Solar installation site clearing, grading, access road construction, and trenching for Central New York renewable energy projects. Serving Cicero and all of Onondaga County.
Backwell provides professional solar farm site prep services in Cicero, Onondaga County, and the surrounding area. Central New York is seeing a massive expansion of solar energy installations, and every one of them needs professional site preparation before a single panel goes up. Backwell provides the full scope of earthwork for solar farm developers, land clearing, grubbing, rough grading, access road construction, and conduit trenching. Our fleet and hauling capacity let us handle large-acreage solar projects efficiently.
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 solar farm site prep project in Cicero, 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.
Cicero sits on the north shore of Oneida Lake in northeastern Onondaga County, on some of the flattest, wettest terrain in the county. The Cicero Swamp, a large peatland east of the village, defines the eastern half of the town, and soils across the I-81 and Route 31 commercial corridors are dominated by Sun silt loam, Lyons silt loam, and Carlisle muck, with pockets of Palmyra gravelly loam on the slightly higher beach ridges.
Hydrology is the defining challenge. The water table runs within a few feet of the surface across most of the township, and organic soils in the swamp have near-zero bearing capacity. Commercial excavation in Cicero routinely involves geotextile-reinforced subgrades, deep undercut and replacement with structural fill, year-round dewatering on slab and foundation work, and stormwater design tuned to the Oneida Lake watershed. Bedrock is deep. Frost heave and seasonal saturation push utility, pavement, and culvert design on essentially every commercial site. Projects along the Route 31 and I-81 corridors routinely require subsurface investigation before grading plans are finalized.