Excavation

Dallas Excavation Contractor

Foundations, ponds, drainage, utility cuts, and dirt work of every shape. The right machine for the job and a clean site when we leave.

What we excavate

Foundation cuts for residential and light commercial builds. Basement digs, rare in North Texas but we do them. Farm and recreational ponds sized two-thousand square feet up to full tank builds. Drainage trenches, swales, and French drains to move water off the pad. Utility cuts for water, sewer, electric, and gas laterals. General site excavation for retaining walls, slabs, and outbuildings.

The dirt work the builder won't tell you about

Undercut and proof-roll before the engineer shows up. Spoils hauled or spread on-site where the grade allows. Keeper trees protected with flagging and crane-matting if the cut runs close. Silt fence and erosion control if the job triggers an SWPPP. The stuff that makes the difference between a smooth inspection and a punch list.

How we scope a job

We walk the site with the plans, look at access, look at drainage, and check what's actually in the ground, which in North Texas often means fractured limestone where the plan said clay. Then we quote with line items: cut, haul, compact, backfill, erosion control. No mystery allowances.

Residential, commercial, and ranch

A quarter-acre home pad and a twenty-acre subdivision prep aren't the same job, but the standard is the same: right equipment, honest timeline, clean hand-off. We run work from custom-home pad cuts up through subdivision site prep and out to ranch tank digs and pond builds.

Excavation: common questions.

The stuff we get asked most. If yours isn't here, email us.

Yes, and usually we should. Clearing, excavation, and grading as one scope means one mobilization, one schedule, and one invoice. Splitting them across multiple contractors almost always costs more and takes longer.
Dozers, excavators, skid steers, mulcher heads, and haul trucks, sized to match the job. We'll pick the right machine during the walk-through, and you see exactly what we're planning in the quote.
Yes. Pond builds are some of our favorite jobs. Design matters (shape, slope, clay lining, outflow) and we'll walk the hydrology before we break dirt. Typical small recreational ponds in North Texas run $6,000 to $20,000 depending on size and access.

Need dirt moved?

From footing cuts to farm ponds, tell us the scope and we'll get you a quote same day.