FOUNDATION EXCAVATION & BUILDING PREPARATION

Preparing the Ground for Vertical Construction

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The transition between civil construction and vertical construction is critical.

River West performs the excavation and grading necessary to turn a building pad into a site ready for foundation and slab construction.

❋ Our Building Preparation Work Includes:

  • Foundation excavation

  • Footing excavation

  • Foundation backfill

  • Interior building grading

  • Structural fill

  • Slab-on-grade preparation

  • Fine grading

  • Compaction

  • Coordination around foundation systems

  • Utility coordination beneath and around the building

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The River West Advantage

We understand that once concrete crews mobilize, the GC needs the building area ready.

Our field team coordinates elevations, excavation limits, utility locations, backfill, and access so foundation and slab contractors can perform their work without unnecessary civil delays.

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