Excavating Company Minneapolis serves St. Paul, MN for excavation, grading, trenching and land clearing, with free estimates and written quotes. Call (612) 688-4650 or text a photo of the job.
Excavation & Site Work services in St. Paul
St. Paul is built on river bluffs, and much of the city sits on a shelf of Platteville limestone over soft St. Peter sandstone, the same layers that hold the caves along the Mississippi. On the bluff tops, rock can be close to the surface, while the flats near the river have deep sand, silt and fill. Neighborhoods like Summit Hill, Macalester-Groveland and Como are full of houses from 1890 to 1930 with stone or block basements, clay sewer laterals and detached garages off alleys. Many of those basements leak at the old mortar joints, and many sewer lines are root-filled. Frost goes deep here, so water lines and footings sit well below it. Our St. Paul work is mostly sewer and water line replacement, digging out old foundations for repair, garage slab and footing prep, and drainage regrading on tight city lots.
Neighborhoods we cover in St. Paul
- Summit Hill
- Macalester-Groveland
- Highland Park
- Como
- Payne-Phalen
- West Seventh
Permits and local rules
St. Paul's Department of Safety and Inspections issues building, demolition and excavation-related permits, and work in the street or alley needs a right-of-way permit. Gopher State One Call needs at least 48 hours of notice, not counting the day you call, weekends or holidays.