Based in Indian Trail, NC · serving the Charlotte metro and Union County
Land Clearing · Grading · Free Estimates (980) 315-5707
Cornerstone Excavation Group
Our work: a track loader, a dozer, an excavator and a compact track loader lined up on a graded commercial pad under storm clouds
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Excavation, Grading and Site Work Around Charlotte

Our own photos from recent jobs, added as they come in. Every photo on this page is our work. Call or text (980) 315-5707 and we will come look at yours.

Pool excavation

We excavate for new inground pools: the yard opened up, the hole dug to the plan and based with gravel, the spoils hauled off and the grade set around the deck. The pool builder sets and finishes the pool.

Tracked excavator digging in a fenced backyard, loose dirt tracked across the ground
The dig starts in a fenced backyard
Rectangular pool excavation with a gravel base in a backyard, a mini excavator parked at the far edge
The hole dug to the plan and based with gravel
Fiberglass pool shell set on its gravel base in a backyard dig, a crew member raking beside it and a mini excavator behind the spoil pile
The shell set on the gravel base
Backyard stripped to bare dirt behind a two-story house with a covered patio
A backyard stripped to bare dirt before a pool dig
New inground pool behind a two-story house with the yard around it stripped and graded for the deck
The yard graded around the new pool for the deck
Finished inground pool with turf, patio chairs and a slide in a backyard shaded by tall trees
The finished pool with turf around it

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Commercial site prep

Commercial pads cut, graded and compacted with the silt fence up, then the ground around the new building hydroseeded once the curb is in.

Excavator, dozer, compact track loader and a roller parked on a graded lot beside a brick commercial building
Equipment lined up on a commercial site prep job
Excavator, dozer and compact track loader parked on a graded dirt lot
Excavator, dozer and track loader on a graded lot
Vibratory roller compacting a red clay building pad with an excavator parked at the edge
Compacting a red clay pad
Graded red clay pad with silt fence and orange safety fence along the tree line and a dozer at the far edge
A pad cut and graded with the silt fence up
Hydroseeded strip inside a new concrete curb beside a metal commercial building with a concrete apron
The strip hydroseeded inside the new curb

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Grading and hydroseeding

Backyard regrades that move water away from the house, pads shaped with the dozer, and hydroseed on the finished grade so it holds.

Regraded backyard slope covered in straw and seed with a wood privacy fence and a tripod on the finished grade
A backyard regraded and hydroseeded
Straw covered regraded backyard sloping up to a wood fence with a shed and a house beyond the trees
The regrade seeded and covered in straw
Regraded backyard slope covered in straw running back to a wood fence line
The finished grade seen from the patio
Hydroseeder spraying green mulch across a freshly graded pad at dusk
Hydroseeding a freshly graded pad
Compact track loader cutting a red clay slope beside a new house and driveway
Cutting a slope beside a new house
Dozer and compact track loader shaping a red clay building pad under an open sky
Shaping a building pad

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Utility lines

Water, sewer and storm lines: the main exposed at a new hydrant, a trench box over a hydrant assembly, and a storm structure set in the excavation.

Excavation around a water main and valve at a new fire hydrant beside a road, cones set on the pavement
The main exposed at a new hydrant
Open excavation beside a road exposing a water main and valve box next to a new fire hydrant, cones on the pavement
The same hydrant job seen from the road
Steel trench box set in an open cut with a new hydrant assembly at the bottom
A trench box over a new hydrant assembly
Excavator beside a concrete storm structure set in an open excavation on a straw covered site
A storm structure set in the excavation

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Land clearing and forestry mulching

Wooded lots taken down to bare ground with the stumps pulled and the brush hauled off, and fields cleared with the forestry mulcher where the ground should stay covered.

Excavator clearing timber and brush in open hardwoods
Clearing timber in open hardwoods
Excavator beside a pile of pulled stumps and brush on a cleared residential lot
Stumps pulled and piled on a cleared lot
Cleared lot of raw dirt with the stumps and brush gone and hardwoods along the back line
A lot cleared down to bare ground
Freshly mulched field with the forestry mulcher head resting on the cut ground and the tree line left standing
A field cleared with the mulcher head
Mini excavator working through brush and small trees on a wooded lot
Working through brush on a wooded lot
Excavator and pickup truck clearing brush along a tree line in hardwoods
Brush cleared along a tree line

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Demolition

Outbuildings and structures taken down, the debris loaded and hauled off, and the pad left clean.

Excavator arm pulling apart a collapsed outbuilding under mature trees
An outbuilding coming down
Excavator working a pile of demolition debris at the end of a concrete driveway at sunset
Loading the debris at the end of the day
Excavator parked on a stripped pad where a structure stood, old brick foundation remnants at the edge
The footprint stripped after the teardown

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Retaining walls

Segmental block walls holding graded slopes beside new homes, with the excavation, base and backfill done by us.

Segmental block retaining wall with built in steps holding a graded slope beside a new house
A block wall with built in steps
New house on a graded red clay lot with a block retaining wall holding the slope above the driveway
A block wall holding the slope above a driveway

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Trenching and drainage

Trenches cut for pipe and drain lines, from a deep main at a commercial site to corrugated drain pipe run to a structure.

Open trench cut in clay with a large white pipe at the bottom, a crew member at work and a ladder set against the trench wall
Setting pipe at the bottom of an open trench
Deep trench cut in red clay at a commercial site with an excavator working above it
A deep main trench at a commercial site
Corrugated drain pipe laid in an open trench cut through red clay
Drain pipe laid in a trench through red clay
Deep trench with drain pipe running to a concrete structure, excavator working at the head of the trench
Drain pipe run to a concrete structure

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Ponds and stormwater

Stormwater basins, sand filter beds and rock lined basins shaped and graded to the plan.

Sand filter bed with pipe risers built into a basin, excavator parked on the bank behind it
A sand filter bed built into a basin
Stormwater basin holding water in a lawn beside a commercial building after rain
A stormwater basin holding water after rain
Graded basin lined with rock in a straw covered field with water standing in the bottom
A rock lined basin in a seeded field

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Material hauling

Fill delivered and spread, brush and debris loaded out, and dump trucks working a mass grading site.

Dump truck tipping a load of fill while a dozer spreads it across a red clay pad
Fill tipped and spread across a pad
Brush being loaded into a dump truck beside an excavator at a wooded lot clearing
Brush loaded out at a lot clearing
Dozer, dump truck and excavator working a wide dirt site during mass grading
Trucks and machines on a mass grading site

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  • (980) 315-5707
  • Indian Trail, NC · serving the Charlotte metro, Union County and the York County side of South Carolina
  • Free estimates · land clearing, grading, site prep, utility lines and demolition

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