Professional excavation services for residential, commercial, and industrial projects. Foundation digs, trenching, mass excavation, and precision grading. Serving Pulaski and all of Oswego County.
Backwell provides professional excavation services in Pulaski, Oswego 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 Oswego County and know the area, the soil conditions, the regulations, and the contractors. When you hire Backwell for your excavation project in Pulaski, 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.
Pulaski sits on the Salmon River in northern Oswego County, where the river cuts through the lake-plain landscape on its way to Lake Ontario. Soils across the village and the Route 11 / I-81 commercial corridor are dominated by Arkport fine sandy loam and Colonie loamy sand on the uplands, with Palmyra gravelly loam on the river terraces and Canandaigua silty clay loam in the lower flats.
The Salmon River's watershed is one of the most active sportfishing corridors in the Northeast, and any earthwork that affects the river or its tributaries falls under NYSDEC stream-protection review in addition to standard municipal permitting. Commercial site work in Pulaski regularly involves shallow water tables on the lower parcels, non-cohesive sandy cuts that require shoring, and stormwater design that accounts for extraordinarily heavy lake-effect snow loads and spring snowmelt volumes. Bedrock is deep. Frost depth pushes utility burial and foundation details well beyond lowland Onondaga norms. Projects within the Salmon River riparian corridor require coordination with NYSDEC fisheries staff on in-stream timing windows.
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.