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Excavation Services in Chelan, WA

Eleven kinds of ground work across Chelan, Manson, Entiat, Wenatchee and North Central Washington. Each page below covers what the work involves, who it suits and the questions people ask before booking it.

All eleven

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A cleared and stripped building pad among pines, graded flat and ready for the next trade

Site Preparation

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

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Kubota U55-5 excavator digging beside a house next to a stacked concrete block wall

Excavation and Earthwork

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

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Freshly graded pad with a pile of crushed rock and an excavator bucket at the edge, pines behind

Grading and Drainage

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

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Kubota U55-5 clearing ground between pines beside a house, with a marking line painted on the ground

Land Clearing

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

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Finished crushed rock driveway and parking area in front of a house on a forested hillside

Driveways and Access Roads

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

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Open utility trench beside a new concrete walk with conduit laid in the bottom and the excavator tracks at the edge

Utility Trenching

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

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Finished foundation excavation, the pad cut and graded flat around the poured concrete footings

Foundation Excavation

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

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Green drain pipe laid in an open trench along the edge of a concrete slab

Storm Drainage Systems

Catch basins, storm pipe, culverts and drywells that carry storm water off the property.

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Large concrete block retaining wall beside a building with a new crushed rock surface along it

Retaining Walls

Vertical block and large retaining walls that hold a grade change where dirt alone won’t.

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Paved and striped parking lot beside a dark commercial building with dry hills behind

Asphalt Prep

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

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Kubota U55-5 pulling brush and debris off a hillside lot beside a road

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 pad needs clearing first. Describe what you want to end up with and we’ll work out the pieces.

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Emergency work

Washout, broken line or storm damage?

We take emergency calls. Call or text the owners, and see what to do before we get there.

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Get a written estimate

Tell us what you’re building and where. A photo of the way in helps more than anything else.

(509) 421-1539