What we do · Clearing & Demolition
What Is Already There
The first package on any site, and the one that reveals what the survey did not show.
The survey, the geotechnical report and what you intend to build. That is enough to tell you what the site work involves.
Retention
In Florida it takes real acreage, before the building
Self-perform
Dewatering and deep foundations in house
Yield
The site work decides how much you can build
Licensed
General contractor, licensed in the state of Florida
The survey shows what is visible
Underground storage tanks, old foundations, abandoned utilities, buried debris and fill from a previous use are not on a topographic survey. They are found during clearing, at the point when the schedule has just started and there is no float, and they are the most common early cost surprise on a Florida site.
What is commonly found
- Old foundations and slabs from previous structures.
- Abandoned utilities that were never recorded.
- Buried debris and uncontrolled fill.
- Underground storage tanks on former commercial sites.
- Protected trees, which constrain what can be removed.
How we handle it
- 01Review any environmental assessment before mobilizing.
- 02Clear and demolish to the permitted extent.
- 03Handle protected vegetation to the approved plan.
- 04Document and report anything unexpected immediately.
- 05Dispose of material lawfully, with documentation.
Get an environmental assessment on any site with a previous commercial use before you close. Tanks and contamination are expensive, they are the owner's problem once the land is bought, and they are findable in advance.
Said plainly
Where we stop
We do not perform environmental remediation. Where contamination is found, work stops and a licensed environmental contractor takes over — we will not proceed through it.
FAQ
Common questions
- What is most often found during clearing?
- Old foundations, unrecorded utilities and buried debris. Tanks on former commercial sites.
- Should we get an environmental assessment?
- On any site with a previous commercial use, before closing.
- What about protected trees?
- They constrain removal and the plan has to be approved. Establish it early.
- Do you do remediation?
- No. Work stops and a licensed environmental contractor takes over.
The risks
The Geotechnical Report
A few thousand dollars of borings routinely prevents hundreds of thousands in change orders, and it is still the thing owners economize on.
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The Water Table
Florida's water table is close to the surface, and on coastal sites it moves with the tide.
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Unsuitable Material
Organic soils, uncontrolled fill and material that will not support the works. It has to come out, and something has to go back in.
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Permitting
Horizontal work touches more agencies than the building does, and the approvals frequently run in sequence.
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What the Survey Missed
A topographic survey shows the surface. What is underneath is the source of most site work surprises.
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More what we do
Mass Grading & Earthwork
Shaping the site to the design grades, where the cost is decided by whether the earthwork balances.
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Stormwater
Florida requires stormwater to be managed on site, and doing so consumes a genuine share of the land.
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Utilities
Water, sewer, electric, gas and telecommunications, and whether the capacity you need exists at the boundary.
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Next step
Find out what is actually wrong with it.
An inspection, photographs of what we found, and a written scope. If the honest answer is that it can wait another season, that is the answer you will get.