Laser-guided grading for residential pads, commercial sites, and drainage corrections — finished to within a tenth of a foot before your first concrete truck rolls.
From a soggy backyard to a 34-lot subdivision — every job starts with a level rod and ends with a finished grade your crew can build on.
Maple Ridge Drive, Westfield
Every time it rained more than half an inch, the backyard on Maple Ridge Drive turned into a standing pond. The owners had tried French drains twice — both failed. We came in, shot grades across the full yard, identified the low shelf sitting six inches below the fence line, and regraded the entire lot with a positive slope to a new catch basin. The ground has been dry since June.
Route 9, Shrewsbury
The parking lot at Route 9 Community Church was built in 1987 with no thought given to drainage. Thirty years of frost heave had turned the asphalt into a patchwork of puddles. Before repaving, the church needed a clean subbase at the right elevation. We stripped, rough-graded 1.1 acres to a 1.5% cross-slope, and had the site compaction-tested and ready for the paving crew in four days.
Jefferson Meadows, Northampton
The developer needed 34 finished pads behind Jefferson Elementary graded to within a tenth before framing started. We mobilized a D6 and two laser-guided scrapers, shot control points from the surveyor's benchmarks, and rough-graded every lot to the civil engineer's pad elevations in eleven working days. Zero re-work orders. The framing crew walked onto level ground.
Riverfront Commerce Park, Springfield
A 6.8-acre commercial pad for a big-box anchor tenant. The civil plans called for a 2-foot cut on the east side and a 3-foot fill on the west to bring the entire site to a single finished grade. We imported 9,400 cubic yards of structural fill, placed it in lifts, and used GPS-guided equipment to hold the finished elevation to ±0.08 feet across the full pad. The concrete contractor said it was the flattest site they'd seen all year.
No guesswork. Just grades.
Most site estimates are turned around within one business day. No phone tag, no vague ballparks — a real number tied to your actual ground conditions.
No commitment · Typically 1 business day turnaround
A tenth of a foot off on the pad elevation costs the framing crew a half-day of shimming. Precision earthwork isn't a luxury — it's the cheapest insurance on the job.
Three Caterpillar D6 dozers, two laser-guided scrapers, and a motor grader — all GPS-equipped. We don't borrow equipment or subcontract the critical work. When the forecast shows a three-day rain window, we have the iron to hit grade before the weather turns.
Our dozers and scrapers carry Trimble GPS receivers cross-referenced against your survey benchmarks. The blade knows where it is to within two centimeters. You don't get that from a contractor running a transit and a tape.
Before we mobilize, our field super marks up the civil sheets, flags every spot elevation, and identifies any conflicts between the grading plan and existing utilities. Problems get solved on paper, not in the field.
No project manager passing messages. The owner walks every lot, every morning. If something changes — weather, a revised pad elevation, a utility conflict — the decision-maker is already on site.
We coordinate third-party compaction testing so you have a signed report in hand before the concrete sub arrives. No waiting, no scrambling for a testing lab on short notice.
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From GCs and homeowners to municipal engineers — the work speaks first.
“Grade came in after two other earthwork subs had walked off the Jefferson Meadows job. They mobilized in 48 hours, read the civil plans without a single clarification call, and had all 34 pads to grade in eleven days. That crew saved our framing schedule.”
Marcus Dellacroce
Project Manager
Dellacroce General Contracting, Northampton
“We'd had standing water in the backyard every spring for six years. Grade came out, shot the grades, and told us exactly what was happening — a shelf behind the retaining wall was holding water. Three days later, dry. I wish we'd called them in year one.”
Theresa Kowalski
Homeowner
Westfield, MA
“The concrete contractor on our Riverfront pad said it was the flattest site they'd poured on all year. When your earthwork sub makes the next trade look good, you've got the right team. Grade is on our approved vendor list for every new commercial project.”
Brian Okafor
VP of Development
Riverfront Capital Group, Springfield
“The church parking lot had been a problem for thirty years. Grade stripped it, set the cross-slope, and had us compaction-tested and ready for the paving crew in four days. The congregation couldn't believe we'd finally fixed it.”
Pastor David Mensah
Senior Pastor
Route 9 Community Church, Shrewsbury
“I spec Grade on every municipal drainage corridor project in our district. Their GPS documentation gives me the elevation data I need for the record drawings, and they've never missed a grade tolerance on a job I've inspected.”
Sandra Whitmore, PE
Civil Engineer
Whitmore Engineering, County Public Works
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