What Does Site Clearing and Excavation Actually Involve?
Every build starts the same way, whether it's a shed or a full house, someone's got to deal with what's already sitting on that piece of land before anything new can go up. Trees, brush, uneven ground, maybe an old foundation from something that used to be there. Damon walked plenty of properties where the owner figured this part would be quick, and then found out site clearing and excavation are actually two separate, pretty involved processes that both need to happen right before construction can even start. Truth is, people lump these together like it's one simple step, and treating it that way is usually where budgets and timelines start slipping. Clearing and Excavation Aren't the Same Job Let's be real, a lot of folks think clearing and excavation are basically interchangeable terms for the same thing. They're not. Clearing is about removing what's already there, trees, stumps, brush, sometimes old structures or debris left behind from a previou...