San Antonio + Hill Country
Site Work Contractor — San Antonio & Hill Country
The bridge between raw land and ready-to-build. Grading, drainage, utility trenching, pad prep, and stabilization — one accountable crew from clearing to the slab.
What Is Site Work?
Site work is the unglamorous middle of every construction project — and the part that decides whether your slab pours flat, your driveway drains, and your building stands square on day one. Site Work Solutions handles full-scope site work across San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country: grading, drainage, trenching, pad prep handoff, and the cleanup that gets the project to a usable starting line.
On a typical job, site work picks up where clearing ends and stops where the builder pours concrete or sets steel. The crew that cleared the lot is the same crew shaping the drainage, cutting the utility trenches, and dialing the pad elevation. No second mobilization, no second invoice for "transition" labor, no sub-of-a-sub showing up in an unfamiliar truck.
What that covers in practice depends on the project. A custom home on a flat infill lot might need a quick rough grade, a sewer tie-in trench, and a compacted aggregate pad. A new barndo on a Hill Country parcel might need clearing, a 300-foot driveway cut, drainage swales, an electric trench, a septic dig, and an engineered pad with compaction testing. A small commercial pad usually adds erosion control, stormwater coordination, and a sign-off on compaction before the slab.
We work both residential and commercial, write clean scope handoffs to builders, and handle permits where they apply. The point is straightforward — get the site ready once, get it ready right, and hand the builder a starting line they can trust.
Who We Do Site Work For
Home Builders
Custom homes, barndos, and infill builds — clearing through pad delivery with utility stubs in place.
General Contractors
Light commercial pads, retail outparcels, and shop-and-yard sites with full grading, drainage, and stabilization.
Developers
Subdivision lot prep, infrastructure trenching, and phased site delivery for multi-lot projects.
Owner-Builders
Homeowners building their own — we handle the dirt side so you can focus on framing and finishes.
Ranchers
New shop pads, barn pads, hay barn footprints, and water-feature drainage on working land.
Light Industrial
Yards, storage pads, equipment slabs, and access roads with the load-bearing prep commercial equipment requires.
One crew, one timeline, one accountable handoff to your builder.
Our Process
Every site work job runs the same sequence. Walk the site with you, understand the build behind us, and write a scope that hands the builder exactly what they need on day one — elevation, compaction, utility stubs, drainage paths, access. Free quote in your inbox inside 24 hours, itemized so you know what each line is buying.
On mobilization day the right kit shows up: skid steers and mini excavators for most residential sites, larger machines where the volume calls for them. Clearing and rough grade come first. Utility trenches and drainage shaping next. Final pad cut, compaction, and stabilization last. On commercial sites we coordinate third-party density testing and SWPPP inspections as part of normal scope.
We walk the finished site with the builder before we roll off, confirm the handoff is clean, and leave a punch-list path open in case anything needs a quick return visit. One contractor, one crew, one phone number from raw land to slab-ready.
Site Work Scope of Work
- Rough grading after clearing
- Finish grading to engineered elevations
- Drainage shaping — swales, falls, splash zones
- Utility trenching — water, sewer, electric, fiber, gas
- Septic excavation and tank-bed prep
- Driveway cuts, culverts, and approach work
- Erosion control — silt fence, rock checks, inlets, stabilized entrances
- Stormwater coordination on commercial sites
- Stabilized aggregate base where soils require it
- Pad prep handoff to slab pour or steel erection
Cities We Serve
Daily mobilization out of San Antonio across South Texas and the Hill Country.
What Drives Site Work Pricing
Every job is quoted itemized so you see exactly what you're paying for. These are the biggest variables on a typical quote.
- Total dirt volume cut or filled
- Compaction spec — residential rule-of-thumb vs. engineered compaction testing
- Drainage complexity — simple fall vs. engineered swales and detention
- Linear feet of utility trenching
- Permits and stormwater requirements in jurisdiction
- Soils — clay, sand, caliche, or limestone affect handling and machine time
- Distance from San Antonio for mobilization
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