Commercial Excavation & Grading Contractor in East Texas

On a commercial job the grading plan sets the elevations and the geotechnical report sets how the ground gets built: what has to be stripped, what native soil can stay, what needs to be over-excavated and replaced, how thick each lift can be, the moisture range, and the compaction target. We read both before we bid, because most earthwork surprises are already sitting in the geotech report for anyone who reads it closely.

Mass grading takes the site from existing grade to rough grade: cuts on the high side, compacted fill on the low side, and the cut/fill balance managed so the project imports and exports as little as the design allows. Building pads come up in lifts to the elevation on the plans, with select fill where the report calls for it under the slab. Parking and drive areas get the subgrade the paving engineer specified. Proofrolling finds soft areas before anything gets built on them, and soft spots get dug out and replaced instead of buried.

Density testing is done by a third-party testing lab, but someone has to have lifts ready when the technician shows up and keep work from getting ahead of the tests. We coordinate that: we schedule testing around our lift sequence, rework anything that fails, and keep a clean record of passing tests by area and lift for the engineer of record, the inspector, and the lender. A failed test found the same day costs an afternoon. Found after the slab is poured, it costs far more.

Our John Deere 850K and Caterpillar D6N dozers handle mass grading, cut and fill, and pushing material across a site. John Deere 350G and Caterpillar 320E excavators dig ponds, cut trenches, over-excavate soft areas, and load trucks. Our motor grader and John Deere 333G track loaders do fine grading and work tight areas around buildings and curbs. We use rollers for compaction and dump trucks for import and export, and bring in other equipment when a job calls for it.

That same earthwork package can include detention pond excavation, drainage swales built to the stormwater grading plan, and storm, water, and sewer line installation. When grading is done, we can pour the building slab too.

Earthwork sets the pace for every trade after it, so we plan our sequence around your critical path: erosion controls, clearing, mass grading, utilities, pads, and paving subgrade, in the order the job needs them. We give honest schedule projections — East Texas spring rain is real and we plan for it — and tell your superintendent early when weather or soil conditions change the plan. A typical job of ours has 20 to 30 people on site, with more brought in when the work calls for it.

To bid, send the civil grading and utility plans, the geotechnical report, the SWPPP or erosion control sheet, your schedule, and the bid due date. More on how earthwork fits the whole job is on our commercial site preparation page.