Sandy Springs is one of Atlanta's denser inner-ring cities, sitting just inside the Perimeter in North Fulton along the GA 400 and I-285 corridor. Unlike the greenfield development corridors farther out, most work in Sandy Springs is infill and redevelopment: there is very little raw land left, so projects tend to involve demolition of existing structures, significant earthwork to make a constrained site work, retaining walls for grade separation, and structural concrete. That profile plays directly to what 2070 Construction self-performs.
Sandy Springs is also where 2070's structural concrete capability has its strongest proof. At VIO Sandy Springs, a luxury condominium in the City Springs District, 2070 delivered the post-tensioned concrete shell as the concrete subcontractor working alongside the general contractor — two levels of subterranean parking and three stories of condominiums on a tight half-acre site, including a technical shoring job for the below-grade levels. That is the kind of below-grade and post-tensioned concrete work most site contractors cannot self-perform, and it is directly applicable to the infill residential and commercial work that defines this market.
Development in Sandy Springs runs through the City of Sandy Springs for land disturbance and site permitting, with Fulton County involved on certain elements. The city incorporated relatively recently and runs its own development review, which means knowing how its plan review and inspection process works is part of delivering a project on schedule. 2070 manages the submittal and approval process directly — preparing the package with the civil engineer, responding to review comments, and carrying the permit through approval.
Like the rest of the region, Sandy Springs sits on Piedmont red clay. On constrained infill sites, soil behavior and structural fill become even more important, because there is less room to balance cut and fill on site and more reliance on imported, compacted structural fill to reach grade.
In Sandy Springs, 2070 Construction self-performs the full horizontal scope plus foundations and structural concrete: site development, grading and earthwork, underground utilities, stormwater and drainage, concrete and foundations, and the permitting that ties it together. For an infill residential or commercial pad project, that means one contractor from permit to pad ready, with the concrete capability the market demands.
If you are developing an infill or commercial site in Sandy Springs, send us the civil plans and we will return a scoped bid.