Complete civil packages for utility solar in Michigan: clearing, mass grading, access roads, trenching, SWPPP, fencing, and substation civil under one contract.
Backwell is a civil site work general contractor serving utility solar EPCs building in Michigan. We contract complete civil packages: clearing, mass grading, access roads, trenching and underground utilities, erosion control and SWPPP, fencing, and substation civil, all under one contract with Backwell field leadership on site.
Michigan is adding roughly 2.2 GW of solar in 2026, about 5 percent of the national total, and the utility programs behind that number run for years: Consumers Energy has laid out a plan for nearly 8 GW of solar, and DTE has issued a 1 GW solar RFP. That is a sustained pipeline of EPC-led projects needing civil packages, not a one-cycle market.
Michigan civil work brings clearing-heavy sites, sandy and variable soils, seasonal weather windows, and township-level road use agreements. We plan haul routes, frost laws, and stabilization sequencing into the schedule up front.
We price the package as one scope under one contract. Owners and EPCs get a single point of responsibility for the civil critical path instead of managing separate clearing, earthwork, and utility subcontracts.
Backwell superintendents, project managers, and lead operators run every site. We mobilize company-owned equipment for core scope and scale each project with leased iron, qualified regional subcontractors, and agency-placed field staff, all under Backwell supervision and a single contract.
For projects claiming the full ITC or PTC under the Inflation Reduction Act, Backwell produces Davis-Bacon certified payroll, pays the applicable county wage determination, and supports apprenticeship labor-hour compliance. See the national solar civil page for the full PWA and begin-construction discussion.
Send plans, a scope of work, and the schedule through the form below or call (315) 400-2654. We review the civil package, walk the site if it is at that stage, and return a scoped proposal with a schedule of values, stated fill allowances, and unit rates for overages. A one-page capability statement is available for prequalification files.
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