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Commercial Excavation & Utility Trenching
Mini excavator trenching and excavation on commercial and multi-family sites for water, drain, conduit and site work, by our own crew with the site secured.
A lot of commercial site work needs a trench or a pit and a crew that will open it cleanly, keep the site safe while it's open, and close it properly: a new water or drain line, conduit for an electrician, a footing drain exposure for a waterproofing contractor, a pit at a located leak, a utility crossing under a drive aisle. We own our mini excavator and run it ourselves, and we take on this work for property managers, general contractors and other trades across the county.
The discipline on a commercial site is the same as on our own repairs. Utility locates are requested before any machine work, and near marked lines we hand dig. The work area is taped and coned, walkways get plywood, spoils go on tarps rather than the lawn, and drive aisles stay open where the layout allows. Trenches are opened to a clean grade, groundwater is pumped in the wet months, and backfill goes in compacted lifts so a trench line across a parking lot or a lawn doesn't settle for the next five years. Asphalt and concrete are cut and patched; landscape is restored.
Because we also locate, we're a useful excavation crew to have on a site with buried private utilities nobody has a drawing of. We'll trace the lines before the bucket goes in, and the trench goes where the drawing says it's safe.
When a property needs this
- Trenches for new water, drain or irrigation lines
- Conduit trenches for electrical or communications contractors
- Footing drain or foundation exposure for waterproofing
- Pits at located leaks on mains and branches
- Utility crossings under drive aisles and walkways
- Small grading and drainage improvements
How the job runs
- Locates and tracing. Public utilities marked via one-call; private lines traced and marked by us before any machine work.
- Secure. Tape, cones, plywood over walkways, spoils on tarps, drive aisles kept open where possible.
- Open. The mini excavator for depth and length, hand tools near marked lines and structures. Clean grade on the trench bottom.
- Manage water. Pumps keep the excavation workable in the wet season.
- Backfill in lifts. Bedding where pipe needs it, then compacted lifts so the surface stays put.
- Restore. Asphalt or concrete patched, landscape regraded and replanted.
What the owner or board receives
- Excavation to the required depth and grade with the site secured
- Private utility tracing before machine work
- Compacted backfill
- Surface restoration
What shapes the scope
- Length, width and depth
- Soil: hardpan, boulders, groundwater
- Surfaces to cut and restore
- Access for the machine and spoil placement
- Working hours
Commercial work, as it actually looks
Commercial Excavation & Utility Trenching across the peninsula
Bremerton
The shipyard city's older galvanized lines fail quietly and show up as a wet lawn or a water bill nobody can explain.
Silverdale
The 1980s and 90s subdivision boom around the mall left thousands of polybutylene service lines that are now failing on schedule.
Port Orchard
The county seat's hillside lots and clay soils turn small leaks into slope problems, and long rural runs hide breaks for months.
Poulsbo
Little Norway's mix of century-old downtown lines and fast-draining bay-side outwash means leaks hide well and fail suddenly.
Bainbridge Island
Clay soils and 500-foot driveways make island leaks slow to surface and expensive to guess at, which is why we locate before we dig.
Kingston
Ferry-town acreage with long wooded service runs where a leak can hide under hardpan for an entire winter.
Keyport
A century-old Navy village with short lots, old lines and shoreline clay that keeps everything damp.
Tracyton
Bluff-side lots over Dyes Inlet where seeps and springs make it easy to mistake groundwater for a leak and vice versa.
Hansville
Beach cabins at the tip of the peninsula with shallow lines, high water tables and a long drive for anyone who isn't already in Kitsap.
Indianola
A century-old summer colony where shared lines, easements and bluff clay make leaks a neighborhood puzzle.
Suquamish
Two utilities, mixed-era housing and Agate Pass shoreline clay in the heart of the Port Madison reservation.
Manchester
Rich Passage waterfront lots where the service line runs downhill and every leak finds the beach.
Enetai
East Bremerton's bluff-side neighborhood where mid-century copper lines fail on slopes that drain toward the bay.
Lofall
Rural acreage between Poulsbo and the Hood Canal Bridge where well lines run hundreds of feet through hardpan.
Olalla
Well country at the south end of Kitsap where a leaking line shows up as a pump that won't shut off.
Seabeck
Hood Canal forest parcels where boulders, hardpan and long well lines make guessing at a leak an expensive mistake.
East Port Orchard
South Kitsap's 1970s and 80s subdivisions where copper and poly lines are reaching the end of their run.
Rollingbay
The northeast corner of Bainbridge where clay slopes, long drives and small community systems keep leaks hidden for seasons.
Port Townsend
A Victorian seaport where 1890s service lines sit under historic sidewalks and the gravity pipeline from the Quilcene delivers the water.
Commercial Excavation & Utility Trenching: questions
Do you work for other contractors?
Something underground isn't right?
We answer 24 hours a day. We locate before we dig, and we handle the whole job with our own crew and equipment.