03/17/2026
Some advice when interviewing contractors for a pond/lake project.
The most important piece of equipment for this project is a vibratory compactor such as mine shown here.
During the interview ask the contractor: Do you own a vibratory compactor? If they make excuses on why you don’t need one, they’re not the professional to take on a pond/lake project.
Why?
The compactor does what the name implies, it compacts the structural part of the pond/lake dam ie levee.
Nothing else can properly compact the dam/levee core, not a dozer, dirt pan, or excavator.