Commercial Excavation & Sitework in Louisville, KY

Commercial sitework is judged on grade tolerance and compaction, and both of them are invisible once the slab goes down. We locate utilities before the blade moves, cut and fill in controlled lifts, compact to the specified density, and hold pad elevation to the plan. On a subcontract we work to the civil drawings and the geotechnical report; on a direct owner job we tell you plainly what the ground is going to require before you budget the building.

Who This Is For

  • General contractors buying a sitework or earthwork package
  • Owners and developers preparing a small-to-mid commercial building pad
  • Facility managers needing trenching, undercut, or regrading on an active site
  • Property owners correcting drainage, slope, or failed subgrade

What's Included

  • 811 utility locates and on-site private locates before excavation
  • Layout from surveyor control points and civil drawings
  • Topsoil strip and stockpile, cut and fill to plan elevation
  • Structural fill placed in controlled lifts and compacted to spec
  • Undercut and soft-subgrade correction with documented backfill
  • Utility trenching, bedding, backfill, and compaction
  • Erosion control — silt fence, construction entrance, inlet protection
  • Rough and finish grading to the tolerance the plan calls for

Our Process

  • Locate and lay out

    Public and private utility locates first, then layout from surveyor control and the civil plan set.

  • Strip and stage

    Topsoil stripped and stockpiled, erosion control installed, haul routes and stockpile areas agreed with the site.

  • Cut, fill, compact

    Earthwork in controlled lifts with compaction verified against the specified density before the next lift goes down.

  • Grade and hand off

    Pad brought to plan elevation and tolerance, proofrolled, and walked with the GC or owner before the next trade arrives.

How It Gets Priced

Sitework is priced from quantities where the plans support a takeoff and by unit price or time and material where they do not, because nobody can honestly lump-sum unknown rock or unknown soft subgrade. Rock excavation, undercut, imported structural fill, and off-site haul are always itemized separately. We would rather show you the risk line than bury a contingency in the base number.

Equipment We Run

  • Excavators
  • Skid steers and compact track loaders
  • Dozer and box blade for grading
  • Vibratory rollers and jumping jacks
  • Laser and GPS grade control
  • Dump trucks and haul trailers

Properties We Do This On

  • Sitework & Concrete Subcontracting for GCs

    A sitework and flatwork sub that returns numbers on bid day, writes a clear scope letter, and works under your superintendent without drama.

  • Industrial & Warehouse Sitework

    Heavy-duty concrete built for loaded trailers and forklift traffic, sequenced around your shifts so freight keeps moving.

  • Retail & Office Property Contractor

    Parking, sidewalk, curb, and entry concrete scheduled after hours so tenants keep their doors open and their customers keep parking.

Commercial Excavation — FAQs

  • Do you work to a geotechnical report?

    Yes. Send the geotech and the civil drawings with the invitation. Fill material, lift thickness, and compaction requirements come from that report, not from our preference.

  • How do you handle unknown rock?

    Rock is quoted as a separate unit price rather than assumed into the base bid. If we hit it, you see the quantity and the rate you already agreed to instead of a surprise change order argument.

  • Can you work on an active commercial site?

    Yes. We coordinate haul routes, work hours, and staging with the facility or superintendent so operations and other trades keep moving around us.

  • Do you document compaction?

    We compact in controlled lifts and coordinate with whatever testing agency the project uses. Where the project has no testing agency and the spec requires density, we will tell you that testing needs to be added.

  • Do you install erosion control?

    Yes — silt fence, construction entrance, inlet protection, and maintenance of it during our work, per the site's erosion control plan.

  • How large a site can you handle?

    We are a small crew and we are straight about it. Small-to-mid commercial sitework packages are our range. On a larger site we are a better fit as a subcontractor handling a defined portion.