Site prep & pads
A level, compacted pad that doesn't settle in year two — for pole barns, garages, sheds, and driveways. Milford and Southeast Michigan.
- "I'm putting up a pole barn and need a pad."
- "The builder needs the site ready before they'll start."
- "The shed sank on one corner."
- "The new drive needs a real base."
Site preparation, in plain terms.
Site prep is everything that happens before the building shows up: strip, cut and fill, bring in base, compact it in lifts, and hand over a pad that's level and stays that way.
Building pads
Pole barns, detached garages, sheds. Cut, fill, and compact to the footprint you give us.
Backfill & compaction
Around foundations and in low areas, placed in lifts and compacted — not dumped and left.
Driveway preparation
Sub-base and base for a new gravel or millings drive.
Rough & finish grade
Shape the site so water leaves the pad, then finish it so the yard is done.
Coordination with your builder
We work to their pad spec and elevation. Give us the drawing and we'll build to it.
Free on-site estimate
We walk the property with you, explain the options, and give you a written number.
Planned & scheduled
You get a start date. If weather or ground conditions move it, you hear from us first.
Build
The crew shows up when we said. Work happens the way it was scoped.
Walk-through & cleanup
We walk it with you, fix anything that isn't right, and leave the site clean.
Compact in lifts, or pay for it later.
Southeast Michigan clay doesn't forgive a pad built in one dump. Fill placed and compacted in lifts holds; fill piled and rolled once settles when the frost leaves in spring. That's the difference between a barn that stays square and one that doesn't.
How big can the pad be?
Residential pole barn and garage pads are our normal work. Give us dimensions and we'll tell you honestly if it's a good fit.
Do you work with builders?
Yes. Send the pad spec and we'll build to it. Builders like that we show up when scheduled.
Can you also clear the site first?
Yes — clearing, pad, and drive prep are usually one scope and one schedule.
Grading & driveway grading
Ruts, low spots, standing water, and drives that wash out every spring.Land & brush clearing
Overgrown lots, fence lines, and building sites cleared and cleaned up.Gravel driveways & walkways
New drives, top-up and rake, potholes, asphalt millings.Serving Milford, Highland, White Lake, Commerce, Hartland and nearby · D1 in Milford, MI
Get your site preparation done right.
Free on-site estimate. Written number. Real start date.