Dirt Work Contractor in Central Texas

What's Included

Dirt work covers every step of getting ground to the shape and strength your project needs. Here is what that looks like on a typical job.

• Cut and Fill

  We take dirt off the high side of a site and place it on the low side to reach a planned elevation. Balancing cut and fill on site keeps hauling to a minimum.

• Fill Dirt Placement

  When a site is short on material, we bring in fill dirt and place it where it is needed. Fill goes down in layers so it can be compacted properly.

• Spreading

  Topsoil, select fill, or stockpiled dirt gets spread evenly across the area instead of left in piles. It is the step that turns a dump site back into usable ground.

• Rough Grading

  Rough grading gets the site close to final elevation with heavy equipment. For larger jobs we bring in dozer work to move big volumes fast.

• Finish Grading

  Finish grading sets the final slopes and smooths the surface for sod, gravel, or concrete. See our land grading and leveling page for yard and lot work.

• Compaction

  Loose dirt settles. We compact fill in lifts so pads, driveways, and backfill stay put instead of sinking a year later.

Problems We Fix

"The builder says my lot is too low." "We had a load of fill dumped and it is still sitting in a pile." "The ground by the barn turns to soup every time it rains." "There is a hump in the middle of the yard and a hole at the back."

Those are the calls we get every week. Most of them come down to dirt in the wrong place, dirt that was never packed, or ground that slopes the wrong way. We sort out which it is, then move and compact the dirt so the problem does not come back.

Central Texas Ground Conditions

Around Waco, Hillsboro, and Temple, a lot of dirt work happens on Blackland Prairie clay. That clay swells when it is wet and shrinks when it dries. Fill placed on it has to be the right material, placed in thin lifts, and compacted at the right moisture, or it will crack and move with the seasons.

Out in Bosque and Coryell counties it is a different job. Soil is often only a few inches deep over limestone, and cedar roots hold much of it together. There we plan cuts carefully, save topsoil where we can, and expect to hit rock. Two jobs with the same plan can need very different approaches depending on which side of the county line they sit.

What Affects the Cost

Dirt work pricing depends on how much material has to move, whether fill has to be brought in or hauled off, the distance it has to travel, soil type and moisture, how much compaction the job needs, site access for trucks and equipment, and whether rock is part of the picture. We look at all of that on site before we give you a number.