Excavation in Five Forks, SC

Grading and land work at the five-way crossroads — Woodruff, Batesville, and Bennetts Bridge roads.

Excavation · Five Forks, Greenville County

The part of the build you never see — done right

Excavation decides whether everything above it stays level and dry. The dig, the trenches, the backfill — none of it shows in the finished photos, and all of it shows up three years later if it was done cheap. The classic hidden defect is loose backfill: it settles along every trench and foundation edge, cracking walks and sinking driveways. Our backfill goes in as thin, compacted lifts as standard practice — every trench, every time.

Every dig starts legally: SC811 locates filed and the three-business-day wait respected before a bucket touches ground. And because Upstate lots sit on dense red clay — sometimes rock — discovery conditions go in writing before work starts, so if the ground surprises us, the price doesn’t surprise you.

How it works

  1. 1

    Locate & verify

    SC811 tickets filed, utilities marked, boundaries confirmed — before anything opens.

  2. 2

    Dig to spec

    Pads, footings, and trenches cut to depth; topsoil stripped and stockpiled for your final landscape, never buried.

  3. 3

    Backfill in lifts

    Thin layers, compacted each pass — the difference between a trench line you forget and one you re-level for years.

  4. 4

    Finish clean

    Spoils hauled or graded out, erosion controls set, site left ready for the next step.

Free site walk — we scope the dig before you spend a dime

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Areas we serve

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of excavation do you handle?

Residential and small commercial site work: building pads, footings, stump and rock removal, trenching for water and drainage lines, and cutting driveways into sloped ground.

Can you get equipment into a tight backyard?

Usually, yes. Compact excavators fit through standard gates and work in tight residential spaces — it’s exactly what they’re built for. We confirm access on the site walk.

We are not in a city — who permits grading in Five Forks?

Greenville County, not Simpsonville. Five Forks is unincorporated, so the county's Land Development office handles it: disturbing an acre or more, or increasing peak runoff by more than one cubic foot per second, triggers a county Land Disturbance permit, and stormwater-quality rules start at 10,000 square feet of disturbance. Erosion and sediment controls are required on any land-disturbing work, and many neighborhoods here also have HOA covenants worth checking before clearing tree lines or changing grades near property lines.

Ready to open up your land?

Free written estimate. See the price before any work begins.