Earthwork and every utility in it

Excavation and shoring support

Mass excavation and foundations

Basement and foundation digs on tight city lots, including work inside soldier pile and lagging walls with our machines supporting the shoring crew.

• Mass excavation and export
• Footing, pier and elevator pit excavation
• Temporary block retaining walls
• Subgrade repair with geogrid and structural fill
• Backfill, fine grading and slab preparation
• Erosion control and construction entrances

Storm drainage

Stormwater, from roof to outfall

Drainage systems and the structures that go with them, on private property and in the street.

• Storm mains
• Detention pipe and vaults
• Infiltration trenches and dry wells
• Dispersion trenches
• Catch basins, manholes and area drains
• Pump chambers
• Bio-planter piping and aggregate
• Downspout tightlines and footing drains

Sewer

Sewer mains, side sewers and liners

Sewer mains in the street and side sewers from the building to the main, in shored trenches.

• Sewer mains
• Manholes
• Side sewers
• Lining of existing pipe, with jetting and video inspection
• Capping and abandonment of old services

Water

Water mains, hydrants and services

Water systems for new buildings and for sites that need a new main of their own.

• Ductile iron water main
• Fire hydrants, valves and thrust blocks
• Combined fire and domestic service lines
• Meter connections
• Potholing to verify the route before pipe is ordered

Power and communications

Primary power duct banks and vaults

Primary power is a specialty of ours. We build primary and secondary power and communication duct banks to the utility's standard, in alleys, across streets and through buildings.

• Multi-conduit duct banks with custom-bent galvanized sweeps
• Precast and cast-in-place vaults, and handholes
• Concrete encasement and CDF backfill
• Pole support and risers
• Vactor potholing at utility crossings
• Shoring, steel plates and traffic control

Demolition and clearing

Getting the site ready

Structures, foundations and site concrete removed and hauled, so the excavation can start the next day with the same crew.

• House and structure demolition
• Heating oil tank decommissioning and contaminated soil export
• Foundation, slab and site concrete removal
• Stump removal and stripping
• Saw cutting
• Sorted export of concrete, debris and clean soil

CAD Truck · for hire

Material placed where a dump truck cannot reach

We own a CAD Truck, short for conveyor aggregate delivery. It carries the material to the job and places it off a conveyor: over a fence, behind a wall, into a basement or down the length of a trench.

We run it on our own projects. We also hire it out as a stand-alone service, so you can bring in the truck without the rest of our crew.

• Rock, sand and soil placed into spaces a loader or dump truck cannot get to
• Pipe bedding, drain rock and backfill placed along a trench
• Available on its own for your project, by the hour

Restoration

Putting the street back

When the utilities are in, we prepare the surface for whoever is finishing it, or finish it ourselves.

• Curb, gutter and sidewalk subgrade
• Trench patching with temporary and permanent asphalt
• Crushed rock base for paving and hardscape
• Topsoil, compost and mulch placement