Recent Site Work Across Northeast Ohio

Subdivisions, commercial pads, and full site packages across Northeast Ohio. Scope and self-performed work on each.

FOLTZ PARKWAY PROJECT

A blank commercial lot on Foltz Parkway in Strongsville, taken from raw ground to build-ready pads for a multi-building self-storage complex. We mass graded the full site and balanced cut and fill on site, stockpiling material for reuse rather than hauling it off and buying it back. Stormwater set the sequence — a full storm sewer network feeding a retention pond at the front of the property, most of it in the ground before the pads could be finished. Each pad was finished compacted and proof-rolled, with concrete slabs poured behind us as the complex went up.

Site Clearing & Stripping
Mass Excavation & Grading
Cut/Fill Balance & Stockpile Management
Storm Sewer Installation
Retention Pond Construction
Subgrade Compaction & Proof Rolling

BRECKSVILLE RAVINE STABILIZATION

A municipal stormwater project in Brecksville, where runoff was cutting into a ravine and eroding ground back toward nearby homes. We carried a new storm system down the full slope — large-diameter pipe and precast manhole structures set in stages — and armored the ravine itself with stepped gabion terraces, rock-filled baskets keyed into the hillside to slow the water and hold the ground. Access was the whole job: nothing could drive that grade, so three excavators worked in relay down the ravine, passing pipe, structures, and rock machine to machine. The ravine now carries drainage to the creek at the bottom under control, instead of losing more hillside every storm.

Storm Sewer & Large-Diameter Pipe Installation
Precast Manhole Structures
Gabion Terrace Construction
Slope Benching & Geotextile
Compaction & Soil Stabilization
Headwall & Rip-Rap Outfall

SUBDIVISION ROAD & UTILITY EXTENSION

A new cul-de-sac extending an existing residential development, built from subgrade up. We cut and compacted the road section and set the utilities that had to be in the ground first — including new water main running out to the extension — before bringing the bulb to a uniform, proof-rolled subgrade. Access was the constraint: one way in through the existing street, nowhere to stage, so pipe, stone, and equipment came in as they were needed and the road stayed passable for the people already living there. What had been the end of the street is now a finished cul-de-sac, with utilities in the ground and lots ready to build on.

Road Subgrade Excavation & Grading
Utility Installation
Water Main Installation
Soil Compaction & Proof Rolling
Erosion & Sediment Control
Final Grade & Restoration

NORTH OLMSTED RESTAURANT REDEVELOPMENT

A restaurant on a commercial parcel in North Olmsted, coming down to make way for a new building on the same site. We took the structure down with two machines working in tandem, separating material as it came apart so debris could be sorted and hauled out clean rather than mixed.

HIDDEN RIDGE PROJECT

HIDDEN RIDGE

GRADING & SITE PREP

Raw ground turned into buildable lots. We cleared and stripped the site, then cut roads and lots to grade — balancing material on site and compacting as we went, so every pad sat on stable, uniform subgrade.

HIDDEN RIDGE

STORM SEWER INSTALLATION

The storm system went in as the site came up, so drainage was in the ground before the first foundation. Mains, laterals, and structures set to plan, backfilled and compacted, with lots graded to carry water to the inlets.

COMMERCIAL SITE PREP

A commercial drive-thru and parking lot that had to go from raw lot to paveable subgrade. We cleared and stripped the site, cut the lot to grade, and built subgrade that could carry stacked drive-thru traffic without rutting. Drainage was the constraint — a flat lot with a tight outlet, so grade had to hold tolerance across the whole surface to keep water moving to the inlets. Handed off compacted and proof-rolled, ready for the paver.

PRECISION EXCAVATION

Excavation inside an operating industrial facility — a new trench cut through the floor while the plant kept running. Everything had to work in tight indoor space: compact equipment, material in and out through the building, and the schedule built around production. The trench was dug to line and grade, ready for the concrete that followed.

DRAINAGE SOLUTIONS

Standing water and eroding soil on a site with nowhere to drain. We laid out and excavated the system, installed pipe, backfilled and compacted the trenches, then regraded the surrounding ground so runoff reaches the drain instead of sitting on top of it. Water now leaves the site instead of collecting against the building.

FOUNDATION WORK

Excavation and site prep for a new foundation. We dug to the depth and dimensions on the plan, compacted the base so nothing settles under the footing, and graded the surrounding ground to carry water away from the structure. The pad was handed over level, compacted, and ready to form.