Services / Carlisle, PA
This is the full cut sheet: what Elwood B. Shughart & Sons Excavating does on a lot, laid out the way a job runs. Commercial and residential, contractors, developers and homeowners.
Site prep, septic systems and demolition each get a full write-up, because each one leaves the ground different than it found it.
Site prep and grading
One company carries the site, the first tree cut and the last pass of the grader included. Our site prep work gets the land ready so the builder never waits on the ground.
Septic systems
Our specialists recommend where the system goes compared to your home, considering the terrain, slopes and drainage areas. We work with the city to make sure it will be up to code, and we take care of getting permits. See how we run a septic installation start to finish.
Demolition
Houses, outbuildings and whole sites come down, and the materials go to a local dumpsite on our trucks. The demolition page covers what contractors, developers and homeowners ask us to take down.
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The rest of the work, shorter, because the ground does most of the talking.
Rock / Sinkholes / Foundations
Excavation is not just digging holes. It covers rock excavation, sinkhole repair and foundation excavation for commercial and residential construction in the tri-cities area, with the job approved by the project manager before the first cut.
Haul / Dispose / Move
Lot clearing and hauling comes with a team of truckers who can clear a property for excavation or right after a storm. They haul it away and dispose of it, or move it between sites.
Sanitary / Storm / Water
Sewer, water and drainage lines means sanitary sewer, storm sewer, waterlines and roof drains, trenched and laid for new construction.
Free on-site consultation
Every job begins with someone looking at the ground, not guessing at it from a phone call.
Visit
We come to the lot, the structure or the yard and look at what is there. The consultation costs nothing, and so does the estimate that follows.
Free on-site
Assess
After a comprehensive consultation, we can assess the kind of preparation your land needs: clearing, grading, drainage, demolition, or all of it in order.
Go-ahead
We will not do any work without the project manager's go-ahead. On a septic job, the project manager walks you through the whole process first.
Nothing starts before it
Tell the office about the lot, the structure or the septic system. If you are unsure whether you are in our service area, ask. We cover Carlisle, PA and surrounding areas.