Florida Sidewalk Solutions

Florida Sidewalk Solutions is a trip hazard removal contractor based in Davie, Florida, fully licensed and insured in Florida and operating under license from the Utah company that developed the method, Precision Concrete Cutting. Its business is narrow and specific: removing the raised edges where sidewalk panels, walkways and curb ramps have lifted, so that a property meets the Americans with Disabilities Act without replacing the concrete.

The method is what sets it apart. That company's founder started with grinders in 1992, found the results poor, and designed saw-based machines that now hold six U.S. patents. A saw can cut a trip hazard flush with the neighboring panel out to the edges, where grinders leave a lip, and it does so with little dust or disruption. The company describes the approach as cheaper and more effective than scabbling, grinding or removal and replacement, and the network reports having treated a hundred thousand miles of sidewalk.

Florida Sidewalk Solutions has worked in the state for about 20 years for cities, homeowner and condominium associations, schools, universities, churches and businesses. Naples has been a municipal client since 2005, and a property management firm credits its recurring trip hazard program with keeping every association it manages free of trip-and-fall lawsuits. Owners Steve and Dina Sdankus lead the company, with business development managers assigned to Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties on one side and the rest of the southern peninsula, from Palm Beach and Martin across to Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry and Glades, on the other.

Proposals are turned around quickly after a site walk, and the company publishes a learning center and videos explaining the work.