When To Consider Hiring An Excavating Service For Your Project
Excavating soil and bedrock properly requires specialized machinery that most contractors do not have. However, an excavating service will have the machines necessary to do the work for you. They also have the experience to do the job properly, ensuring the soil and areas around the excavation are stable.
Foundation Work
Building a new house or commercial structure often means excavating the area where the foundation will be. If the building has a basement, you may need a large excavator to reach the required depth and an experienced operator to dig the hole.
In other situations, a large machine may not fit in the area, and a smaller machine may be necessary, but the excavating service should have a piece of equipment that they can use even in limited space. While the job may take longer with small machines, the goal is to remove the material without damage to the surrounding area.
Once the foundation is complete and the concrete cured, the excavating company can help backfill the walls with precision placement of the soil to ensure it will support the walls without adding strain to the structure. Placing one bucket at a time and leveling the soil around the foundation can have a significant impact on the foundation, and an experienced operator can put the dirt, gravel, or other fill materials exactly where it is needed.
Grading And Leveling
Excavating companies provide many different services for your needs. Often grading and leveling services are necessary on a building project, and the excavating service can bring the machines to the site to shape the ground to the builder's needs.
Sometimes that means flattening and leveling the area around the building or creating precise slopes for runoff or drainage systems. If the grade is wrong, it can cause water to puddle where it shouldn't, and during winter months, ice can become a problem. Water not directed correctly can also cause erosion problems on the site, so the grade is critical to the stability of the soil on the site.
Most excavating contractors have bulldozers, graders, and other machines that can help achieve the correct grade or ensure an area is level and ready for additional construction on top of it. If material needs removing from the site, the excavating service can dig it out, haul it away in trucks, and bring in gravel, stone, or other materials to amend the soil and create a solid base.
Trenching, grading, digging holes, and leveling surfaces are all within the scope of most excavating services, so these are often the first machines you need on the site and are the last to leave.