Site Preparation and Grading

Site Preparation and Grading in Bozeman

Every build starts with the dirt, and Ofaolains shapes a raw Bozeman parcel to the engineer’s grading plan from the first strip to the finish pass. We clear the lot, strip and stockpile the topsoil, move mass earth through cut and fill, and hold the pad elevations and drainage slopes the plan calls for. A GPS grade-control system keeps the machine honest so the finished subgrade sits where it should, ready for footings or aggregate.

Why Grading Sets the Whole Job

A pad graded off by even a few tenths throws off drainage, and water that ponds against a foundation is the start of most callbacks. On Gallatin Valley ground, where the frost line runs deep and spring runoff is real, positive slope away from the structure is not optional. We build it in from the start rather than chasing it later.

Our Process

We walk the site and read the plan, call 811 for a utility locate two business days out, then strip topsoil to a stockpile. From there we cut and fill to grade, compact the subgrade in lifts, and finish to the tolerance the plan sets, checking with laser and GPS as we go. On sites over an acre we run silt fence and inlet protection so stormwater leaves clean.

Call (406) 605-6283 for a free walkthrough and a written scope on site prep and grading in Bozeman.