Excavating contractor
Site demolition, earthwork, grading, and site preparation for large commercial and public projects.
Overview
Civil site work is the core of what we do — roughly 70% of our business. We handle demolition, mass and structural excavation, grading, and finish site preparation with our own crews, fleet, and materials, and put a dedicated site superintendent on every job. That means general contractors get a single accountable partner who moves with the schedule and delivers to spec, from the first cut to final grade.
What we do
Specialized scopes we handle for general contractors, developers, and public agencies.
From mass grading to structural excavation, we move dirt at scale with our own equipment and operators. We handle cut-and-fill, borrow, and export in coordination with our trucking and material supply, keeping the earthwork phase efficient and on spec for the general contractor.
We fly our own drone surveys and build 3D earthwork models in-house, so grade, volumes, and progress are measured instead of estimated. Quantities are verified against the model throughout the job, giving general contractors and owners an accurate, defensible record of the dirt we move.
We take a site from rough grade to build-ready — subgrade preparation, building pad prep, and finish grading to tight tolerances. Precise site preparation prevents rework downstream and keeps the whole project schedule intact.
We install and maintain erosion and sediment control and handle large-scale site restoration and stabilization — the finishing civil scope that protects a completed site and satisfies stormwater requirements. This is also where our larger commercial landscaping and grading-to-final work lives.
Our crews handle site and structure demolition to prepare a site for new construction, handling teardown, removal, and haul-off in one coordinated scope. Our crews and fleet clear the site cleanly and on schedule so the next phase can start without costly delays.
Project experience
Bellevue, NE
Earthwork for the Mattel Wonder Indoor Waterpark at Bellevue Bay, a city-owned, 140,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor waterpark at the center of Bellevue’s 575-acre Good Life District. Leick crews handled the basement excavation, basement backfill, and retaining walls.
Mills County, IA
The project consisted of 7,000 LF of heavy highway construction for the Department of Transportation west of Pacific Junction. Leick furnished and installed approximately 300,000 CY of structural fill material to provide the grade raise for a new bridge over the BNSF Railroad.
Council Bluffs, IA
The project consisted of a 235,000 CY site reclamation near Council Bluffs, completed in 30 days with Leick’s own dozer fleet.
Project inquiries
Send plans and schedule for your civil construction scope, or call our team to walk through the site.
