Frequently asked

It depends on the ground, the access and above all the rock. In the Hill Country two lots the same size can cost very differently. That is why we come look at no charge and give you the price in writing.

Yes. We handle the city paperwork and call 811 to have the buried lines located before any machine touches the ground. It is part of the job, not an extra.

Both. We install a single water service on a house and we prep full commercial lots. Tell us what you need and we will tell you straight if it is a fit.

We own our hydraulic hammers. Hard rock does not stop us and does not leave you waiting on a rental.

Yes. The whole crew is bilingual, in the office and on the job.

We repair the pavement and restore the ground. If we open the street we close it to city standard. We do not leave debris behind.

We do. We have been pulling right-of-way excavation permits with the City of Austin for years and we know the process. You do not have to go to any counter.

It gets repaired with hot mix to the city standard detail. The restoration has to pass inspection, and we are the ones who pass it, not you.

The pad is the compacted earth platform the slab gets poured on. It has to sit at the exact elevation the plan calls for and, above all, be equally firm across the whole surface. If one area is looser than another, the ground settles unevenly under the concrete and the slab ends up cracking. That is why it gets compacted in lifts and the elevation is checked with a laser, not eyeballed.

There are two routes and they change the price quite a bit. One is mulching it in place: it ends up shredded over the ground, costs less and protects the soil from erosion while it is at it. The other is piling it and hauling it off, which is what you need when the lot has to be fully clean or when there are big stumps. The quote tells you which one suits your job and what each costs.

In Texas, the moment you disturb soil on a lot you have to keep mud from reaching the street, the storm drain or the neighbor when it rains. That is erosion control: silt fence along the low edges, a gravel construction entrance so tires knock off before hitting the road, and temporary drainage if the site needs it. The inspector checks it and can shut the job down if it is not there. It goes in on day one, before anything else.

A normal residential lot gets cleared and brought to grade in a few days. What stretches it out is always the same: heavy brush, rock underneath, tight access for the machines, and rain, which also means waiting for the ground to dry before you can compact. The actual schedule goes in writing in the quote.

By the load, and three things set the price: how much material, where it goes from and to, and whether the truck can reach the spot or it has to be moved the rest of the way with another machine. A short run inside Florence does not cost the same as one down to the San Antonio area. Tell us what you need and where, and we price it per load in the quote, with no surprises at the end.

For anything vehicles will drive on, it is usually two layers: a base course, which is crushed rock with fines that compacts and sets up like a slab, and the gravel you see on top. The classic mistake is dumping loose gravel straight on dirt: with the first rain it sinks and you get potholes. Tell us where it runs and what weight it takes, and we tell you what it needs and how many loads.

Yes. We run our own lowboy and gooseneck and move heavy equipment between jobs. What we need to know up front is the weight and dimensions of the machine, because that decides which trailer goes out and what route it takes. Send us make and model and we handle it.