Site Grading & Leveling
Site Grading Contractor Near Me in Northern Ohio
Site grading is the work of moving earth until the ground sits at the elevations and slopes it needs to sit at. That might mean cutting a building pad to plan grade within a tight tolerance, or it might mean regrading a backyard so water stops running toward the foundation every spring.
What It Is
The work, plainly described
Site grading is the work of moving earth until the ground sits at the elevations and slopes it needs to sit at. That might mean cutting a building pad to plan grade within a tight tolerance, or it might mean regrading a backyard so water stops running toward the foundation every spring.
As a GPS grading contractor, we run a navigation dozer with grade control, which means elevations come off your plan set rather than off an operator reading a string line. On a commercial pad that is the difference between passing inspection the first time and moving dirt twice. On a residential lot it is the difference between drainage that works and drainage that almost works.
The first thing we work out on any grading estimate is whether the site balances. If your cut and fill match, grading is machine time and nothing else. If you need hundreds of yards of material trucked in, the import can cost more than the grading itself, and you deserve to know that before you sign anything.
Who It's For
Who calls us for this
What's Involved
How the job actually runs
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Establish the target elevations
We work from your plan set and survey where one exists. Where it does not, we shoot the existing grades and design a surface that drains where you want water to go.
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Strip and stockpile topsoil
Usable topsoil comes off first and goes into a stockpile for reuse at final grade rather than being buried under fill or hauled away.
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Cut and fill to grade
The GPS dozer moves material to design elevation, and fill goes in compacted lifts rather than one deep push, because uncompacted fill settles and settled fill cracks whatever sits on it.
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Verify and hand over
We check grades against target before demobilizing, and we walk the finished surface with you so nothing gets discovered after the machines have left.
Equipment Used
The machines that do this work
We own our fleet. That is why we can commit to a date and hold it.
Get the grade right the first time
Send us the plan set or just describe the problem. We will tell you whether the site balances and what it takes to bring it to grade.