Site preparation, clearing, excavation, demolition, and restoration for developers, general contractors, and commercial property owners. The two things that most often move a commercial schedule here are stormwater permitting, which must be in hand before disturbance begins, and spring breakup, which closes soft ground for weeks. Both are predictable if they are priced in rather than discovered.
Scope
- Building pad and foundation preparation
- Cut, fill, rough and finish grading
- Corridor and right-of-way clearing
- Trench preparation and backfill for another trade's install
- Drainage earthwork, ditching, and culvert structures
- Aggregate placement and gravel base
- Small-structure demolition and concrete removal
- Debris sorting, loading, and haul-off
- Topsoil placement, surface restoration, and reseeding
What governs the work
Before the machine arrives
Stormwater permitting is a schedule gate, not paperwork
Stormwater discharge from construction activity requires MPDES permit coverage in Montana under ARM 17.30.1105(1)(a), obtained under General Permit MTR100000 by filing a Notice of Intent and a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan with DEQ. Confirm the current disturbance threshold and processing time with DEQ while the design is still on paper — this belongs in the schedule, not in the surprises.
Spring breakup decides the front half of the year
Fine-grained valley soils hold water. Equipment that works fine in August ruts badly in April, and a pad built over ground that has not drained will pump under load. Waiting two weeks for ground to firm is routinely cheaper than repairing the damage from not waiting.
Work near water carries its own permit
Altering the bed or banks of a perennially-flowing stream requires a permit before the machine arrives — a 310 from the local conservation district for a private applicant, SPA 124 through Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks for a public one. The 310 process runs 30 to 90 days. A stream that dries up each year because it is being irrigated still counts as perennial.
Where our scope ends
We prepare sites and move earth. We do not construct septic systems, make live utility connections, or build engineered retaining structures — we trench, bed, and backfill for the licensed trade that does. If a scope needs a specialty license, an engineer stamp, or a permit we do not hold, we say so during pricing rather than after award.
Capabilities most used here
Kalispell-based, 60-mile operating radius covering 27 communities. Service area.
Send us the scope
Describe the work, or send the plan set or solicitation number. We'll return a scoped number and say plainly if any portion falls outside what we self-perform.