Building Pads
We cut and level building pads for shops, garages, houses and campers, with a compacted gravel base. When you want a concrete slab, we pour that too.
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Grading shapes the ground so water runs off and a surface sits even. Bedrock Excavation and General Contracting does driveway grading and builds gravel driveways across the Lower Yakima Valley and the Tri-Cities. We grade yards and lots too, so water moves away from the house. Sunnyside sits at the center of our service area.
Grading is one part of our excavation and dirt work around Sunnyside. On farm ground, it can follow orchard removal when the cleared land is leveled for a building site or pasture. Call or text (509) 439-2533, and we look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Tell us about the teardown, dirt work, pad or building project and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Potholes and washboard ripples are the signs a gravel driveway needs grading. Driveway grading cuts the surface down to the bottom of the potholes and washboard. The loose gravel then gets spread back across the drive and shaped again.
A gravel driveway sheds water through its crown, a gentle high line down the middle. A federal gravel roads guide recommends a drop of about half an inch per foot from the center out. The ideal shape is a straight slope from each edge up to the center, like a roof. A rounded top holds water in the middle, and the potholes come back.
A new gravel driveway starts with a base layer of larger rock for strength. A top layer of crushed rock with fine material goes over it and packs into a hard crust. We haul the gravel in ourselves. One of our jobs finished a gravel driveway beside a concrete walk.
Sunnyside gets little rain. NOAA's climate normals for 1991 to 2020 put the town at about 7.7 inches of precipitation a year. The same federal guide names dry weather as one cause of washboard. In dry weather the surface crust loosens, and the stone and sand drift into ripples under traffic.
Hard braking and fast starts add to the ripples. So do poor gravel and a surface with no crown. Gravel with the right mix of fine material resists washboard, and a regrade puts the crown back.
Dry country needs a crown too. The federal guide shows a desert road with under 10 inches of rain a year. It still performs poorly, because it has no crown and no ditches. In Sunnyside, December is the wettest month, and a crown sheds that winter water before it softens the drive.
The residential code Washington uses says a lot must be graded to drain water away from the foundation. The ground should fall at least 6 inches within the first 10 feet. The rule applies to new homes, and it is a good target for older yards too.
Where a wall or a lot line leaves no room for that fall, the code calls for swales or drains. A swale is a shallow, graded channel that carries water off. One of our jobs redirected a drain to keep water away from a home.
On a new build, finish grading gives the ground its final shape. It comes after the site preparation work and after a shop pad or house pad is built. Lot grading and land grading on acreage work the same way on more ground.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 50 miles around Sunnyside across the Yakima Valley and the Tri-Cities.
(509) 439-2533From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (509) 439-2533 about the job. Let us know where the property is and what you need done.
We look over the site and the ground. We check the access, and what has to come out or come in.
You get a written quote that spells out the work. The job goes on the schedule when you say go.
Before any digging starts, a locate request goes to 811 so buried utility lines get marked. Washington law calls for it two to 10 full business days ahead.
We do the work the quote describes and haul off what has to go. The ground is left ready for what comes next, like a crop or a shop.
Common questions about grading around Sunnyside and the towns out to Yakima and the Tri-Cities. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We cut and level building pads for shops, garages, houses and campers, with a compacted gravel base. When you want a concrete slab, we pour that too.
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We pull old orchards out of the ground, stumps and roots included. The wood gets piled or hauled away, and the ground is left clear for what comes next.
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We build shops, carports and other outbuildings, plus fences, gates, decks and pergolas. The same company that prepares the ground puts up the structure.
Learn MoreThe company that cuts your pad can also build the carport or shop that sits on it. One call covers both halves of the project.
When a job needs gravel brought in or debris taken out, we haul it on our own trailer. Extra dirt from a cut can go out the same way.
We look at the job before we price it. The quote comes to you in writing, with the work spelled out.
A driveway grading guide for gravel driveways in the Lower Yakima Valley: the crown, washboard, potholes, when to regrade and market cost ranges.
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Orchard removal cost per acre in the Yakima Valley: published WSU figures, what drives the price, burn permit rules and what the ground becomes next.
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Shop pad costs in the Yakima Valley: published ranges for gravel pads and concrete slabs, what drives the price, and permits. Call or text (509) 439-2533.
Read more →Tell us about the job and where it is, and we will set a time to look at it. Call or text (509) 439-2533 or use the form, and the quote comes to you in writing.
Tell us about the teardown, dirt work, pad or building project and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.