A town built around the Mineral Spring knows what water does to land.
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.
SC811 tickets filed, utilities marked, boundaries confirmed — before anything opens.
Pads, footings, and trenches cut to depth; topsoil stripped and stockpiled for your final landscape, never buried.
Thin layers, compacted each pass — the difference between a trench line you forget and one you re-level for years.
Spoils hauled or graded out, erosion controls set, site left ready for the next step.
Every dig starts with a utility locate — 811 marks the public lines before a bucket touches the ground, and we walk the site with you to flag anything private, like well lines or irrigation.
Your call — we can haul excess material off, use it as fill elsewhere on the property, or grade it out on site. Each option gets priced in the written quote.
Homeowner-scale work runs on a simpler track. The county's mass-grading limits and its 2025 pause on new unincorporated housing were aimed at subdivision development, not a resident clearing a lot or cutting a driveway. Land-disturbance and stormwater review still apply, with state permit coverage starting at one acre disturbed — and infill lots near downtown get the same careful treatment as acreage toward Pelzer.
Free written estimate. See the price before any work begins.
