Concrete Cutting, Coring & Demolition in Hamilton

Hamilton’s Home-Base Concrete Cutting Shop Since 1967

Concrete Drilling & Sawing Ltd. is not a service area covered from somewhere else. Hamilton is home. Our shop and head office sit in the city’s north end, and we have run concrete cutting work from here since 1967, making CDS one of Ontario’s longest-running concrete cutting companies. When a Hamilton general contractor or engineer calls a concrete contractor in Hamilton, the crew, the trucks, and the diamond-blade saws are already in the city limits.

That local base is the reason we can offer same-day mobilization for emergencies across Greater Hamilton and the GTA. For breakdowns, schedule changes, or a cut that has to happen before the next concrete placement, Hamilton gets the fastest response of any city we serve. Surrounding municipalities like Stoney Creek, Dundas, Ancaster, Waterdown, Burlington, and Grimsby fall well inside our short-mobilization range below the Niagara Escarpment.

Concrete Services We Run in Hamilton

Hamilton’s heavy industry, steel sector, and Port lands generate the kind of thick, reinforced, and steel-laced concrete that our equipment is built for. We bring the full concrete cutting services line to local sites:

• Diesel slab sawing — fast cutting for outdoor and well-ventilated work, sized for the heavy slabs common across Hamilton’s industrial and Port-area building stock. See our saw cutting page.
• Steel cutting — embedded plate, structural steel, and rebar-dense sections matched to a steel-town construction profile.
• Concrete removal & excavation — cut, break out, and clear, with on-site concrete crushing and recycling. See concrete removal.
• Wall sawing — hydraulic and electric wall saws for openings and demolition cuts in older industrial walls and institutional buildings.
• Core drilling — clean penetrations for electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and sprinkler-fitter work through floors and walls; see concrete coring.
• Wire sawing — diamond-wire cutting for very thick concrete, heavy steel, and hard-to-reach sections that slab and wall saws cannot reach.
• GPR concrete scanning — locating rebar, post-tension cables, conduits, and voids before any cut, with detailed client reports. See our GPR services.
• Demolition — selective and structural concrete demolition for retrofit and teardown work across the city’s aging commercial stock.

Scan-before-cut is standard practice on our jobs. Before a saw or core bit touches a Hamilton slab, we scan it, so embedded rebar, conduit, and tension cables are mapped rather than discovered the hard way.

Industries We Serve Across Hamilton

Hamilton’s mix of heavy industry, the Port of Hamilton, and a dense base of older commercial buildings keeps retrofit, penetration, and demolition cutting work steady. Institutions such as the Hamilton Health Sciences hospitals and McMaster University add ongoing core and wall sawing demand. We work trade-to-trade with the contractors and professionals driving that activity:

• General contractors on ICI (industrial, commercial, institutional) projects
• Engineers and project managers who need scanning data and accurate cuts
• Electrical, mechanical, and plumbing & pipefitting contractors needing penetrations
• Precast concrete manufacturers and commercial landscapers
• Demolition companies that do not cut or scan their own concrete

How We Serve Hamilton

Every job runs out of our Hamilton shop. Because Hamilton is our base rather than a remote territory, there is no travel lag built into the schedule — crews mobilize directly from the yard, often the same day for local emergencies. We carry $5M liability insurance, maintain full WSIB compliance, and run a current health and safety program, so we clear contractor and owner prequalification without holding up your start date. Our work holds a 5.0 rating from 7 Google reviews.

Beyond cutting, we handle concrete construction work, giving Hamilton clients a single source for scanning, cutting, removal, and rebuild.

CDS also cuts anti-slip concrete grooving into ramps, loading docks and warehouse floors around Hamilton.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is CDS located in Hamilton?

Our shop and head office are at Hamilton. This is our home base — the single location from which all CDS work across Ontario is dispatched.

How fast can you get to a Hamilton job site?

Because we are based in Hamilton, we offer same-day mobilization for emergencies across Greater Hamilton and the GTA. Most surrounding communities, including Stoney Creek, Dundas, Ancaster, Waterdown, Burlington, and Grimsby, are within our short-response range.

Do you scan concrete before cutting?

Yes. GPR concrete scanning before cutting is standard practice on our jobs. We locate rebar, post-tension cables, conduits, and voids, and provide a detailed report before any saw or core bit goes in.

Can you cut steel and heavily reinforced concrete?

Yes. We offer dedicated steel cutting along with wire sawing for very thick concrete and embedded steel — capacity that suits Hamilton’s heavy-industry and steel-sector construction.

Concrete Cutting & Scanning Guides for Hamilton

Planning a concrete project in Hamilton? These guides explain how our crews work: concrete cutting methods; concrete cutting for ICI construction; GPR vs X-ray scanning.

CDS also serves nearby Niagara Region and Peel Region — see every region on our Ontario service areas page, or request a free quote for your Hamilton project.