Site work that holds grade.
Excavation, concrete, drainage, and land clearing across Monroe, Livingston, and Genesee counties. Owner-operated out of Scottsville. Free estimates, and the machine shows up when we said it would.
What we do
Dirt work and concrete, from a backyard shed pad to a full lot clearing. If it needs to be dug, hauled, leveled, drained, or poured, it's on this list.
Excavation & earthmoving
Footers, foundations, digging out around existing structures, cut and fill, and haul-off of spoils.
Concrete work
Pads, walkways, and slabs — poured on a properly dug and compacted base, not on soft ground.
Base prep for pads & pavers
Dug out, leveled, and stone hauled in and compacted for concrete pads, patios, sheds, pool decks, and parking pads.
Drainage
Drain tile, downspout and gutter lines run away from the house, French drains, swales, and regrading water that runs the wrong way.
Land & brush clearing
Brush, undergrowth, trees, shrubs, and stump removal. Ground down or hauled off, your call.
Driveways & culverts
New driveways and rebuilds — base stone, crown, culvert pipe, and aprons.
Trenching & utilities
Water, electric, and irrigation lines. Dig Safely New York called on every job before a bucket goes in the ground.
Demolition & removal
Walkways, driveways, slabs, patios, sheds, and small structures, including debris haul-away.
Ponds
Clearing, dredging, and cleaning out silted-in ponds and drainage basins.
Post hole digging
Fence posts and deck footings, including through the rocky ground a lot of this county is made of.
On the yard
The mini fits through a standard backyard gate, which is where most residential work actually is. The dozer and backhoe handle open ground and the deeper digs.
| Machine | Notes | What it's for |
|---|---|---|
| Mini excavator | Airman — fits a standard gate opening | Backyard digs, footers, trenching, stumps, post holes, tight access |
| Backhoe | — | Utility trenching, deeper digs, loading spoils and stone |
| Bulldozer | Small-frame | Pad building, mass grading, pushing spoils, rough driveway cuts |
| Skid steer | Grading bucket & grapple | Clearing, backfill, moving stone, finish grade |
| Dump trailer | Tandem axle | Hauling stone and topsoil in, spoils and debris out |
| Plate compactor | — | Compacting base under pads, pavers, and slabs so they don't settle |
How a job runs
Four steps, a flat number in writing, and no change orders you didn't hear about first.
You call
Give us the address and what you're trying to get done. Two minutes on the phone.
We walk it
We come out and check access, soil, slope, and utilities, and answer questions on the spot.
Written quote
A flat price in writing with the scope spelled out line by line, usually inside 48 hours.
We dig
Dig Safely New York called, machine on site the day we promised, and your property left clean.
Recent jobs
Photos from our own sites around Monroe County. Before and after beats any description.
What customers say
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Where we work
Based in Scottsville, working across all of Monroe, Livingston, and Genesee counties. Same-day site visits are usually possible in the Rochester metro.
Outside those three counties, call anyway — on larger jobs we'll travel and quote the trucking separately.
- Scottsville
- Rochester
- Chili
- Churchville
- Henrietta
- Rush
- Honeoye Falls
- Pittsford
- Brockport
- Mumford
- Caledonia
- Avon
- Geneseo
- Lima
- Livonia
- Le Roy
- Batavia
- Bergen
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