Excavation Contractors in Grandville, MI

Excavation contractors in Grandville work in a city bordered on the north by the Grand River. Grandville was founded in 1833 and incorporated as a city in 1933. It stayed small until the 1950s, when population nearly quadrupled from 2,022 to 7,975, and it reached 16,083 residents and 6,835 housing units in 2020 on about 7.3 square miles.

River edge rules

Lots near the Grand River can be within floodplain and erosion control zones. The Kent County Road Commission enforces soil erosion permits for Grandville, required for activity within 500 feet of a lake or stream. We check both before any grading or fill near the river.

Homes from the boom

With so much housing built after 1950, Grandville neighborhoods have aging services and settled grades. Water and sewer service replacement, regrading and French drains are typical.

Commercial corridor

RiverTown Crossings, finished in 1999 with about 1.25 million square feet of retail, anchors heavy traffic on the south side. We route trucks to avoid peak shopping hours.

Typical Grandville jobs

• Service line replacement
• Regrading and drains
• Garage pads and driveway bases
• Footings for additions

Sand near the river

River deposits near the Grand can be sandy, which drains well but caves quickly in a trench. Trenches for service lines are sloped or boxed, and backfill is compacted in layers so driveways and walks above do not sink. Farther from the river, soils hold more clay and water, and drains become more important than trench protection.

1930 to 1960

Grandville became a city in 1933, when it had only about 1,300 residents, and stayed small until the postwar boom. The oldest homes near the original center predate that and may need foundation dig-outs.

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