Compact excavator preparing foundation trenches on a residential building site
Foundation trench layout and compact excavator on a residential construction site
Excavated foundation trenches beside an existing house during site preparation

Earthworks & Site Preparation

Builder-led earthworks for residential, rural and light-commercial projects across Waikato and the Bay of Plenty. With a compact 1.8-tonne excavator and experienced operator, MCC can work efficiently in house sites, backyards and other restricted-access areas.

House Pads, Foundations & Slabs

  • Building-platform and house-pad preparation

  • Site cuts, cut-to-fill work and topsoil stripping

  • Foundation, strip-footing and pad-footing excavation

  • Conventional slab and RibRaft preparation

  • Final foundation trimming, grading and levelling

  • Foundation backfilling and material placement

Trenching, Driveways & Retaining Walls

  • Service, utility and drainage trench excavation

  • Careful potholing to expose identified underground services

  • Trench backfilling following installation by the relevant trade

  • Driveway excavation, formation, reshaping and widening

  • Subgrade preparation, aggregate spreading and final grading

  • Retaining-wall excavation, footing preparation and bank shaping

  • Drainage preparation and backfilling behind retaining walls

Auger Drilling, Material Removal & Site Work

  • Auger and post-hole drilling from 150mm to 600mm

  • Deck piles, retaining posts, pole sheds, fencing and landscaping

  • Soil, spoil, clay and clean-fill removal

  • Aggregate and topsoil placement and spreading

  • Tight-access excavation and final site trimming

  • Section clearing, site clean-ups and truck loading

  • Small-structure, path, concrete-pad and landscape demolition

Earthworks That Tie Into the Build

Because MCC is led by a Licensed Building Practitioner, we understand plans, levels, tolerances and what the next trade needs. We can provide earthworks as a stand-alone service or coordinate it with foundations, retaining walls, decks, fencing, sheds and the wider building project.

Rock breaking, larger machinery, trucking and spoil disposal can be arranged and priced separately when required.

Servicing Hamilton, Cambridge, Matamata, Putāruru, Tirau, Tokoroa, Rotorua, Tauranga and surrounding Waikato and Bay of Plenty areas.

Talk to Mark about your earthworks, foundation or site-preparation project.