Excavation Contractors in Bridgeville, PA

Excavation contractors in Bridgeville work in a compact borough of 1.1 square miles along Chartiers Creek, about 8 miles southwest of downtown. McLaughlin Run, a Chartiers tributary, flows through town. The Pittsburgh coal seam, 40 inches to 6 feet thick, outcropped on all the hillsides in the area, and mining starting in the 1880s drove Bridgeville's growth.

Mining under the hillsides

With the coal seam on every hillside, old workings sit under parts of the area. Routine residential digs rarely reach that depth, but large fills, deep basements and slope cuts should take it into account. We ask about known mine maps for your street.

Creek-side lots

Low ground along Chartiers Creek and McLaughlin Run is subject to high water and floodplain limits. Drainage there focuses on getting water off the lot without raising grades in the floodplain.

An older borough

Bridgeville was incorporated in 1901 from Upper St. Clair Township and peaked at 7,112 residents in 1960; it had 4,804 in 2020 and 2,587 housing units. Lateral, garage and drainage work fills most of our Bridgeville calendar.

Village to borough

Bridgeville grew from a village around 1830 into a borough in 1901, carved from Upper St. Clair Township. Its older homes sit close together on streets that climb from the creek, and many have original laterals and stone or block foundations. We dig next to old foundations in short sections and backfill quickly.

Hillside drainage

Lots on the slopes above Chartiers Creek send water downhill toward the creek and the homes below. Swales and curtain drains catch it before it reaches foundations. On the low side, getting water to the storm system without raising grades in the floodplain is the goal.

Vacancy and teardowns

The borough's 2020 vacancy rate of 7.8 percent means some aging structures. We handle garage and shed removal, concrete removal and site restoration.

Common Bridgeville jobs

• Sewer lateral trenches
• Yard drains and downspout lines
• Garage and shed removal
• Footings for porches and additions

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