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06/14/2026

Some of the most important work we've ever done was done this week.

Repaired a problematic sewer line for a wonderful veterinary clinic, there was a simple issue that occurred during the original installation and we believe we fixed it.

Garret spent a day at Cooper's BOCES campus giving the students of the heavy equipment class a (probably) once in a lifetime opportunity to try their hands at a cable excavator. He gave them a nice history lesson and some advice on being grateful for the modern machines of today because these old machines weren't just uncomfortable to operate, but also required a lot of skill to run efficiently and smoothly, which they quickly found out.

Garret spent a bit of time at a local elementary school with 4 different kindergarten classes explaining a little bit about his career, why it's important and integral to modern civilization, and mostly helping all of the kids find the horn button so they could push it.

We took a few minutes to see the historical Big Boy steam locomotive pass through with a special thanks to good friends for extending the invitation to view from their two different properties. Rollin was pretty excited.

We also spent a bit of time practicing for the NYS s***t championship. Gaven placed 2nd in his conference as an 8th grader shooting at the Varsity level. Congratulations Gaven and to all of the other shooters who show up, shoot hard and put in the work.

06/09/2026

The block is all done on one side, now to get the other.

Waterproofing and footer drains, remove the steel beams and cribbing, then backfill and finish grade.

06/04/2026

Grading and bridge building.

Garret's past life in heavy highway construction is paying off for some customers this week.

The bridge deck will be handled and finished by the customer, they just needed us to get them to this point. There was decent, native gravel present and we utilized it to backfill with.

05/30/2026

We partnered up with Holley Brothers Construction, Dziuba house movers and PO Masonry to get this failed basement wall repaired. The existing cinder block wall was caving in, the middle was pushed in almost 8". This could have been a big problem had it gone on much longer.

05/28/2026

We're extremely grateful for repeat Customers and we definitely get a lot of them.

This one hired us to fix the washed out ditch along the driveway and get some crown back into it to minimize erosion.

We did the site work for their garage a few years ago and we're glad they called us for another project.

Crusher run from Coots gravel in Savona is our go to material to put on driveways, we even use it at our place. It's a very durable and clean product, holds together very well and stays put.

05/23/2026

A few projects that were accomplished this week.

It's surprising how much can be done when it's not raining everyday.

Great customers, great contractors we partner with, great equipment and great weather, hard to beat all that.

05/20/2026

While it's nice to create beautiful masterpieces with screened topsoil in perfect conditions, sometimes people just want to stop the water from going into their lawns.

This was in the brush lot above the lawn and didn't need to be perfectly perfect, just control the water and smooth enough to brush hog once in a while.

Tracking mud in the road isn't something we're fond of either. We have lots of ways to make sure we respect your neighborhood.

05/17/2026

Just a little something to make our projects look nicer.

Scribbling on the ground with marking paint is common in our industry.

Utility location services require us to scribble "UDIG" in white on areas where we request utility mark outs.

We like our jobs to look neat and tidy and this is another step we take towards that.

05/13/2026

We teamed up with Crazy Abes Saw Works llc to take care of some big trees and stumps for a great customer.

It was tight and the access was limited but anything is possible with enough time and money.

05/07/2026

To whom it may concern,

Just because it's sunny today and it rained yesterday, does not mean that the ground miraculously dried up and we can get to work on your projects. When it rains 6 out of 7 days a week, the ground becomes saturated. It may come as a shock to some but as a grading and excavation company, we're heavily affected by rain. Most of our work is finish work and if it's muddy, that negatively affects the quality of the work. We don't want to make a mess. We don't want to track mud up and down the roads you and your neighbors drive on. Sure, it can be cleaned up but we're going to charge for things like that. We can also utilize access mats, which we have, but they also come at a cost. None of what we do is cheap, we're not running a charity and we can't stay in business long making bad decisions that cost us time and money. We want to work, rain days are not profitable for us, it's hard on the schedule and people become frustrated when we keep delaying start dates. We typically run a back log of 2-3 months of scheduled work. This means that if you agree to the terms and pricing of the project today, you won't see us for a few months. You're put on the schedule and all the work that was agreed to months before is being accomplished in the meantime. Now add in rain delays and it compounds the schedule. If each project has one lost day and there are 8 projects ahead of you, we are 8 days behind schedule. Most contractors run like this, with a schedule and a pile of scheduled work. We're not like a pizza place, you don't call and get pizza in a few minutes. Construction doesn't typically work like that. We can import materials and fix driveways, we can brush hog and clear, we can do preliminary excavation in the rain, but finishing things, not so much, well, not without a bunch of added costs. We present this to every customer when they're feeling frisky about getting going sooner, we can provide a price to do it now when they want, OR we can provide a price when it fits the schedule and the conditions allow. Or, they can find someone else. More often than not, they patiently wait and we take care of them when the time comes.

Thanks,

A grading and excavation contractor trying to survive another extremely wet spring.

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