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Underground · Site Preparation & Grading

Site Preparation & Grading

Clearing, grading, and pad preparation that get a site ready to build — with our own equipment and operators.

What We Provide

Site Preparation & Grading — in detail

Clearing, grading, pads, and compaction — here is how we get a raw site ready for buildings, equipment, and underground utilities.

Clearing & Grading

  • Clearing and grubbing — We clear and grub the work area, removing brush, debris, and obstructions to get down to workable ground.
  • Rough and fine grading — We bring the site to rough grade, then to fine grade and elevation for building pads, equipment, and drainage.
  • Cut and fill — We balance cut and fill across the site, moving and placing material to the engineered elevations.

Pads & Subgrade

  • Building and equipment pads — We prepare and compact the pads that buildings, gear, and equipment sit on, to the specified bearing and elevation.
  • Subgrade preparation — We prepare the subgrade under slabs, paving, and pads so what is built on top performs.
  • Compaction and density — We compact in lifts and coordinate density testing so the subgrade and fill meet spec.

Drainage & Coordination

  • Drainage and grading to plan — We grade to the civil plan so water moves where it should and away from where it should not.
  • Coordination with underground — Because we also self-perform the underground, grading and utility work are sequenced together instead of fought over.

Where It Applies

Markets we serve

From Tucson, our site prep crews work commercial pads, industrial yards, and municipal sites across Arizona.

  • New construction
  • Equipment and pad sites
  • Site improvements
  • Industrial yards
  • Commercial developments

The Design-Build Advantage

Designed, self-performed, and accountable

We grade the pad with our own Cat fleet and then build on it ourselves — so site prep is sequenced around the underground and the foundations from the start, not handed off between contractors.

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  • Owned equipment and operators
  • Grading coordinated with our underground utilities
  • Compaction and density to spec
  • One team for site prep and the work that follows

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Related capabilities

Explore the rest of our underground scope, or see the full underground overview.

Have a project that needs site preparation and grading?

Send the grading plan or walk us through the site. We'll come back with an equipment plan and a realistic dirt schedule.

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