Earthwork for Hillside Country

Excavation Contractors Pittsburgh digs, grades, trenches and hauls for homeowners and small builders in the city and across Allegheny County. The work includes slope and yard grading, basement and footing excavation, sewer and water line trenches, yard drainage, lot clearing, and demolition with debris removal.

Around here, the hills set the rules. A 1982 U.S. Geological Survey study counted more than 3,000 recent landslides and at least 12,000 older ones in Allegheny and Washington counties alone, and found that people speed up natural sliding by loading the tops of slopes, cutting into their toes and changing how water drains. Under many neighborhoods lies the Pittsburgh coal seam, mined for two centuries. Both facts change how a responsible crew cuts, fills and handles water.

Our working habits

• We look at the slope above and below your project, not just the footprint.
• We place the Pennsylvania 811 request 3 to 10 business days ahead and wait for marks.
• Cuts at the base of a hill are kept as small as the job allows and supported promptly.
• Fill on a slope is benched in and compacted, never side-cast over the edge.
• Water from roofs, drains and grading is carried to an outlet, not dumped on a hillside.
• Prices are written per item: digging, hauling, stone, backfill, restoration.

Call (412) 528-5821 to book a free site visit.