Excavation Services
Todd Albert Construction provides professional excavation services for commercial, industrial, marine, and heavy civil construction projects. From initial site preparation and earthmoving to foundation excavation and trenching, our team performs the groundwork needed to prepare sites for the next phase of construction.
Based in Lake Oswego, Oregon, we support projects throughout Oregon, Washington, and California with experienced operators, dependable equipment, and excavation capabilities suited to challenging construction environments.
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Commercial and heavy civil excavation involves more than simply moving dirt. Sites must be prepared around required elevations, access conditions, existing structures, subsurface conditions, and the construction work that will follow.
Commercial excavation services can include clearing and excavating designated areas, relocating material, establishing initial grades, and preparing ground for foundations and other construction. Proper site preparation helps create the conditions needed for subsequent phases of a project to proceed safely and efficiently.
Todd Albert Construction performs site excavation and site preparation for commercial, industrial, infrastructure, and heavy civil projects, with excavation capabilities that can also support larger construction scopes requiring foundation, crane, or marine work.
Large construction projects can require substantial quantities of soil and other material to be excavated, moved, placed, and reshaped. Earthwork services address this larger-scale modification of the site, while grading establishes the elevations and contours required by the project.
Using heavy excavation equipment, material can be cut from higher areas, relocated across the site, placed where needed, and shaped to prepare the ground for structures, foundations, access, and subsequent construction.
Earthmoving and grading may be performed as an individual scope or as part of broader sitework and excavation, allowing the site to progress from initial material movement toward the conditions required for construction.
Foundation construction requires excavation to the dimensions, depths, and elevations specified for the project. Unlike broader site excavation, foundation excavation focuses specifically on preparing the areas where structural foundations will be constructed.
The work must account for surrounding site conditions while creating an excavation suitable for the foundation work that follows. Depending on the project, this may involve coordinating excavation with other construction activities occurring across the site.
For projects requiring deep foundation systems, excavation can also be coordinated with pile driving and micropile installation as part of the broader foundation construction process.
Trenching services involve creating relatively narrow excavations along defined paths and depths. Compared with broad site excavation and earthmoving, trenching requires more controlled excavation within a specific portion of the construction site.
Trenching may be required as part of infrastructure, commercial, industrial, and heavy civil construction projects. The dimensions and excavation approach depend on the requirements of the project and the work that will take place within or around the trench.
When a project involves multiple excavation scopes, trenching can be coordinated with site preparation, earthwork, and grading rather than being handled as an isolated phase of construction.
Excavation becomes more challenging when work takes place along a shoreline or as part of a marine construction project. Conventional equipment access may be limited, crews may need to work immediately adjacent to the water, and excavation activities may need to be coordinated with construction taking place from barges or other marine work platforms.
Our heavy civil and marine capabilities allow excavation to support marine and waterfront construction where land-based and water-based operations intersect.
Depending on the project, this work can be coordinated with barging, pile driving, crane operations, welding and fabrication, and other marine construction activities, reducing the need to coordinate completely separate contractors for each phase.
Excavation is often one of the first major phases of a construction project, and the quality of that work can affect everything that follows. Todd Albert Construction combines excavation capabilities with experience across heavy civil and marine construction.
We proudly serve Lake Oswego and surrounding communities, with availability for projects throughout:
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Marine & Underwater Construction — Specialized marine construction, commercial diving, and barge-supported services for waterfront and underwater projects.
Pile Driving & Micropiles — Deep foundation solutions for commercial, marine, and heavy civil projects, including pile driving and micropile installation.
Welding & Fabrication — Custom metal fabrication, structural welding, and field welding for demanding construction and marine applications.
Crane Services — Crane and heavy lifting support for commercial, industrial, marine, and heavy civil construction projects.
Todd Albert Construction provides commercial and heavy civil excavation services including site preparation, earthmoving, grading, foundation excavation, and trenching, along with excavation supporting marine and other specialized construction projects.
Site preparation is the process of getting a property or construction area ready for the work that follows. Depending on the project, it can involve excavation, earthmoving, grading, and preparation of areas where foundations or other improvements will be constructed.
Excavation specifically involves removing soil or other material from an area. Earthwork is broader and can include excavating, moving, placing, and shaping material to create the elevations and conditions required for construction.
Yes. Todd Albert Construction provides foundation excavation for commercial, industrial, and heavy civil construction projects.
Yes. Trenching is offered as part of our excavation capabilities for projects requiring controlled, narrow excavations for subsequent construction or installation.