LAND DEVELOPMENT & SITE WORK IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
Clearing, erosion control, grading, pads, roads and storm pipe for subdivisions, commercial sites and home lots across Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg, Pickens and Oconee counties. Our own machines, the owners on site, and a licensed general contractor on staff.
Licensed GC on staff
Site work contracts over $10,000 are written under a licensed South Carolina general contractor.
$2M general liability
Certificate of insurance to your office the day you ask. W-9 sent before the first invoice.
Owners on the machines
Jacob and Bryce Nelson run the work and answer the phone. No dispatcher, no runaround.
811 on every dig
Utilities are located before any grading or trenching starts, every time.
FROM RAW LAND TO LOT-READY
One crew for the dirt side of the job. Take the whole scope, or just the pieces you need.
Clearing & grubbing
Trees, brush, stumps and root mat removed from the limits of disturbance. Timber and debris are mulched in place, burned where the county allows it, or hauled off.
Forestry mulching
Buffers, perimeters, easements and phase-two ground mulched in place, keeping the trees you want to save and holding the soil.
Erosion & sediment control
Silt fence, stone construction entrances, inlet protection and check dams installed first, to your approved plan, and kept up after every rain.
Rough & finish grading
Cut and fill to plan grades, lot drainage set so water runs where the engineer drew it, finish grade ready for the next trade.
Building pads
House, shop and commercial pads built in compacted lifts to elevation, so slabs and crawl spaces stay dry.
Roads & driveways
Subgrade cut and shaped, crusher run base placed and compacted for construction traffic and the final surface.
Storm pipe & culverts
Driveway culverts, storm pipe runs, ditches and outfalls set at the right fall and backfilled properly.
Utility trenching
Water line and conduit trenches dug, bedded and backfilled once 811 has marked the site.
Demolition & haul-off
Old houses, mobile homes, barns, sheds and foundations taken down and the debris hauled before clearing starts.
LICENSED FOR THE BIG JOBS
In South Carolina, contracting work over $10,000 takes a licensed general contractor. We have one on staff, so a 20-acre clearing and grading package gets contracted properly from the start, not run through a workaround.
Your office gets the certificate of insurance the same day you ask for it, and a W-9 before the first invoice. We carry $2 million in general liability coverage.
BUILT TO YOUR STORMWATER PLAN
Sites disturbing an acre or more need state construction stormwater coverage and an erosion control plan. We build to the approved plan: perimeter controls and the construction entrance first, clearing and grading inside the limits of disturbance, and repairs after every significant rain.
Clean roads, working silt fence and a site that matches the plan are what keep inspections short and the job moving.
HOW A DEVELOPMENT JOB RUNS
- 1
Site walk & plan review
Send the plans or the parcel. We walk the site and the limits of disturbance with you or your engineer and flag anything that changes the number.
- 2
Line-item bid
A written bid broken out the way you track it: per acre for clearing, per lot for pads, per linear foot for pipe and silt fence.
- 3
Erosion control first
Construction entrance and perimeter controls go in before the first tree comes down, so the site is ready for the inspector on day one.
- 4
Clear, then grade, in phases
Work is sequenced to your build schedule. Phase one is lot-ready while phase two is still being cleared.
- 5
Updates with photos
Progress photos and drone shots each week, sent to you, your lender or your partners.
- 6
Closeout
Final grade, clean-up and a before-and-after set for your file.
RECENT SITE WORK
Laurens County
2-acre home site cut down in a day
Five-foot briars and saplings over a family property knocked down in one visit so the builder could finally walk the ground and stake the house.
Upstate SC
Shop site cleared ahead of the survey
About an acre of bamboo, brush and small trees cleared so the surveyor and site planner could do their work, with the trees the owner needed left standing.
Upstate SC
Overgrown acreage reclaimed with the mulcher
Volunteer pines and brush mulched in place across open acreage, turning ground that had gone wild back into usable land.
Upstate SC
Gravel pad graded behind the house
Crusher-run pad shaped and compacted in a fenced backyard with the track loader, where a bigger machine would not fit.
Boiling Springs
Retention pond brought back under control
Overgrown pond banks cut back and cleaned up, then put on a twice-a-year maintenance schedule.
Upstate SC
Lot cleared down to clean dirt
Brush, small trees and debris cleared off a residential lot and the ground left clean and ready for the next step.
OUR OWN EQUIPMENT
We own the machines that do the work, so clearing, grading and clean-up run on one schedule instead of three subcontractors' schedules.
Kioti TL750 high-flow track loader
Runs the forestry mulcher, grading buckets and attachments on soft or sloped ground.
Baumalight MS1160 forestry mulcher
Mulches brush, saplings and small trees in place. The mulch layer helps hold soil during construction.
Excavators
Grubbing, stump and root removal, trenching, pipe and culvert installs, pond and ditch work.
Dozer
Pushing out cleared ground, cutting and filling pads, shaping roads and lots.
Skid steer
Finish grading, stone spreading, clean-up and tight-access work.
Trucks and trailers
Moving machines between sites and hauling stone, fill and debris.
Tractor with wide rotary cutter
Bush hogging large fields, easements and phase-two ground.
Remote-controlled slope mower
Pond banks, dams and steep slopes nobody should ride a tractor on.
Bandit SG-40 stump grinder
Grinding stumps below grade on finished lots and landscape areas.
Drone
Aerial before, during and after photos for your file, your lender or your buyers.
WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH
Jacob Nelson
Owner
Walks every site, writes every bid and runs the mulcher and track loader. Your first call.
Bryce Nelson
Owner
Co-owner and operator. Runs equipment in the field on clearing and grading jobs.
TJ
Site work lead
Came from a large home development company. Reads the site plan, shoots the grades and plans out pads and grading.
Licensed GC on staff
Contracts and compliance
Holds the South Carolina general contractor license our larger site work is contracted under.
GET A WRITTEN BID
Tell us about the site and send a link to the plans if you have them. We walk it and send a written, line-item bid.
Rather talk it through? Call or text (864) 528-3099.
Download our capability statement (PDF)QUESTIONS WE GET
Can you contract the site work directly, or only as a sub?
Either. We have a licensed South Carolina general contractor on staff, so site work over the $10,000 licensing threshold can be contracted with us directly. We also work as the clearing and grading sub under your GC.
Do you install and maintain erosion control?
Yes. We install silt fence, construction entrances, inlet protection and check dams to your approved plan before clearing starts, and repair them after rain. We coordinate with your engineer and your site inspector on anything the inspections turn up.
Does my site need a stormwater permit?
In South Carolina, disturbing one acre or more, or being part of a larger plan of development, needs coverage under the state construction stormwater permit, and the plan is usually prepared by an engineer or surveyor. We build the job to your engineer's plan.
What happens to the trees and debris?
It depends on the site and the county. We mulch in place, burn where it is allowed and safe, or haul off. Mulching is usually the cheapest and leaves a layer that helps hold the soil.
How do you price development work?
Line items you can compare: per acre for clearing and mulching, per lot for pads, per linear foot for silt fence and pipe, and lump sums for things like a construction entrance. The bid spells out exactly what is and is not included.
How far do you travel?
Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg, Pickens, Oconee and the surrounding counties. For larger projects outside that area, call and ask.
Building one house?
Home site prep packages for a single lot: clearing, driveway, pad and permit-ready erosion control.
For builders
Per-lot clearing and pad prep on your construction schedule, with flat pricing for repeat work.
Excavation & grading
Pads, driveways, regrading and trenching for smaller jobs and single properties.