SITE DEVELOPMENT DURANGO, CO

We open the site to the build envelope, remove trees and brush where the home, drive, and utilities will go, and establish the rough grade. Cleared material can be mulched on site rather than hauled, and we work the land to keep the parts of it you want to keep.

The pad is where a build succeeds or fails. We construct it to engineered tolerances with proper compaction and drainage, then excavate the foundation to plan. Smart-grade precision holds the specification across the full footprint, so the structure sits on ground that was built to hold it.

Before anything vertical goes up, water has to be handled. We build the drainage the site needs for mountain snowmelt and storm runoff, control erosion on the disturbed ground, and make sure water moves away from the structure instead of toward it.

Water, power, sewer or septic, and communications lines get trenched and installed to the right depth through rock and variable soil, coordinated so the ground is opened once rather than repeatedly. Septic is installed to San Juan Basin Public Health standards where the site is on a system.

The driveway and any access roads are built to La Plata County standards with proper base, crown, and drainage, so access holds up through construction traffic and for decades after. Culverts and turnouts go in where the terrain and water require them.

We bring the site to final grade for landscaping, hardscape, or paving, verify the drainage performs, and leave the property clean and build-ready. The next trade arrives to a site that was prepared right, not one they have to work around.

Site development is everything between raw land and a build-ready lot: land clearing, rough and finish grading, the building pad, foundation excavation, drainage and erosion control, utility trenching, and the driveway or access road. LandEx handles all of it as one coordinated project, so the pad, the drainage, and the access are designed to work together rather than being pieced out to separate contractors.

Because the pieces depend on each other. The grade determines the drainage, the drainage determines where utilities and the driveway go, and the pad has to account for all of it. When one contractor runs clearing through finish grading, the site is planned as a whole and the ground gets opened once. Splitting it across trades is where scheduling gaps, finger-pointing, and drainage mistakes come from.

It depends on the size of the lot, the terrain, how much clearing is needed, rock conditions, and the utility and drainage scope. A straightforward residential lot is a matter of days to a couple of weeks; a large estate or ranch with extensive access roads and drainage is longer. We give you a realistic schedule with the itemized proposal after walking the site.

Yes. Steep, rocky, wooded mountain lots are most of our work. They demand equipment and experience that flat-ground contractors do not have: switchback access, cut and fill on grade, rock excavation, and drainage sized for real snowmelt. LandEx has worked La Plata County terrain for more than twenty years with a fleet built for it.

Regularly. We grade to the engineer's spec rather than around it, coordinate the pad and utilities with the builder's schedule, and work from architectural and site plans. Smart-grade technology lets us hold the grades a plan calls for, which is what engineers and architects need from the earthwork phase.

Cost depends on lot size, terrain, clearing volume, rock, drainage requirements, utility runs, and driveway length. Every site is different, so we do not quote ballpark numbers. We walk the property, assess the actual conditions, and provide an itemized proposal so you know exactly what the site needs and what each part costs. Call or text 970-946-6905 to schedule a site visit.

LandEx Earthworks provides site development across Durango, Bayfield, Hesperus, Ignacio, Hermosa, Vallecito, and Pagosa Springs, covering La Plata County and Archuleta County in Southwest Colorado. Call or text 970-946-6905 to confirm your property is in range.