Farm earthworks contractors in Morrinsville
Feed pads, silage pits, races, effluent ponds and drainage on the flat dairy country around Morrinsville, planned around milking so the farm keeps running while we are there.
Morrinsville is dairy country, flat out to the horizon, on the edge of the Hauraki Plains. The ground is peat and heavy alluvial soil, which means drainage is not a part of the job here, it is the job.
Dairy infrastructure on flat, wet ground
Almost everything we do around Morrinsville is on a dairy farm: feed pads, silage pits, races, effluent ponds and the drainage that keeps all of it working through a Waikato winter.
Feed pads and silage pits
Feed pads and silage pits cut, formed and compacted so they drain and hold up under a loader, with the effluent side thought through from the start.
Races and crossings
Races built up and crowned so they shed water on flat ground, with culverts and crossings over the drains that run through every farm here.
Effluent and drainage
Effluent pond work, farm drainage and table drains on peat and heavy soils, where getting the water away decides whether a race or a pad lasts.
Working on the Piako plains
Morrinsville sits on the flat land between the Waikato and the Hauraki Plains, drained by the Piako River and a grid of farm drains. The soils are peat in places and heavy alluvial clay in others, and neither drains on its own. On this ground a race built at grade holds water and turns to mud, and a feed pad without proper drainage becomes a pond.
So the way we build here is different to the pumice country around our yard. Races get built up and crowned rather than cut, feed pads get a proper base and a drainage plan, and every job starts with the question of where the water is going to go. On peat, that also means allowing for the ground to settle and shrink over time.
Morrinsville is in the Matamata-Piako District, so consents go through Matamata-Piako District Council, and effluent and drain work comes under Waikato Regional Council rules. It is about an hour and twenty from our yard, so we plan Morrinsville work in blocks of a few days and fit around milking, the tanker and calving.
- Feed pads and silage pits formed and compacted to drain
- Races built up and crowned for flat, wet ground
- Effluent pond work and farm drainage on peat and clay
- Culverts and crossings over farm drains
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 around Morrinsville ask us before a job starts.
Yes. Feed pads, silage pits and the effluent and drainage that go with them are regular work for us, formed and compacted so they drain and hold up under a loader.
On peat and heavy soil a race built at grade holds water. We build races up and crown them so water sheds off, sort the drains alongside, then metal on a compacted base.
Yes. Milking, the tanker and calving come first. We plan the job around them and keep the races and the tanker track usable while we are on the farm.
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.