Earthworks and civil contractors in Hamilton
Subdivision earthworks, house pads for builders, retaining walls on gully sections and demolition on infill sites. Tōtika prequalified and set up for city sites and traffic management.
Hamilton is where most of our commercial and residential work sits. New growth cells at Rototuna, Peacocke and Rotokauri, a city full of gully sections that need retaining, and older suburbs being redeveloped one section at a time.
Subdivisions, gully sections and infill sites
Hamilton is a city job, which means traffic management, tight sites, existing services and a council that expects everything to be to the drawing. We are set up for exactly that.
Subdivision and civil earthworks
Bulk earthworks, roading formation, stormwater and wastewater on subdivision and infrastructure sites for developers and head contractors, on Tōtika prequalified sites.
House pads and retaining walls
Building platforms for builders across the growth cells, and the retaining walls Hamilton's gully sections need, built to the engineer's design with the drainage in behind.
Demolition and site clearing
Taking down older houses and commercial buildings on infill and redevelopment sites, with services disconnected, material sorted and the site left ready for the next build.
Working on Hamilton ground
Hamilton sits on two very different kinds of ground. Most of the city is on Hamilton ash over old river deposits, which drains well and makes good building ground. The low lying areas around the edges, particularly to the south and west, have peat, and peat does not hold a house pad or a road without being dug out and replaced or engineered around. Knowing which one you are on before you price the job is half the battle.
The other Hamilton feature is the gully network. A huge number of residential sections back onto a gully, which means retaining walls, batters and careful stormwater on jobs that would be flat and simple somewhere else. We build the pad, the wall and the drainage as one job rather than three.
Hamilton City Council handles consents and engineering sign-off within the city, with Waikato District Council and Waipā District Council on the edges. On subdivision and infrastructure work we are usually working for a developer or a head contractor, and traffic management on live streets is part of most jobs.
- Subdivision earthworks and civil in the Rototuna, Peacocke and Rotokauri growth cells
- House pads and site works for builders across the city
- Retaining walls and batters on gully sections
- Demolition of houses and commercial buildings on infill and redevelopment sites
What we take on
Civil construction is the core of it. Around that we do the earthworks, drainage and farm work that keeps a site moving.
Questions we get from around here
The things people in Hamilton ask us before a job starts.
Yes, a good deal of our Hamilton work is subcontract civil on larger projects. We hold Tōtika prequalification and run our own traffic management where the job needs it.
Yes. Gully sections are the most common retaining job in Hamilton. We build to the engineer's design, put drainage coil and free draining backfill behind every wall, and sort where the stormwater goes so the wall stays put.
Then the pad needs more than a scrape and a roller. Peat has to be dug out and replaced, or the design has to allow for it. We will tell you which before we price it, not after.
Still have questions?
Give Scott a call, or send the form and we will come and look at the job.
Contact us
Tell us what you are dealing with and we will come and size it up.