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Edison Excavation

Rahway, Union County

Excavation & Drainage in Rahway, NJ

Edison Excavation works Rahway's dense residential blocks with compact machines, focusing on drainage, trenching, and footings where the river is never far away.

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Rahway is a fully built-out city, and its residential streets show it: homes close together, short driveways, and backyards that leave little room for equipment or soil. Projects here have to be planned around the space, not the other way around.

Water is the other constant. The Rahway River runs through the city, joined by the Robinsons Branch and the South Branch, and many yards near those channels stay wet or take on water when storms come through. Drainage and regrading are some of the most useful earthwork a Rahway home can get.

We bring the smallest machine that can do the job, protect the route in, and haul spoils as we dig so the yard stays usable while the work is underway.

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

A river city with tight lots

The Rahway River enters from Clark at Rahway River Park and works its way through the city toward the Arthur Kill. Properties near the main river and its branches can sit in mapped flood areas, so check with the city's construction office about grading or fill rules before we plan the work.

Away from the water, along Route 27, Route 1 and 9, and the residential streets between them, the main constraint is access. Older homes often have a single driveway and a fenced yard, so we measure every gate and pinch point before deciding which machine comes.

Also serving nearby: Linden · Clark · Woodbridge · Colonia

What we do here

Excavation services in Rahway

The same disciplines, tailored to Rahway 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.

Rahway: Common Questions

Yes. New Jersey registrations apply statewide: Ridge Companies Excavation & Site Development LLC, operating as Edison Excavation, holds HIC# 13VH13405100 and Home Builder LIC# 056779 and is insured.

Planning earthwork in Rahway?

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

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