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Edison Excavation

Edison, North Middlesex

Excavation & Earthwork in Edison, NJ

Edison Excavation handles footings, drainage, grading, and clearing across Edison's many sections, with a fleet that starts at a gate-width skid steer and scales up to a 5-6 ton excavator.

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Edison isn't one neighborhood, it's a couple of dozen. Menlo Park, Clara Barton, Stelton, Bonhamtown, Nixon, and the streets off Oak Tree Road all have their own lot sizes, their own fence lines, and their own ideas about where the rainwater should go. A project here starts with understanding which Edison you're standing in.

Most of the earthwork homeowners ask about is the same list you'd expect in a mature suburb: a footing dig for an addition, a french drain for the corner of the yard that never dries, a stump that has outlived the tree, or an overgrown back strip that needs to become usable lawn again.

We plan each one around access first. The machine is chosen to fit the gate and the side yard, the spoils go into a 7-yard dump truck instead of a pile on the grass, and the work area is graded clean before the equipment leaves.

  • Licensed & Insured
  • NJ One Call Before Every Dig
  • Gate-Width to 5-Ton Machines
  • Edison & North Middlesex

One township, a lot of different yards

Between Route 1, Route 27, and Interstate 287, Edison's residential streets range from compact lots near Menlo Park and the Metuchen line to bigger, more wooded parcels in the northern part of the township. The ground drops toward the Raritan River in the south, and the Robinsons Branch of the Rahway River runs through the north, so drainage questions change depending on which end of town you're in.

That's why we walk every property before quoting. We look at where the yard sheds water, how wide the gate actually is, what's buried along the route in, and where a dump truck can sit without blocking the street. Then we size the machine and the plan to that yard, not to a generic Edison job.

Also serving nearby: Metuchen · Highland Park · Piscataway · Woodbridge · South Plainfield

What we do here

Excavation services in Edison

The same disciplines, tailored to Edison properties.

Footing trenches dug and set with rebar for a new home foundation on a residential street.

Footing & Foundation Digging

Footings for additions, garages, pool houses, and sheds, cut to the plans and ready for the concrete crew.

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An excavator clearing a wooded residential lot, with cut logs stacked along the cleared path.

Lot & Land Clearing

Brush, overgrowth, and stumps removed selectively, with the good trees left standing.

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A cleared lot rough graded smooth beside a house, track marks still in the soil.

Grading & Site Preparation

Yard grading and compacted sub-base for patios, pool decks, driveways, and flat lawns.

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Mature Tree Planting

Large balled-and-burlapped trees set by machine. Privacy and shade right away, not a decade from now.

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A mini excavator digging in a small front yard between the lawn and the street, spoil piled beside the hole.

Small Jobs & Tight-Access Digs

Backyard excavation through a 36-inch gate. The small jobs larger outfits never call back on.

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A deep drainage trench bedded with clean stone, with PVC pipe being laid in.

French Drain Installation

Exterior French drains done properly: fabric, washed stone, perforated pipe, and an outlet that works.

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A precast catch basin connected to corrugated drainage pipe in a freshly dug trench.

Yard Drainage Fixes

Water sitting in the yard? We find the source first, then build the fix that fits it.

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A new asphalt driveway running alongside a house after the old drive was dug out and rebased.

Driveway Dig-Outs & Gravel Driveways

Failed driveways excavated and rebuilt from the base, finished in gravel or prepped for your paver.

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A large, deep rectangular excavation in a wooded residential backyard.

Inground Pool Digs

Pool excavation to your builder's dig sheet, with access and spoil planned before the first scoop.

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An excavator tearing down a brick building, with demolition debris spread across the site.

Demolition & Haul-Away

Houses, garages, interiors, commercial buildings, sheds, and decks taken down, hauled away, and graded flat.

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Pool Removal & Fill-In

Inground pools broken up, filled in compacted lifts, and graded back to usable lawn.

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A narrow utility trench cut across a residential lawn, with the excavator bucket beside it.

Utility Trenching

Trenches for water, sewer, electric, and gas lines, opened, bedded, and backfilled. Your licensed trade connects.

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A precast concrete tank set into a deep excavation beside a residential street.

Septic Excavation & Tank Digs

Tank pits, field excavation, and abandonment digs, completed to your licensed septic contractor's plan.

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Test Pits & Soil Investigation Digs

Pits dug on schedule for soil logs, perc tests, and footing checks, backfilled clean once the observation is done.

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Full Stump Extraction

Stumps pulled out whole, roots included, then backfilled flush and ready for seed.

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Retaining Wall Excavation & Base

The benched cut, compacted base, and drainage that keep a wall straight.

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A leveled stone pad on a sloped lawn, with a tracked skid steer at the edge.

Gravel Shed Pads & Bases

Compacted gravel pads for sheds, barns, and hot tubs, leveled to your installer's spec.

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Snow Plowing & Removal

Snow plowing by compact track loader for commercial lots, long driveways, and private roads.

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What happens after you call

From the site walk to the final cleanup

  1. 1. Site Walk

    We visit the property by appointment, check access and any constraints, and go over your plans or what you have in mind.

  2. 2. Marking & Layout

    The layout is set on the ground with laser accuracy. Depths, lines, and elevations are marked before any digging starts.

  3. 3. The Work

    The right machine for the access comes in, ground protection goes down where needed, and disturbance to lawns, trees, and hardscape is kept to a minimum.

  4. 4. Clean Handover

    You're left with a site ready for the next step and a yard that's still in one piece.

Edison: Common Questions

Yes. Edison Excavation is run by Ridge Companies Excavation & Site Development LLC, a licensed and insured New Jersey contractor: HIC# 13VH13405100 and New Home Builder LIC# 056779.

Planning earthwork in Edison?

Request a by-appointment site visit and we'll walk your Edison property to plan the right approach.

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