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Curving clay drive freshly graded through a wooded lot toward open pasture

Services

From the first tree down to the last grade stake

Twelve kinds of land work, listed in the order a site needs them. Each one has its own page with how it is done and the Tennessee rules that touch it.

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The full sheet

Every service, what it covers

  1. 01 Land Clearing Raw, wooded or overgrown ground taken down to bare soil, stumps and roots included. Trees, brush and undergrowthStumps and root balls outDebris hauled or piled
  2. 02 Site Clearing Just the footprint a project needs, cleared around the trees, fences and buildings you keep. Overgrown brushUnwanted treesExisting structures protected
  3. 03 Tree Removal Dead, leaning or in-the-way trees of any size, from the first cut to the cleanup. Trees of all sizesDead, diseased or risky treesCut to cleanup
  4. 04 Demolition Old houses, outbuildings and damaged structures taken down, the debris hauled and the site left safe. Houses and outbuildingsDamaged buildingsDebris and site safety
  5. 05 Excavation Basements, footings, pads and ponds dug to the depth and shape on the plan. Basement digsFootings and padsSpoil moved or hauled
  6. 06 Utility Trenching Trenches for electrical, water and sewer lines, dug after the locates and backfilled after the inspection. Electrical linesWater linesSewer lines
  7. 07 Land Grading Ground shaped to a stable, properly sloped base that sheds water away from what you build. Rough and finish gradeSlope away from structuresPads and yards
  8. 08 Drainage Solutions French drains, swales and culverts that move standing water away from houses and low yards. French drainsSwales and culvertsWater away from structures
  9. 09 Erosion Control Silt fence, straw, seed and stabilized slopes that keep your soil on your land. Erosion control systemsSlope stabilizationBare ground covered
  10. 10 Retaining Walls & Land Stabilization Walls designed and built to hold a slope where grading alone will not. Wall design and buildDrainage behind the wallSlopes held
  11. 11 Commercial & Residential Site Preparation A lot taken from initial clearing through final grading, ready for the foundation crew. Initial clearingBuilding padFinal grading
  12. 12 Land Development Clearing, grading, drainage and utility work planned as one job, for a single lot or a larger site. One plan for the whole siteResidential lotsCommercial sites

Not sure which line you need

Start from what the land is doing

Water is the problem

If the yard holds water or the crawlspace gets wet, the fix is usually grade, drainage or both. Regrading changes which way the surface falls; a french drain or swale catches what the grade cannot move on its own. We look at where the water comes from before deciding which.

Land Grading · Drainage Solutions

A slope will not stay put

A bank that sheds soil every storm needs cover first: silt fence at the bottom, straw and seed on the face. A bank that is actually moving, or one too steep to grade back, needs a wall built to hold it, with drainage behind it.

Erosion Control · Retaining Walls & Land Stabilization

There is something in the way

A single tree is tree removal. An overgrown corner where a shop will go is site clearing. Acres of woods that have to become a pasture or a subdivision are land clearing. An old house on the lot is demolition, and it comes before all of them.

Tree Removal · Site Clearing · Land Clearing · Demolition

Answers

Choosing the right service

What if I do not know which service my land needs?

Pick “Not sure yet” on the form and describe the land: what is on it, where the water goes, what you want there. Most people describe a problem, not a service name, and sorting out which of the twelve it takes is part of walking the property for the estimate.

Should drainage go in before or after grading?

The plan for both should be made together, then the rough grade usually comes first, the drains and pipes next, and the finish grade last over the top. Laying a drain into ground that is about to be regraded means digging it up again.

Can one contractor clear, grade and drain the same lot?

Yes, and it saves the handoffs. We do all twelve services on this page, so the lot does not wait between a clearing crew, a grading crew and a drainage crew, and nothing one does gets undone by the next.

What does site work include on a new build?

Usually clearing, any demolition, the building pad and driveway cut, utility trenches, rough and finish grading, drainage and erosion control. Which of those a lot needs depends on what is on it now and what the plans call for.

Still not sure

Describe the land and we will sort out the rest

Tell us what is there now and what you want it to be. Which services that takes is our job to work out, and the estimate is free.

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Tell us about the land

Where it is, what is on it now and what you want it ready for. We will look at it and give you a written estimate and a schedule before anything starts.

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