Services
Excavation and Dirt Work Services in McKinney, TX
Excavation and dirt work services for McKinney, Plano, Celina, Denison and rural properties across Collin, Grayson and Denton counties. Pick the service below, or call if you're not sure what the job needs.
Steele Construction LLC provides excavation and dirt work services out of McKinney, Texas, for homeowners, builders and landowners within about 60 miles. The work falls into six groups: septic systems, site prep and grading, driveways and rock roads, excavation, land clearing and mowing, and drainage. Every service below has its own page with the full scope, the towns covered and the questions people ask before booking.
Septic
Septic Systems
Most new lots north of McKinney sit outside city sewer. We install complete systems and we service the ones already in the ground, and every septic tank installation carries a one year warranty.
Septic System Installation
Aerobic, conventional, low pressure dosage and drip systems, installed complete from the tank to the field. The type of system depends on the property, so the first step is a site visit and a look at the ground.
Septic system installationAerobic Septic Systems
Aerobic units treat wastewater with air and a pump before it reaches the spray or drip field. They are the system we install most often on lots where the soil will not take a conventional field.
Aerobic septic systemsSeptic Inspections
Annual inspections on systems we installed and systems we did not. We look at the tank, the pump and the field so a small problem gets caught before it becomes a backup.
Septic inspectionsSeptic Maintenance and Pump Outs
Septic pump maintenance and trash tank pump outs that keep solids from carrying through the rest of the system. One time service or on a schedule.
Maintenance and pump outs
Site preparation
Site Prep and Grading
Site preparation is the work everything else sits on. Black clay moves, so pads get built up in lifts and compacted, and the ground around them gets shaped so water leaves instead of standing against the foundation.
House Pad Construction
Building pads cut to the elevations on your plan sheets, built up in compacted lifts and checked before the foundation crew arrives.
House pad constructionGrading and Dirt Work
Lot grading, yard grading, land leveling, horse arena footing and foundation grading. Dozer, skid steer and roller work on anything from a backyard cut to open acreage.
Grading and dirt work
Driveways
Driveways and Rock Roads
A long rural driveway is a road, and it fails the same way a road does: bad base, no crown, nowhere for water to go. We cut and grade the base, build it up, set culverts where the drive crosses a ditch and surface it in the material that fits the property and the traffic on it.
Chip Seal Driveways
A compacted base sealed with liquid asphalt and a layer of rock. Harder wearing than gravel, with the look of a paved drive on a ranch road.
Chip seal drivewaysAsphalt Millings Driveways
Recycled asphalt millings graded and compacted into a surface that packs down tight and sheds water. A common choice for long drives and ranch entrances.
Asphalt millings drivewaysGravel Driveways
New gravel driveways installed on a graded base, plus regrading and repair on drives that have rutted, washed out or lost their crown.
Gravel drivewaysRock Roads and Road Grading
Private rock roads on acreage and ranch property, built or rebuilt, and road grading on existing dirt and gravel roads that have gone soft or washboarded.
Rock roads and road grading
Excavation
Excavation
Excavation for sitework, foundations, utilities, septic systems, ponds and more. We dig to plan, coordinate spoil placement, and handle backfilling and compaction as needed. Emergency and same-day service may be available depending on scheduling.
Excavation Services
Ponds, storm shelter excavation, pool excavation, ditches and residential excavation and backfill. Send your installer's dimensions and we dig to them.
Excavation servicesPool Removal and Fill-In
Old pools broken up, filled and compacted in lifts so the yard can be used again. The finished grade is shaped so water does not collect where the pool was.
Pool removal and fill-inCulvert Installation
Driveway and roadside culverts set to grade, backfilled and finished so the drive crosses the ditch without washing out in the next storm.
Culvert installation
Clearing
Land Clearing and Mowing
Overgrown land gets opened up one of two ways: haul the growth off, or grind it in place and leave the ground covered. We do both, and we keep pasture and vacant lots cut once they are open.
Land Clearing
Trees, brush and undergrowth removed to open a build site, a fence line, a driveway path or a full lot. Clearing and grubbing so the site is ready for the pad or the pasture.
Land clearingForestry Mulching
Brush and small trees ground in place with a forestry mulcher, leaving a mulch layer instead of burn piles or truckloads to haul. Fast on acreage, and the ground stays covered.
Forestry mulchingBrush Hog Mowing
Field mowing, acreage mowing and brush hogging for pasture, easements and lots that a mower deck will not touch. One time cuts or a repeat schedule.
Brush hog mowing
Drainage
Drainage
Standing water is common in North Texas clay soil. We use drainage grading, ditches and culverts to direct water away from homes, building pads and driveways. We identify where the water is coming from, where it needs to go, and grade the property to move it there.
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Not Sure Which Service You Need?
Most properties need more than one of these. A new build on acreage might need clearing, then a pad, then a septic system, then a driveway with a culvert, then drainage graded around all of it. Describe the property and what you want to end up with, and we will tell you what the job actually involves. Free estimates, one day response.
Where we work
Areas We Serve
We run out of McKinney and work about 60 miles in every direction. That covers Collin County, Grayson County and Denton County, plus Dallas and Fort Worth.
Fort Worth
Grading, excavation, clearing and dirt work on the west side of the metroplex, with the same crews as our Collin County jobs.
Sherman
House pads, septic systems and acreage work across Grayson County.
Denton
Arena footing, building pads, clearing and grading in Denton, Aubrey and Pilot Point.
Celina, Anna and Melissa
New lots north of McKinney that need a pad, a driveway and a septic system.
Get a Free Estimate on Any Service
Send the property address and what you want done. We come out, walk it with you and put the price in writing.