Earthworks

To ensure everyone can work the site, we first need to carve out access tracks and create areas for machinery and on-site offices to be built. Even more importantly, we need to relocate services so that there are no distributions to utilities in the area.

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In order to move dirt, sometimes you’ve got to find it. Before the full scope of earthworks can begin, we do whatever is necessary to prep the site for the task – whether that be clearing vegetation and existing structures, or removing contaminated materials.

One of the most important parts of moving earth is making sure it only goes where it’s supposed to go. That’s why we’re incredibly strict about our erosion and sediment control systems meeting or exceeding both legislative and industry standards.    

To prevent wind and water erosion, we are able to stabilise the land with land hay mulching, grassing, hydroseeding and the use of coconut/jute matting. To prevent sediment from leaving our site and reaching clean water sources, we utilise sediment retention ponds, decanting earth bunds, diversion channels, silt fences, and chemical management.

When you talk about moving earth, small jobs are rarely small, and big jobs can be massive. Luckily for us, from cut and fill operations to stockpile management, our fleet of excavators, articulated dump trucks and elevating scrapers have the capacity to shift over 2,000,000m3 of earth in a season. 

We are also able to manage and remove contaminated materials, and our GPS machinery can complete highly detailed trimming, intricate batters, cut faces, and lot platforms. 

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We don’t just move the earth, we are experts in making sure it remains stable. Our engineering and earthworks expertise gives us what we need to complete complex earthworks with geotechnical improvements. 

That might mean using mass blocks for retaining walls; geogrids or textiles to reinforce earth slopes; utilising shear keys and palisade walls; creating geotechnical drainage systems; or preventing erosion through gully remediation.