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Lot Preparation

Hartford excavation and site clearing to a stated level

Clearing, digging, grading, backfill and haulage. The lot is handed back at a level written into the contract with compaction recorded, so your builder starts from a known condition rather than an argument.

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Agree The Level

Site work handover disputes start at an undefined level

Almost every argument between a demolition contractor and a builder is about what "cleared" meant. To slab? To grade? To a stated elevation with a compaction result? Those are three different prices and three different lots, and the time to settle it is before the machines arrive.

We write the finish level into the quote, record compaction where it matters, and hand over a lot the next trade can build on without redoing our work. Imported fill is stated as its own line, because bringing material in is a real cost that vanishes from vague quotes.

Where structures come out first, that runs as house demolition or warehouse demolition and the site work follows, and where old slabs are in the way slab removal comes before the grading.

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How It Runs

Four stages, priced before stage two

  1. Locate services

    Utilities marked before anything breaks ground.

  2. Agree the level

    Finish grade written into the quote, not assumed.

  3. Clear and dig

    Vegetation, structures and spoil removed and hauled.

  4. Fill and compact

    Backfill placed in lifts, compaction recorded.

The Work

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Straight Answers

Hartford excavation and site clearing questions, answered

Whatever the quote states, and it should state it explicitly. To slab, to grade, or to an elevation with compaction results. Vague wording here is where handover disputes begin.
We arrange locates before breaking ground. It is not optional and no reputable contractor digs without them, whatever the programme pressure.
Only if the quote says so. Fill is a real cost that vague quotes hide, so we show it as its own line with the volume assumed.
Where the lot is being built on, yes, in lifts with results your engineer can accept. Without it, your builder may have to redo the fill at your expense.
Weighed and tipped at a licensed facility, or reused on site where it is clean and suitable. Tickets come back with the invoice either way.

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