, and wet cutting with vacuum recovery is how interior work meets OSHA’s silica standard, published at osha.gov/silica-crystalline. Blade guarding, water management and utility scanning before suspect cuts follow the practices the Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association documents at csda.org. None of it photographs well and all of it is why a professional cut costs more than a rented saw, and why buildings keep standing around the holes we make.
From call to clean opening, in five steps
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Photos of the marked layout
Most quotes start from photos: the slab or wall, the layout marks and a tape measure at any joint or edge for thickness. The written number usually comes back the same day.
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A written quote off the public sheet
The quote names the cut type, dimensions, depth assumptions, whether scanning belongs in the job and the price, tied to the published rate sheet line by line.
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Scan where the slab keeps secrets
Older slabs, plant floors and anything possibly post-tensioned get scanned before cutting, as a clear pass-through line. Skipping it is the client's written call, never our shortcut.
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The cut, wet and contained
Diamond blades and bits run wet, slurry gets vacuumed as it forms and occupied sites get the containment the sheet prices. Layout confirmed against the marks before the first inch.
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Handoff and documentation
The opening goes to the next trade on schedule, cut pieces stacked or hauled per the quote and commercial clients get the as-cut photos for the project file.
Affordable by the hole, honest by the foot
The full sheet lives on the rate page with per-core, per-foot and per-opening lines and every price mover explained. The short version:
| Core drills, 1 to 3 holes | $300 - $800 |
| Slab trench cut, typical run | $800 - $2,500 |
| Wall opening: door or window | $1,500 - $3,500 |
| Same-day priority | +$400 - $900 |
Asked on almost every call
How much does concrete cutting cost in Jackson, MS?
Core drilling runs $300 to $800 for one to three holes and $600 to $1,500 for a batch, slab trench cuts run $800 to $2,500, wall openings for doors and windows run $1,500 to $3,500 and sidewalk or curb cuts run $250 to $900. Every number sits on the published rate sheet, and photos of the marked layout get a firm written quote fast, usually the same day.
Can you cut concrete the same day we call?
Often, yes. The same-day and after-hours priority line on the rate sheet runs $400 to $900 over standard, and it exists because cutting is usually the step a whole crew is waiting on. Say a crew is standing by when you call and the schedule bends accordingly.
Will cutting inside our building make a mess of dust and water?
Not if it is run right. Wet cutting kills the dust at the blade, the slurry gets vacuumed as it forms and interior work zones get contained with the occupied-site controls priced on the sheet. Silica dust rules exist for good reason, and wet methods with vacuum recovery are how this trade meets them indoors.
How do you avoid cutting rebar, conduit or cables in the slab?
Rebar is expected and blades handle it; the dangerous surprises are embedded conduit and post-tension cables. Older slabs, plant floors and anything suspect get scanned before the blade or bit commits, coordinated as a clear line on the quote. Cutting a live conduit or a tendon is the most expensive mistake in this trade, and skipping the scan to save a few hundred dollars is how it happens.
More on the full FAQ page.
Get a written number for your cut
Tell us where the job sits and what needs cutting. Photos with the layout marked get the fastest answer, and every number comes off the public sheet.