Atlanta, Michigan

Excavating, start to finish

Tom Oesch runs his own machines, his own trucks and his own quarry, so one crew can tear the old building down, clear the lot, dig the pond or the septic bed and haul in the stone. Free estimates on all of it, across Northern Michigan.

Call (989) 742-1003

House frame in mid-teardown with an excavator working the debris pile — House framing and siding coming down under an excavator bucket

Demolition

We have taken down hundreds of buildings in more than 30 years of controlled demolition: steel, wood and concrete structures, farm houses, lake houses, small cabins. When steel will not come apart under a bucket, we cut it with liquid oxygen.

A home typically comes down in one or two days. Every load gets hauled off, the ground around the structure gets cleared if you want it, and the site is left clean.

Commercial and residential demolition

Orange Hitachi excavator shaping the shoreline of a new pond — Hitachi excavator shaping a pond shoreline in sand

Lakes and ponds

New ponds and lakes, shoreline restoration, dike and dam repair. On soft ground we run a low ground-pressure bulldozer, so the machine floats where a heavier one would sink.

Seth Tuuri had us dig a pond where his camp roads were flooding out, then add a silt pond with culverts. It is stocked with trout now.

Lake and pond building on soft ground

Septic systems

We laser measure the planned location, file all the permit paperwork, excavate, supply the stone and sand from our own quarry and install the entire system. If there is an old system in the ground, we remove it and dispose of it.

Tank size is based on the number of bedrooms in the house.

Septic system installs

Laser level and rod set over an open septic bed — Laser level reading grade across a septic bed

Five more jobs on the sheet

Each one has its own page with the full run of how we work it.

Land clearing and site prep
Lots cleared, trees disposed of, stump holes filled and the ground ready to build on.
Tree trimming and removal
Trimming, removal, stumps and roots, with all the material hauled off clean.
Road and driveway building
Gravel or hard-surface drives and roads, from camp access to housing developments.
Solar and geothermal installs
Residential solar, geothermal and solar hot water, with trenching and racking by one crew.
Quarry stone, sand, topsoil and pipe
Sand, stone, screened topsoil and fill from our own quarry and screening plant, plus culvert and drain pipe.
Not sure which one it is?
Call Tom and describe the ground. A free estimate sorts out what the job needs. See our work by job type.