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Ground work we take on

Eight things, done properly, across Chelan, Manson, Entiat and Wenatchee. Each page below covers what the work involves, who it suits and the questions people ask before booking it.

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  • 01 An excavator stripping topsoil and shaping a level building pad, with grade stakes set.

    Site Preparation

    Raw ground turned into a pad you can build on: cleared, stripped, cut to grade and compacted.

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  • 02 A deep foundation excavation with clean cut faces and a spoil pile alongside.

    Excavation & Earthwork

    Digging, moving and placing dirt. Foundation holes, bulk earthwork, backfill and haul-off.

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  • 03 Finish grading work with a fresh drainage swale and a culvert set at a driveway approach.

    Grading & Drainage

    Shaping ground so water leaves the property the way it should, instead of sitting against a building.

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  • 04 An excavator clearing brush and stumps, with half the lot still wooded and half opened to bare soil.

    Land Clearing

    Overgrown or wooded ground opened up. Brush, stumps, slash and debris out, site left workable.

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  • 05 A newly built crushed-gravel driveway with a crowned surface and drainage ditches, curving up through pines.

    Driveways & Access Roads

    Gravel driveways and access roads built or rebuilt to hold up to weather, grade and loaded trucks.

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  • 06 An open utility trench with conduit and a water line bedded in clean sand, spoil windrowed alongside.

    Utility Trenching

    Trenching and backfill for water, power and other underground lines, dug to depth and bedded properly.

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  • 07 Raw sagebrush and pine hillside with a single excavator beginning the first cut.

    Retaining Walls

    Vertical block and large retaining walls that hold a grade change where dirt alone will not.

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  • 08 A deep foundation excavation with clean cut faces and a spoil pile alongside.

    Foundation Excavation

    Foundation holes, footings and cutting to concrete grade, ready for the concrete crew.

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  • 09 Finish grading work with a fresh drainage swale and a culvert set at a driveway approach.

    Storm Drainage Systems

    Catch basins, storm pipe, culverts and drywells so water leaves on purpose, not by accident.

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  • 10 An excavator stripping topsoil and shaping a level building pad, with grade stakes set.

    Asphalt Prep

    Subgrade cut, base rock placed and compacted, grades held so the paving crew can do their job.

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  • 11 An excavator pulling apart a small outbuilding and a broken concrete slab, with debris sorted into piles.

    Demolition

    Structures, slabs and hardscape taken down, material hauled off and the ground left clean.

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Not sure which one you need?

Most jobs are a combination. A driveway needs drainage. A building pad needs clearing first. A new line needs trenching and then restoration on top of it. Describe what you want to end up with and we will work out the pieces.

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A finished, freshly graded building pad at dusk with mountain ridges behind.
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Tell us what you are building

Send over what you are trying to get done and we will come back with straight answers on scope, access and what the ground work actually needs.

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