Excavation & Site Preparation in Boone County
Zionsville, Whitestown and Lebanon, where new residential ground and the Whitestown industrial corridor are both still being cut.
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Groundwork across Boone County
Site preparation, foundation and basement excavation, driveways, drainage, land and lot clearing, ponds, demolition and finish grading — the full list, everywhere in Boone County.
Two different markets in one county
Boone County runs from established village-edge property in Zionsville to the logistics and industrial ground around Whitestown and the older town centre at Lebanon. The work splits the same way: careful residential clearing, drives and drainage on wooded and semi-rural lots at one end, and pads, stone, structural fill and stormwater work on commercial ground at the other.
Wooded lots and mature trees
A lot of the residential ground here has standing timber on it and the trees are part of what the property is worth. Clearing is to a marked envelope, with root protection for what is being kept and access routes planned so machines are not running back and forth over the root zone of a tree the owner wants to keep. Mulching suits the brush; anything carrying a building or a drive still needs the roots out.
Commercial ground at Whitestown
The corridor around Whitestown is still being cut and it is proper commercial sitework — building to a civil drawing, compaction that has to pass a test, deep utilities, detention and a stormwater permit that stays live for the length of the job. Different discipline from a residential lot, and it wants to be priced and programmed as such.
Zionsville, Whitestown and Lebanon, where new residential ground and the Whitestown industrial corridor are both still being cut.
Zionsville, Indiana
Village-area lots, wooded acreage off Michigan Road, and new builds on tight in-fill parcels.
Town pageBoone CountyWhitestown, Indiana
The fastest-growing town in Indiana — warehouse pads and the housing chasing them.
Town pageBoone CountyLebanon, Indiana
Industrial ground along I-65 and the LEAP district, plus residential on the town's edges.
Town pageService pages in Boone County
Lot Clearing & Forestry Mulching in Zionsville, Indiana
Zionsville takes in far more woods and field than its village centre suggests, and a lot of that ground is now being built on. We clear house sites, open up overgrown acreage and mulch brush across Zionsville and the rest of southeast Boone County.
See the pageLand & Lot ClearingBrush Clearing & Lot Clearing in Whitestown, Indiana
Whitestown has grown faster than any other municipality in Indiana from 2010 onward, and the ground between the new streets is still brush, fence row and old field. We clear it for houses, shops and access, and mulch back what has grown over.
See the pageSeeding & RestorationYard Grading in Zionsville & Boone County, Indiana
A yard that holds water against the house, ponds in the middle or washes out down a slope usually has a grading problem, not a grass problem. We regrade yards across Zionsville, Whitestown and the rest of Boone County so the water goes where it should.
See the pageSite PreparationSite Grading & Land Grading in Central Indiana
Site grading sets the ground to the shape a build or a property needs: level where things sit, falling where water has to go. On Grade grades sites and land across Putnam County, Indiana, Hendricks and Boone counties and the west side of Indianapolis.
See the pageGroundwork across Boone County.
01Excavation & Foundation Services
Basement digs, footings, foundation excavation and backfill for new builds and additions across Indianapolis and Central Indiana.
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02Site Preparation & Construction Site Work
Clearing, stripping, cutting and rough grading a site so the builder can start on schedule.
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03Land Clearing, Lot Clearing & Forestry Mulching
Lot clearing for new builds, brush clearing on overgrown ground, and forestry mulching that leaves the chip on site.
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04Driveway Installation & Finish Grading
New stone drives, regrading washed-out drives, and the finish grade that decides whether water runs off or sits.
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05Drainage, Culvert & Utility Installation
Culverts, tile, catch basins and utility trenching — moving water off the property and services onto it.
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06Pond Construction & Excavation
Digging, shaping and sealing farm and property ponds, with the spoil put to work rather than hauled off.
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07Concrete Preparation & Demolition
Stone, forms and a flat compacted base for the pour — and tearing out what has to come up first.
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08Seeding, Straw & Site Restoration
The last pass: shaping topsoil, seed and straw, and leaving the ground looking like nobody dug it up.
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Questions from Boone County.
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- Cost GuideSite Preparation Cost in Indiana: What Moves the Price
- GuideWhat Does Site Preparation Include Before Construction?
- GuideExcavation vs. Grading: What Is the Difference?
- Cost GuideLand Clearing Cost per Acre in Indiana
- Cost GuideLand Clearing Cost in Indiana: What Moves the Price
- GuideBuilding on a Wooded Lot in Indiana
Do you work in Indianapolis, or only around Greencastle?
Both. On Grade is based in Greencastle and works east through Hendricks and Boone counties into Indianapolis and Marion County. Call with the address and you will get a straight answer on whether it is a job worth mobilising for.
Do you do commercial work as well as residential?
Yes. Pads, parking, drainage and mass grading for commercial and industrial sites, alongside the residential site prep, driveways and pond work.
Do you clear lots and brush, or only full land clearing?
Both. Lot clearing for a build, brush clearing on ground that has gone over, and forestry mulching where you want the material left on site as chip.
Can you fix a driveway that washes out every spring?
Usually. A drive that washes is nearly always a drainage problem rather than a stone problem — the water has nowhere to go, so it goes down the drive. That means grade and a culvert or ditch, not just more rock.
How soon can you start?
It depends on weather and what is already on the schedule. Wet ground stops excavation faster than anything else. Call and ask — we will tell you the real timeline, not the one you want to hear.
Hendricks County, Indiana
The western edge of the Indianapolis build-out — Avon, Plainfield, Brownsburg and Danville — and the closest dense market to Greencastle.
See the countyCountyPutnam County, Indiana
Home ground. Greencastle, Cloverdale, Bainbridge, Fillmore and Reelsville — the county the equipment sits in overnight.
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The address, roughly what you are trying to do, and when you need it.
A look at the ground
Most jobs need a look. Travis will arrange a time to come out, walk the ground with you and give you a number.
Located before digging
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One crew, start to finish
The person who strips the site is the person who sets the final grade.
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Greencastle, Indiana · Putnam, Hendricks, Boone and Marion counties
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