Complete civil packages for utility solar near Fluvanna, TX: clearing, mass grading, access roads, collection trenching, SWPPP, fencing, and substation civil.
Backwell contracts complete civil site work packages for utility solar EPCs building near Fluvanna in Scurry County, Texas. One contract covers clearing through final stabilization, with Backwell field leadership on site.
Northwest corner of the county near the Caprock Escarpment where terrain becomes broken and haul routes are limited to FM roads, useful mainly as a reference point rather than a supply base.
Publicly reported utility-scale solar in and around Scurry County:
Project details come from public filings and reporting and are listed to show where the work is. Backwell is not affiliated with these projects or their developers.
Scurry County is Rolling Plains country just below the Caprock Escarpment, with the escarpment and Ogallala capped mesas along the northwest edge of the county and dissected red bed terrain elsewhere. Permian red beds of the Clear Fork and associated units underlie most of the county, producing red sandy loams and reddish clay loams, with Miles and Springer sandy loams on the smoother uplands, Vernon clay loams on the red bed slopes, and shallow calcareous Potter soils where caliche and Ogallala remnants outcrop along breaks. Drainage runs east and southeast to the Colorado River through Deep Creek, Ennis Creek and their tributaries, all ephemeral, with steep sided draws cutting the uplands.
Brush clearing is mesquite dominated with scattered shinnery and juniper on breaks, low biomass but heavy root systems that grub slowly. Mass grading is generally easy in the sandy loams, but sections of caliche and cemented red bed will need rippers, and the caliche is worth stockpiling as base material because it saves imported rock. The sandy loams are erodible and will blow when stripped and rill fast in a summer thunderstorm, so limit exposed area, keep dust control on haul roads, and expect real wind erosion complaints if disturbance sits open. Draw crossings on access roads need armored low water crossings sized for flashy runoff rather than culverts sized for average flow. Trenching is fast in the loams but sidewall stability drops sharply in dry sand, and rock trenching rates should be carried where the ground rises toward caliche.
Full detail on the Scurry County market is on the Scurry County solar civil page.
We price the package as one scope under one contract, so the EPC has 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 equipment for the core scope and scale each project with leased production fleets, qualified regional subcontractors, and agency-placed field staff, all under Backwell supervision and a single contract.
Contractor licensing. Texas does not issue a statewide general contractor or general engineering contractor license, so commercial civil sitework requires no state contractor license. Licensing in Texas is trade specific: electrical work is licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, plumbing by the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, and sealed design work requires a Texas Professional Engineer registered with the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. Cities and counties can require their own contractor registration, bonds and permits, so registration is handled jurisdiction by jurisdiction. Out of state contractors register with the Texas Secretary of State to transact business and should confirm Texas Comptroller franchise tax standing.
Construction stormwater. Construction stormwater in Texas is permitted under the TPDES Construction General Permit, number TXR150000, issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). Utility-scale solar sites disturbing five acres or more are large construction activity and require a Notice of Intent, a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, a posted site notice and a Notice of Termination at completion. Sites between one and five acres are small construction activity with a site notice and SWPPP. TCEQ is the delegated permitting authority in Texas, not EPA Region 6. Backwell carries the SWPPP scope, installs and maintains the controls, keeps the inspection log, and closes the permit out with final stabilization.
Prevailing wage. Federal Davis-Bacon prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements apply through the Inflation Reduction Act to solar facilities of 1 MW AC and larger that claim the full investment or production tax credit, which covers essentially every project on this list. That means Davis-Bacon rates for the county, weekly certified payroll, and qualified apprentice labor hour percentages flowed down to subcontractors. Texas has no state prevailing wage law that reaches privately owned solar projects. Texas Government Code Chapter 2258 requires prevailing wage only on public works contracts let by the state or a political subdivision, with rates set by the awarding public body, so it does not apply to private utility-scale solar. In practice the IRA requirements are the operative wage and recordkeeping driver on Texas solar. For projects claiming the full ITC or PTC, Backwell produces Davis-Bacon certified payroll, pays the applicable wage determination, and supports apprenticeship labor-hour compliance.
All Texas solar civil work or the national utility solar civil page.
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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