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Edison Excavation

Piscataway, North Middlesex

Excavation & Grading in Piscataway, NJ

Edison Excavation regrades, drains, and digs in Piscataway's subdivision neighborhoods, where decades-old yards have settled and the water has learned where to go.

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Much of Piscataway was built out from the 1950s onward, and the neighborhoods show it: ranches, split-levels, and colonials on regular suburban lots, with fences, patios, and sheds added over the years. The houses have aged well. The grading around them often hasn't.

That's where a lot of earthwork here comes from. Backfill along the foundation settles and starts sending water toward the house. Low spots form where downspouts empty. Old trees come down and leave stumps. Owners finally want the shed pad or patio base done right.

We handle those jobs with compact, tracked equipment sized for a fenced backyard, and a 7-yard dump truck so excess soil leaves instead of moving to a new corner of the lot.

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

Postwar neighborhoods along Ambrose Brook

Piscataway is a patchwork of named sections, from New Market and Fieldville to Lake Nelson, Possumtown, and Society Hill, with the Rutgers Busch and Livingston campuses taking up a large share of the township. Ambrose Brook runs through it and the Raritan River runs along its southern side, so low-lying yards near those corridors deal with water more than most.

We look at that bigger picture before cutting anything. A wet backyard may be a grading problem, a downspout problem, or simply the lowest point in the neighborhood. If your property is near a brook or in a mapped flood area, check with the township construction office before planning grade changes, and we'll build the work around what they tell you.

Also serving nearby: Edison · Highland Park · South Plainfield · Dunellen · Middlesex

What we do here

Excavation services in Piscataway

The same disciplines, tailored to Piscataway 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.

Piscataway: Common Questions

New Jersey home improvement contractor registration HIC# 13VH13405100 and new home builder registration LIC# 056779, both under Ridge Companies Excavation & Site Development LLC, the company behind Edison Excavation.

Planning earthwork in Piscataway?

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

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