I'd agree with this... I place a lot of brick around... preferably, I'd like brick under everything I place, extended 1 space out, so if I have brick under a 3v3 assembler, the brick covers a 5v5 space.
Ideally, I would like a method where I could specify which types of paving go under which types of constructions, in a priority list... so, I could use the danger-marked concrete under/around my power generation, and have it auto-updated as I change things... so if I expand my coal-steam generation, eventually the paving beneath will be expanded to cover it, or if I remove it to relocate somewhere else, eventually the caution paving under the old location, eventually gets removed...
There is a lot of room for growth with this kind of mod.
Perhaps also a different type of building, say some kind of antenna, which will control the paving area (in a radius instead of a square)