Alabama Concrete Prices, Codes & Climate

Ready-mix cost range

$120–$160per cubic yard

Frost depth reference

6″reference only

ACI 318 exposure classes

F0 · C1 · S0

Air entrainment

not required in most of the state

How much does concrete cost in Alabama?

Ready-mix in Alabama runs roughly $120 to $160 per cubic yard. That is an estimated band, not a quote — published US price sources disagree with each other by nearly two to one. How we source price figures.

What does the Alabama climate require?

Long hot humid summers put ACI 305 hot-weather concreting in play from May through September, with early-morning placement and evaporation retarders. Winter freezes are brief and shallow outside the Tennessee Valley counties.

Under ACI 318, Alabama falls in exposure classes F0, C1, S0. Air entrainment is not required in most of the state. Air entrainment is required for classes F1, F2 and F3.

How deep is the frost line in Alabama?

Compiled reference tables put Alabama at about 6 inches. That figure is orientation only. The footing depth you actually have to build to is determined by your local building department — IRC R403.1.4 requires footings to extend below the locally determined frost line, and there is no national number.

Soil concerns

Black Belt prairie chalk and clay across the central counties shrinks and swells seasonally under slabs, while Piedmont red clay in the northeast drains better but still holds water.

Seismic

Low seismicity statewide, with slightly elevated demand in the far northwest corner from the New Madrid zone. Residential flatwork needs no special seismic detailing.

Contractor licensing

We do not publish a licensing determination for Alabama without a dated primary source. We do not publish a state licensing determination without a dated primary source. Check the state board directly. Check the official source.

Cities

• Birmingham
• Montgomery
• Huntsville
• Mobile
• Tuscaloosa
• Hoover