Professional excavation services for residential, commercial, and industrial projects. Foundation digs, trenching, mass excavation, and precision grading. Serving Sodus and all of Wayne County.
Backwell provides professional excavation services in Sodus, 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 Wayne County and know the area, the soil conditions, the regulations, and the contractors. When you hire Backwell for your excavation project in Sodus, 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.
Sodus lies in northern Wayne County a few miles inland from the Lake Ontario shoreline at Sodus Bay, on the Finger Lakes drumlin field's northern edge. Soils across the village and surrounding parcels are dominated by Sodus gravelly loam, the series named for the town, and Ontario loam on the drumlin flanks, with Canandaigua silty clay loam and Lyons silt loam in the low ground between drumlins.
Drainage flows north through short tributaries and First Creek to Sodus Bay and Lake Ontario. Commercial site work in Sodus regularly involves cobble-heavy trenching on the drumlin crests, seasonal high water tables on the clay-loam flats, and stormwater design that accounts for proximity to the Lake Ontario coastal zone. NYSDEC coastal erosion review can apply on shorefront parcels. Bedrock is deep across the village's buildable land. Frost depth and freeze-thaw cycling are tempered by the lake proximity but still push utility burial and pavement details on most commercial projects. Structural fill and enhanced stormwater detention are common requirements on commercial parcels, and subsurface investigation is routine on any shorefront project.
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.