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Mini excavator digging drain field trenches with corrugated septic pipe laid in rows of red clay soil

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Septic System Installation

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  • Plastic septic chambers set in an open trench alongside an existing home, beside the air conditioning unit and a new deck

    Chambers Set Alongside an Existing Home

    Septic chambers set in an open trench tight alongside an occupied house, worked in around the deck and the air conditioning unit.

  • A full run of plastic septic chambers laid in an open drain field trench, with spoil piled alongside and a crew member working in the background

    A Full Run of Drain Field Chambers

    Chambers laid end to end down an open drain field trench, spoil kept back from the edge and ready for cover.

  • Corrugated drain field pipe laid in open septic trenches on a wooded lot, with a dozer working in the background

    Drain Field Trenches with Pipe Set

    Corrugated drain field pipe laid out in open trenches on a wooded lot, with the dozer still on site for backfill.

  • Mini excavator digging drain field trenches with corrugated septic pipe laid in rows of red clay soil

    Drain Field Trenching

    Mini excavator cutting drain field trenches, with corrugated septic line laid out in rows ready to set.

  • Boom truck lowering a concrete septic tank into an excavated pit

    Setting a Concrete Septic Tank

    Boom truck lowering a concrete septic tank into an excavated pit, cut to depth and ready to receive it.

  • Concrete septic tank set in place in a freshly excavated trench, with equipment track marks in the clay

    Tank Set and Ready for Backfill

    Concrete tank seated in the trench, with track marks showing the approach the machine took in.

  • Lot cleared to bare dirt with brush and root debris pushed into windrows along both edges

    Cleared Lot with Debris Windrowed

    A lot taken down to bare dirt, with brush and root debris pushed into windrows along both edges ready to be handled.

  • Cleared and graded lot with mature pines left standing and a new home set on its piers

    Cleared Pad with the Home Set

    The finished version of the same work: lot cleared and graded, mature pines left standing, and the new home set on its piers.

  • Cleared and grubbed lot in red Carolina clay, root debris raked to the treeline, ready for grading

    Cleared and Grubbed Ahead of Grading

    A full lot taken down to bare clay, stumps and root mat grubbed out and the debris raked to the treeline.

  • Excavator working under floodlights at night on freshly cleared ground strewn with roots and stumps

    Clearing Work After Dark

    Excavator running under floodlights on freshly cleared ground, with roots and stumps still to be picked up.

  • Freshly cleared and rough-graded building lot surrounded by trees

    Lot Cleared and Rough Graded

    A wooded lot cleared and brought to rough grade, ready for building pad work to begin.

Land Grading & Site Preparation

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  • Cleared and rough-graded roadside lot with silt fence run along the road frontage

    Silt Fence Along the Road Frontage

    A cleared and rough-graded lot with silt fence run the length of the road frontage to keep soil on the site.

  • Silt fence staked along the toe of a freshly graded bank of red clay

    Erosion Control on a Graded Bank

    Silt fence staked along the toe of a freshly graded bank, installed before the first rain rather than after it.

  • Sloping lot cleared and graded to final shape in red clay, with a utility post set near the treeline

    Graded Lot Ready for Utilities

    A sloping lot cleared and brought to final grade, with the utility post set and the ground shaped to drain.

  • CAT excavator and wheel loader grading a large dirt site

    Bulk Earthmoving and Grading

    Excavator and wheel loader working a large site together, moving and spreading material to grade.

  • Compactor roller on a freshly built gravel access road through a wooded site

    Gravel Access Road and Compaction

    Roller compacting a freshly built gravel access road cut through a wooded site.

Excavation Services

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  • Crew member in a hard hat and high-visibility vest standing in an open excavation, with a ladder for access and a grade rod set to check depth

    Checking Depth in an Open Excavation

    An open excavation cut square beside a new home, with a ladder set for access and a grade rod used to check depth against plan.

  • Excavator loading a haul truck on a dirt stockpile under a cloudy sky

    Excavation and Haul-Off

    Excavator loading a haul truck off a stockpile, moving excess material clear of the work area.

Underground Utility Installation

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  • New culvert pipe bedded in gravel at a driveway entrance, with traffic cones set along the roadside

    Driveway Culvert Bedded in Gravel

    A new culvert pipe set and bedded in gravel at a driveway entrance, with cones holding the roadside lane while the work went in.

  • Excavator working over an open utility trench while a crew member checks the pipe run

    Utility Trench and Pipe Run

    Excavator working over an open utility trench while a crew member checks the pipe run below.

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