Land Clearing
We clear lots and acreage of trees, stumps, palmettos and brush so the land can be used. The excavator pulls the roots out and the debris gets hauled off.
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Our Services
Global Construction and Home Repair is an excavation contractor based in Valrico, Florida. We do the site prep and dirt work that gets a lot ready to build. Our excavator digs, cuts and shapes the ground, and our dump trucks haul the spoil off. Most of this work follows the demolition work we do around the Tampa Bay area.
A lot is rarely ready the day a building comes down. Old slabs, foundations, driveways and buried concrete stay in the ground. We pull that out, add fill dirt where the ground sits low, and grade so water runs off. We do the same on raw land once we finish clearing the trees and brush.
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Grading is where most site prep starts. We cut the high spots, fill the low ones, and slope the ground away from the building spot. On a build lot, that means a pad set at the height the plans call for.
Fill dirt goes in when a lot sits too low or a hole needs to come up to grade. We spread it in layers and compact as we go, so the ground holds. Soft muck, roots and old fill come out first, because that material keeps settling under a new slab.
Tampa Bay ground is mostly sand, and the water table sits close to the surface in many spots. Sand moves fast in heavy rain, and a deep hole can hit water sooner than people expect. We plan the cuts around that before the machine starts digging.
Most of our excavation work starts as the last step of another job. The structure comes down, the debris gets loaded out, and then the ground needs attention. Concrete slabs, footings and old driveways come out with the excavator.
Pool holes work the same way. When an old pool comes out, the hole gets backfilled with clean fill and compacted so the yard holds up. Old footings, buried block and broken concrete turn up on these lots too.
Once the ground is clean, we grade the lot and leave it ready for the next step. Spoil dirt and concrete leave in dump trucks, and hauling the debris off is part of the job. The builder gets a graded pad to start from.
We contact Sunshine 811 before we dig. It is Florida's free call-before-you-dig service, and the utility companies come mark their lines on the ground. The marks show where power, gas, water and cable run, so the excavator stays clear of them.
Permits depend on the work and the address. In unincorporated Hillsborough County, clearing, grading, filling and digging can fall under a land alteration permit through Natural Resources. Hauling off more than 10,000 cubic yards of material calls for a county land excavation permit. Tampa, Temple Terrace and Plant City run their own offices, so we check with the one that covers your address.
Every job starts with a look at the lot. We check truck access, where the spoil goes, and how the ground drains today. Estimates are free. Call or text (813) 239-4231 to set up a look at your site.
From the first call or text to the clean lot at the end, here is how it goes.
Call or text (813) 239-4231 with the address and what needs to come down. Photos of the structure help before we come out.
We come to the property and look at the structure or the lot. Size, what it is built of, access for the machines and where the debris goes all set the price. The estimate is free.
Hillsborough County requires a demolition permit, and it wants utility sign-offs before it issues one. A licensed asbestos inspector surveys the buildings the state rule covers. We work around the permit and the survey, and we confirm what your address needs.
The excavator comes in and the structure comes down. Anything you are keeping stays protected while that happens. Debris goes into dump trucks and trailers as we work.
The last loads go out, and the slab and foundation go with them when you want them gone. We grade the ground so the lot sits level. Then you have a lot you can build on, sell or use.
Common questions about excavation and site prep across the Tampa Bay area. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We clear lots and acreage of trees, stumps, palmettos and brush so the land can be used. The excavator pulls the roots out and the debris gets hauled off.
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Full residential teardowns in the Tampa Bay area: houses, garages, additions, sheds and decks. We take the slab out, haul the debris and leave a clean, graded lot.
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We take out inground pools across the Tampa Bay area, by partial fill-in or by full removal. The deck, the cage and the equipment go with it, and the hole gets filled and packed down.
Learn MoreThe demolition and construction work behind this company goes back more than three decades in the Tampa Bay area. Houses, garages, commercial buildings, pools and mobile homes have all come down. Storm and flood teardowns are part of that record.
One company takes the structure down, hauls the debris off and grades what is left. The dirt work after a teardown runs on the same job and the same schedule. That is one number to call, from the estimate to the finished lot.
We work about 50 miles out from Valrico. That covers Hillsborough County towns like Tampa, Brandon, Riverview and Plant City, plus Lakeland and Winter Haven in Polk County. Wesley Chapel, Zephyrhills and Land O' Lakes in Pasco County are in range too.
We come out, look at the structure or the lot and tell you how the job would run. The price comes from what is actually standing there. The visit is free and the work starts when you say go.
House demolition in Florida runs about $6 to $15 a square foot. Real market ranges, Hillsborough County permit fees and what moves the price.
Read more →Pool removal cost in Florida: a partial fill-in runs about $2,500 to $10,000 and a full removal $4,000 to $16,000. Tampa Bay ranges and permits.
Read more →Tell us where the property is and what needs to come down. Call or text (813) 239-4231, or send the form and we will set up a free estimate.
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