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Rigid Earthworks

Services

Earthworks, Done to the Millimetre.

Every job starts with access and finishes with accuracy. Choose a service to see what it covers, what equipment we bring and what you should have ready before we arrive.

  • Excavation
  • Tight-Access Excavation
  • Site Cuts & Site Preparation
  • Trenching
  • Pool Excavation
  • Auger Drilling & Post Holes
  • Land Clearing
  • Retaining Walls
  • Driveways
  • Site Clean Ups
  • Wet & Dry Hire
Branded Rigid Earthworks excavator and Posi-Track levelling a cleared residential yard in St Albans

Excavation & Site Preparation

Excavation sets the level, the fall and the tolerances every trade after you has to work to. We cut, strip and shape ground so the next stage starts on a surface that is accurate and properly prepared.

  • New home and extension site cuts
  • Shed, garage and studio pads
  • Driveway and path preparation
Rigid Earthworks compact excavator working in a narrow side path between a house and boundary fence

Tight-Access Earthworks

Restricted access is the work we are built around. A compact machine with the right attachments gets into backyards and urban sites that larger plant cannot reach, without damage to fences, paving or the building.

  • Rear-yard excavation behind an existing home
  • Narrow side entries and shared driveways
  • Inner-city and townhouse sites
Auger attachment on a mini excavator boring a post hole in clay soil

Auger Drilling

Clean, consistent holes at the right diameter and depth. Augering with a machine is faster than hand digging and far more accurate through clay and compacted ground.

  • Fencing and gate posts
  • Decking and pergola footings
  • Retaining-wall posts
Mini excavator clearing vegetation and debris from a suburban block

Land Clearing

Getting a block back to workable ground. Vegetation, old structures, rubble and unwanted fill are removed so the site can be surveyed, set out and built on.

  • Overgrown residential blocks
  • Pre-construction site clearing
  • Landscaping resets
Rigid Earthworks excavator positioning a concrete sleeper between retaining-wall posts in St Albans

Retaining Walls

Retaining work starts underground. Accurate excavation, correctly bored post holes and proper drainage behind the wall are what keep it straight and stable years later.

  • Sloping backyards and split-level sites
  • Garden and planter walls
  • Boundary level changes
Mini excavator levelling a crushed-rock driveway base outside a suburban Melbourne home

Driveways

A driveway is only as good as what's underneath it. We excavate to the correct depth and fall, remove unsuitable material, and spread and level the base so the concreter, paver or asphalt crew starts on ground that won't move.

  • New driveway construction and replacement
  • Crossovers and vehicle entries
  • Parking bays and side-of-house areas
Rigid Earthworks excavator and Posi-Track breaking out concrete beside a loaded tipper truck in St Albans

Site Clean Ups

Leftover soil, rubble, builders waste and accumulated junk make a site hard to work on and harder to sell or hand over. We load it out efficiently and leave the site tidy, level and ready for the next stage.

  • End-of-build and pre-handover clean-ups
  • Renovation and demolition waste
  • Excess soil and spoil removal
Rigid Earthworks excavator, Posi-Track and Hino tipper working together on a residential clean-up

Wet & Dry Equipment Hire

Wet hire puts an experienced operator on the machine. Dry hire suits ticketed operators running their own program. Either way the machine arrives with the attachments the job actually needs.

  • Builders needing plant for a stage of works
  • Landscapers and fencing contractors
  • Owner-builders with a ticketed operator

Not sure which service you need?

Send photos of the site and the access point. We'll tell you what the job actually needs — and if it isn't work we're suited to, we'll say so.

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