What we do · Site Restoration
The Last Package, and the First One Judged
Landscape, irrigation, and putting the site back — the last package built and the first thing anybody sees.
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
It absorbs every earlier overrun
Restoration is the final package, which makes it the place a project goes looking for savings when earlier packages have overrun. It is also the entire first impression of a finished development, so the saving is taken from the most visible part of the project.
What it involves
- Landscape to the approved plan, which is frequently a permit condition.
- Irrigation, sized and zoned properly for Florida.
- Establishment, which takes time and water.
- Restoring any off-site areas disturbed by the work.
- Erosion control until vegetation establishes.
How we handle it
- 01Install landscape to the approved plan, not a reduced version.
- 02Build irrigation zoned for the actual planting.
- 03Maintain through establishment rather than walking away.
- 04Restore disturbed off-site areas.
- 05Keep erosion control until vegetation holds.
Do not reduce the approved landscape plan to recover budget. It is frequently a permit condition rather than a design preference, and a reduced installation can hold up the certificate of occupancy — which costs far more than the saving.
Said plainly
Where we stop
Plants need establishment time and water. A landscape installed and immediately abandoned dies, and replacing it costs more than maintaining it through establishment would have.
FAQ
Common questions
- Can we reduce the landscape to save money?
- It is frequently a permit condition, and a reduction can hold up occupancy.
- Does landscape need maintenance after installation?
- Through establishment, yes. Abandoned planting dies and replacement costs more.
- Is irrigation necessary?
- In Florida, for establishment at minimum, and usually beyond.
- When does erosion control come off?
- When vegetation holds the soil, not before.
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
Clearing & Demolition
The first package on any site, and the one that reveals what the survey did not show.
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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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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.