Excavation

Mass Grading & Site Excavation Contractor in Texas

DNT Construction delivers site excavation and grading across Texas — with 800+ owned heavy equipment units and three Texas offices, we bring deep in-house capabilities to mass grading, cut-and-fill earthwork, and finished concrete and asphalt paving on commercial, industrial, and data center sites across the state.

Our owned equipment fleet means no rental delays, no third-party scheduling dependencies, and full control over the critical path from clearing to final paving.

Earthwork & Paving Scope We Self-Perform

• Site clearing, demolition, and tree removal
• Mass grading and cut-and-fill earthwork
• Sub-grade preparation and compaction
• TxDOT Item 247 flexible base and road base
• Concrete paving — hardstands, access roads, industrial yards
• Asphalt paving — subdivision streets, parking lots, commercial drives
• Erosion and sediment control (SWPPP)
• Final fine grading and site dress
  
  

Why Developers and GCs Choose DNT for Mass Grading

800+ Owned Equipment Units — No Rental Delays

Every piece of heavy equipment on a DNT grading project is owned by DNT. No rental dependencies, no third-party mobilization windows. When the schedule needs to accelerate, DNT adds its own iron.

Three Texas Offices — Closest Crew to Your Site

Austin, San Antonio, and Houston. DNT mobilizes the crew and equipment closest to your project, minimizing move-in cost and keeping field supervision on-site.

Integrated Earthwork and Utilities

DNT self-performs both grading and underground utilities. Coordinating earthwork and wet/dry utility installation under one contractor compresses the schedule and eliminates the conflicts that slow projects when separate subs share the same trench corridor.

Lump-Sum Certainty or Unit-Price Flexibility

DNT prices most earthwork scopes lump-sum when final drawings are available. For early-phase budgets or incomplete designs, DNT can provide unit-price estimates and conceptual cost ranges based on topographic survey and preliminary grading plans.

Scale for Any Site

$700M+ in annual revenue and 1,400 team members. DNT has the bonding capacity, equipment depth, and workforce to execute 500-acre hyperscale data center sites and 1,000-lot master-planned communities without stretching resources.

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of projects does DNT perform mass grading on?

DNT Construction performs mass grading on master-planned residential communities, commercial and industrial developments, hyperscale and colocation data center sites, logistics and distribution parks, and municipal infrastructure projects. Site sizes range from single-tract commercial pads to multi-phase communities and data center campuses exceeding 500 acres. DNT self-performs the entire earthwork scope using an owned fleet rather than subcontracting the heavy earthwork.

Does DNT perform both concrete and asphalt paving, or only one?

DNT Construction self-performs both concrete and asphalt paving. Concrete is common for data center hardstands, generator yards, heavy-load access roads, and industrial yard surfaces. Asphalt is typical for subdivision streets, parking lots, and commercial access drives. On many sites DNT installs both — concrete at the building perimeter and generator courts, asphalt on perimeter roads and parking. DNT can price both options during the bid phase.

Can DNT handle off-site soil import or export if the site doesn't balance?

Yes. DNT manages both soil import and off-site export when a site does not balance on its own cut-fill quantities. For import, DNT sources select fill and structural fill from approved regional suppliers and can produce on-site material through its own mobile rock crushing operation. For export, DNT coordinates disposal in compliance with the project's SWPPP and geotechnical restrictions.

What sub-base and paving specifications does DNT work to?

DNT routinely works to TxDOT standard specifications for base course and pavement, as well as private-developer and municipal specifications. Common base course materials include TxDOT Item 247 flexible base, crushed limestone, and recycled concrete aggregate — the last of which DNT can produce on-site through its mobile crushing operation. Concrete paving scopes typically follow ACI 330 for industrial and data center slabs.

How does DNT price a mass grading scope?

DNT prices most mass grading and earthwork scopes lump-sum when final engineered drawings are available. On projects with incomplete design or high subsurface uncertainty, DNT can price on a unit-price basis. For preconstruction and early budget phases, DNT provides conceptual cost estimates based on available topographic survey and preliminary grading plans, with assumptions and contingencies clearly noted.

Related DNT Construction Services

• Wet Utility Installation — Sanitary sewer, water mains, storm drainage, and detention — coordinated with your grading scope.
• Dry Utility Installation — Electrical conduit, gas, telecom, and fiber — installed concurrently with earthwork to compress the schedule.
• Mobile Rock Crushing — On-site production of road base and select fill from excavated rock and demolished concrete.
• Data Center Civil Sitework — Turnkey civil scope for hyperscale, colocation, and edge data center sites across Texas.