Excavation
Excavation Contractor Near Me in Northern Ohio
Excavation is controlled digging: taking material out of the ground to a specified depth, line, and slope, and putting it somewhere useful. Footers and foundations, utility trenches, retention ponds, drainage ditches, and basement digs all live under this heading.
What It Is
The work, plainly described
Excavation is controlled digging: taking material out of the ground to a specified depth, line, and slope, and putting it somewhere useful. Footers and foundations, utility trenches, retention ponds, drainage ditches, and basement digs all live under this heading.
Depth and edge quality are what separate a good excavation from an expensive one. A trench cut to the wrong depth costs you a load of stone to correct. A footer excavation with collapsing sidewalls costs you concrete. We cut to the line the first time and we backfill and compact properly rather than pushing spoil back in loose.
Northern Ohio ground has a habit of turning from workable clay to soup after a wet week. We schedule excavation around soil conditions and we tell you honestly when a week of waiting will produce a better result than a week of fighting the mud.
Who It's For
Who calls us for this
What's Involved
How the job actually runs
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Locate before we dig
Utility locates get called and marked, and we confirm easements and setbacks against the plat. Nothing gets opened up on assumption.
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Cut to line and depth
The backhoe works to the specified elevation with sidewalls cut to hold, and spoil staged where it will not have to be moved a second time.
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Manage the spoil
Material either stays on site as fill where the earthwork balances, or gets hauled off. We work that out during the estimate so it is not a surprise line item later.
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Backfill and restore
Backfill goes in compacted lifts, the surface is restored to grade, and the working area is left clean for the next trade.
Equipment Used
The machines that do this work
We own our fleet. That is why we can commit to a date and hold it.
Need something dug properly?
Tell us the depth, the footprint, and the deadline. We will tell you whether the ground and the calendar agree with each other.