Foundations, basements, ponds, trenches, and general digging, priced by the cubic yard. The pillar service everything else builds on.
What excavation costs around Brainerd, in plain ranges — and why the online guides disagree with each other by so much.
Finish grading, rough grading, and regrading that shapes a lot so water sheds and ground stays solid.
Swales, lot regrading, and driveway culverts for yards and lake lots that hold water.
New gravel driveways on a deep frost-ready base, plus top-up refreshes for tired drives.
Site prep and building pads for houses, garages, shops, and pole barns — cut, filled, and packed.
Foundation and basement digging with footings set below Minnesota frost depth.
Stumps ground out below grade, with finish grading after — most folks book it with the rest of the lot work.
Farm and acreage ponds dug with banks that hold, and the spoil shaped instead of left in a pile.
Small-structure demolition, debris removal, and dirt hauling for lots that need a clean start.
A Recent Job
Building Pad & Site Prep — Crosslake
Cut, filled, and packed a house pad on a wooded second-home lot — stripped the topsoil, built the pad up with fill, compacted it in lifts, and rough-graded the driveway line in.
"We bought the lot two years before we were ready to build, and it sat there rough and wet. They came out, walked it with me, and put the whole thing in writing. The pad was cut, filled, and packed tight, and our builder started on flat ground right on schedule. No surprises, no change orders." — Tom, Crosslake
Final price: $4,200.
Tell us about your lot — call (612) 260-8779 or send the form for a free written estimate.
