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.

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.

1. 1

   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.

2. 2

   Cut to line and depth

   Excavator and backhoe work to the specified elevation with sidewalls cut to hold, and spoil staged where it will not have to be moved a second time.

3. 3

   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.

4. 4

   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.

• Excavator

  Large-scale earthwork, pond excavation, drainage ditches

• Cat Backhoe

  Excavation, trenching, backfill, foundation work

• Dozer

  Large acreage clearing, rough grading, land pushing

• Skid Steer

  Material moving, grading, demolition cleanup, debris removal