Professional excavation services for residential, commercial, and industrial projects. Foundation digs, trenching, mass excavation, and precision grading. Serving Syracuse and all of Onondaga County.
Backwell provides professional excavation services in Macedon, Wayne County, and the surrounding area. Excavation is our core competency. From precision foundation digs for custom homes to mass excavation for commercial and industrial facilities, Backwell brings the right iron for the right job. We self-haul all material with our own trucks and trailers, which means no waiting on third-party trucking and no schedule surprises. Every excavation project we take on is planned with proper bench cuts, dewatering considerations, and material management built in from the start.
Based in Constantia, NY, we are local to Onondaga County and know the area, the soil conditions, the regulations, and the contractors. When you hire Backwell for your excavation project in Macedon, you get a crew that shows up on time with the right equipment and gets the job done. Contact us today for a free estimate.
Macedon lies in western Wayne County along the Erie Canal, inside the Finger Lakes drumlin field east of Rochester. Soils across the town's commercial corridors along Route 31 and the NYS Thruway interchange are predominantly Honeoye silt loam and Lima silt loam on the drumlin flanks, with Palmyra gravelly loam on the outwash benches and Canandaigua silty clay loam and Wayland silt loam in the low ground along the canal and Mud Creek.
The Erie Canal and its feeder channels control drainage across the northern half of the town, and any earthwork inside or adjacent to the canal prism triggers NYS Canal Corp review. Commercial excavation in Macedon typically involves cobbly, stony trenching on the drumlins, structural fill importation on the clay-loam flats, and stormwater design tied to the Ganargua Creek and Genesee River watershed. Shallow bedrock appears only on the highest drumlin summits. Frost depth is moderate by regional standards, reflecting the transition between lake-moderated and interior climate zones.
Commercial excavation projects in Central New York typically run $25,000 to $800,000 depending on scope, depth, volume, rock conditions, and site access. We provide fixed-price bids after a site walkthrough — no hourly guesswork.
Ground conditions across Central New York vary significantly — glacial till, sandy lake plains, heavier lacustrine clay, and shallow limestone bedrock are all common depending on location. We assess site-specific conditions before bidding and arrive staged for the conditions we expect rather than assuming a clean dig.
Backwell focuses on commercial and municipal excavation starting at $20,000, with most projects running $30,000 to $1 million or more. We work on commercial foundations, mass excavation, site development, and infrastructure — not small residential digs.
Yes. Our own fleet of tri-axle dump trucks handles all material hauling — no waiting on third-party trucking. We control the cycle time, coordinate disposal sites, and maintain manifests for any regulated material.
We keep rock-breaking attachments staged on every Central New York project. Shallow limestone bedrock and hardened glacial till are common here. When conditions require blasting, we coordinate the blasting permits and licensed contractor as part of the job.
Yes. We pull building department permits, NYSDOT right-of-way permits, SPDES/SWPPP documentation, and any county or state environmental permits required. We have standing relationships with engineering departments across Central New York and know the approval timelines in each jurisdiction.