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[  Founded 2025 · Bridgeport, PA  ]

We don't win jobs by underbidding. We win them by not coming back.

Most concrete failures aren't bad luck — they're shortcuts the homeowner never sees. Matthew Bono started NextGen Masonry in 2025 to run jobs the right way: dig deep, take time, finish properly, stand behind it.

Matthew Bono, owner of NextGen Masonry, standing on a Bridgeport Pennsylvania residential jobsite in a navy work Henley with a tape measure in hand, with a half-finished concrete patio with wooden forms behind him

Matthew Bono · Owner

[ Bridgeport, PA ]

[  The Founding Premise  ]

Concrete that cracks two winters after it's poured almost always cracked because the contractor skipped something the homeowner never saw — not enough stone underneath it, the wrong mix for our winters, no planned crack-control lines, or poured on a day too cold for it to cure right. None of these are secrets. The problem is doing them right takes more time and more money, and most contractors price the time and money out to win the job.

NextGen runs every job with a written scope — what concrete we're using, how deep the base goes, where the control lines fall, what finish you're getting. Matthew checks each pour against that scope before we wrap up. You always know what was promised, and you can see it got done.

The crew is small and stays that way. Matthew walks every estimate personally and is on site for every pour. That's not a marketing line — it's how the company works. Fewer jobs, done correctly, builds a reputation in lower Montco faster than volume ever could.

NextGen is licensed and insured in Pennsylvania, and serves Bridgeport, Norristown, King of Prussia, Conshohocken, Plymouth Meeting, and Lower Merion. We pull every permit your township requires, call PA's underground-utility line before digging, and follow the local rules — so you never get a knock on your door from the borough.

The goal for every homeowner is simple: concrete that doesn't ask you to call us back. Not in year three, not in year ten. The estimate process is the same — every written quote lists exactly what we're going to do and what you're going to get. No line-item surprises after the pour.

The pour calendar is a real one. Concrete cures on its own schedule, and that schedule cares about the weather. We pour from late March through mid-November, and we don't push that window. A driveway poured during a hard freeze is a driveway that fails — even if it looks fine the day we leave. If the forecast doesn't hold, we reschedule. Homeowners who insist on a winter pour get pointed to the next spring.

Lower Montco is a particular place to build in. Most of the housing stock predates 1980, which means original sidewalks, stoops, and driveways are now living through their fourth decade of freeze-thaw. The borough rules vary township by township: Bridgeport requires annual contractor registration, Lower Merion enforces stormwater-impervious-coverage limits, Conshohocken inspectors want 24-hour scheduling notice. We handle that paperwork as part of the job, not as an upcharge.

Credentials

  • C.01 Licensed contractor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  • C.02 Fully insured — general liability and workers comp
  • C.03 We always call PA's underground-utility line before digging
  • C.04 We pull every permit, in every town we serve
  • C.05 Winter-rated concrete mix on every job, standard

[  What a NextGen job actually looks like  ]

Same crew. Every job. Every step.

  • Two-person NextGen Masonry crew pouring a residential concrete patio behind a 1990s Plymouth Meeting Pennsylvania colonial home, viewed from behind, foreground crew member screeding wet concrete in a gray work shirt and ball cap, second crew member tending forms in the background

    W.01

    Crew on a Plymouth Meeting patio pour

  • White work pickup truck with dump trailer parked along the curb on a tree-lined Bridgeport Pennsylvania residential street, trailer loaded with tan compacted stone base (2A modified) and wood form boards, brick rowhouses in soft focus background

    W.02

    On a Bridgeport street, ready to start

  • Materials staged on a Bridgeport rowhouse driveway: a 6-foot pile of tan compacted stone base (2A modified), a bundled stack of half-inch rebar leaning against a wheelbarrow, a stack of wood 2x4 form boards, polymeric joint sand bags, all on a tarp

    W.03

    Materials staged before a pour

  • Matthew Bono kneeling slightly to inspect an existing cracked concrete patio behind a 1970s Plymouth Meeting split-level home with a tape measure in one hand and a clipboard in the other, viewed from behind

    W.04

    Matthew measures every estimate himself

"If you can't see the work, that's where contractors cut corners. We don't."

[  How We Work  ]

[  Doctrine / Operating Principles  ]

Four rules. Every job.

  1. R.01 ⊢⊣

    No Surprises

    Every job starts with a written scope listing exactly what concrete we're using, how deep we're digging, and what the finish will look like. You see it before we touch the property.

  2. R.02 ⊢⊣

    Same Person, Every Job

    Matthew walks every estimate and is on site for every pour. The person who scoped the job is the person who signs off on it.

  3. R.03 ⊢⊣

    Permits in Your Name, Paperwork on Us

    We pull every permit your township requires, call PA's underground-utility line before digging, and follow the local rules — so you never get a knock from the borough.

  4. R.04 ⊢⊣

    Written Quotes, Line by Line

    Every estimate breaks out demolition, base, concrete, and finish separately. The number you sign is the number you pay — no day-of-pour add-ons.

[  Compliance / Six Municipalities  ]

Permit-compliant in every served city.

For every project, we pull required permits, call 811 before any excavation, and follow township-specific setback and impervious-surface rules.

  • M.01

    Bridgeport

    PA

  • M.02

    Norristown

    PA

  • M.03

    King of Prussia

    PA

  • M.04

    Conshohocken

    PA

  • M.05

    Plymouth Meeting

    PA

  • M.06

    Lower Merion

    PA

[  Free on-site estimate  ]

Free 48-Hour On-Site Estimate

Matthew will walk your site, measure, and return a written estimate within 48 hours. No commitment required.