Land Clearing

This was a simple backyard clearing project for a homeowner. He had recently bought the home as an investment and had a couple months to fix it up and flip it. Obviously the back yard had been neglected for several years and was ready for a facelift.His plans called for some new concrete, sod, and flower beds. In addition to his plans he expressed some concerns about drainage. It appeared all the water would flow towards his house. I got out my level and confirmed his concerns and graded the lot so that the water would flow towards the proper drainage areas.We demolished and removed all of the concrete, dug out the new concrete pad areas to 5" and the sod areas to 3". We also removed all of the stumps and large rocks to make it easier to landscape later on. The job took 6 hours to complete and we recycled 99% of the materials. 15 tons of concrete 25 tons of dirt found new homes outside of the landfill. 500 lbs. of stumps and roots were added to our wood recycling bin. One trash bag of mixed styrophome, plastic and debris went to the transfer station. Not the 100% we shoot for, but still pretty good.