City of Casey excavation & bobcat hire.
Site cut and fill, driveway sub-base, footings, pool digs, stormwater and service trenching across the City of Casey, from Berwick to Pakenham.
Five jobs we’re on every week.
From a half-day bobcat callout to strip topsoil before a slab, through to a three-week bulk-earthworks contract on a Clyde subdivision. Compaction-tested, spoil included.
Site cut & fill
Bulk earthworks for new builds. Strip topsoil, cut the high side, batter the low side, engineer-tested compaction in 100mm lifts. Single-block residential through to commercial pads. ~$4K-$15K typical.
See site cut & fill →Driveway preparation
Sub-base prep and grading for new driveways. Strip, sub-grade roll, lay 150-200mm crushed rock, compact to 95% SMDD. Ready for concrete or asphalt. ~$80-$140/m².
See driveway prep →Foundation excavation
Footings, slab cuts, retaining trenches. Strip-footings, pad-footings, piered footings on reactive Class M/H clay. Engineer-spec depth, neat edges, clean batter. From $1,800 a day.
See foundation digs →Pool excavation
Concrete or fibreglass pool digs. Clean rectangular or contoured profile, spoil out, surround set-out for paving or paved entertaining areas. Access-restricted backyards a specialty (mini-ex through side gates). $3K-$7K typical.
See pool digs →Drainage trenching
Stormwater, sewer connections, electrical and gas trenching. Mini-ex with chase-grade laser, neat 300-450mm wide trench, backfill and reinstate. $80-$150/lin.m depending on depth and soil.
See drainage trenching →
Three things that decide whether a Casey earthworks job stays on budget.
The clay belt east of Hallam.
The strip from Hallam through Endeavour Hills, Hampton Park and into eastern Cranbourne is reactive Newer Volcanic clay - Class M to H1 under AS 2870, with 30-50mm seasonal swell. Slab on un-stabilised clay cracks within 5 years. We strip 300mm of topsoil, lime-stabilise where shear strength is low, then build the pad up in 100mm crushed-rock lifts compacted to 98% standard maximum dry density. Test results in your handover folder.
The Casey new-build pipeline.
Officer, Pakenham, Clyde and Cranbourne East are some of Australia’s fastest-growing release areas - 1,200+ new dwellings each year inside the City of Casey LGA. That means constant demand for site prep, driveway sub-base and footing excavation. We’re booked on the same estates week after week, which means our equipment lives within 15 minutes of every Casey job - float fees are usually zero.
Compaction is the line between “working” and “done”.
The number-one reason a slab cracks, a driveway humps or a sewer line collapses is bad compaction beneath it. AS 3798 says lifts not more than 150mm (we run 100mm), compact each lift before the next, and test to a documented standard maximum dry density. Civil sites get nuclear densometer results every 250m². Residential sites get hand-test confirmation and the operator’s judgement of whether the ground will move.
Where we work.
Full City of Casey coverage from Endeavour Hills in the north-west to Clyde and Cranbourne South in the south-east. Float fees zero within 30km of Berwick.
From phone call to compaction docket - 5 stages.
Free site visit
We drive out, look at the access, the soil, the slope, the spoil-cart-away path. 30 minutes. No obligation.
Fixed quote
Written quote. Daily rate or fixed-price (we recommend fixed for anything over 2 days). Inclusions and exclusions in plain English.
Schedule
Booking confirmed once deposit is paid. We give you the BOM window we’re aiming for - clay-heavy jobs only run in dry weather forecasts.
Execute
Equipment on site at 7am. Daily progress photos. Spoil out as we go - no piles left for the builder.
Sign-off
Compaction test results, dump dockets, before/after photos and invoice in your handover folder. Builder takes over from a clean pad.
Free on-site quote.
30 minutes on your block. We look at access, soil, slope and spoil path. Fixed written quote.
Guides for specific excavation decisions
Work through the details that affect your project before agreeing the excavation scope.
- Retaining-wall excavation: set-out, staging and builder handover
- Rock found during excavation: stop, assess and agree the change
- Keep or remove excavated soil: destination and handling decisions
- Shed slab earthworks: getting the pad ready for the concreter
- Pool dig handover: what to settle with the pool builder
- Service trench coordination: plumber, electrician and excavator