Excavation Perfectionists

IN PORTLAND, OR

Built on mountains and flats and swamps, home to multi-million-dollar custom houses, vintage Victorians and enduring Craftsman homes, Portland is, in many ways, a study in contrasts. For Scott Tankersley Excavation, it’s that and more – a playground and sandbox of fascinating projects, from site prep to retaining walls to land clearing, that keep us coming back for more.

Custom Home Site Preparation in Portland, OR

On a regular basis, excavating work in Portland, OR provides us with the most consistently difficult projects hands down. While every custom home site prep job has its unique difficulties, regardless of location, with Portland you’re dealing with older, narrower streets, narrower lots and, in some places a lot that can be incredibly sloped.

But Scott Tankersley wouldn’t have it any other way. The daily challenges are not only part of the job, but they also help keep his skills and the skills of his crew moving forward and improving. Even after a decade of excavating work, he still loves the challenge of finding the right solution to a puzzling excavation problem.

The other side of that coin is he knows that the work is being done for a family to build a home and a future in. The sewer lines, the drainage pipes and channels, the grading of the site – the end result isn’t just a job well done. That’s a given. The end result is a house that a family can call home, perhaps for generations to come.

If that’s the kind of philosophy that you’d like to have backing up your Portland, OR, custom home site prep crew, then give us a call today. We’ll discuss your unique situation and see how we can solve your excavating problems.

Portland, OR Fire Prevention

While wildfires may not be a major concern for most parts of Portland, especially in the downtown areas, the further you get from the city center the larger the properties generally can be and the more concern one needs to give to Portland, OR fire prevention.

You see, it’s not just the big trees that are a concern when thinking about fire prevention. The small dry underbrush and grasses that turn so brown in our summer heatwaves are the major source of fuel in a fire, whether a wildfire in the country or a spark from a lit cigarette in a backlot in Southeast.

If you take a look at your property and all you see is dense underbrush that is dry and looks more like kindling for a fire than anything else, give the Portland, Oregon fire prevention pros at Scott Tankersley Excavation a call. We’ll come out, take a look and let you know what it would take to provide you with peace of mind. 

Portland, OR Mulching

Mulching, like weeding, can be some of the heaviest, perhaps stinkiest, work for lawn and garden outside of manually weeding. However, there is an option that lets you get the mulching work done, save your back, and have a team of professionals do the work.

Scott Tankersley grew up on farms in Oregon, helping out like most farm kids do, so he knows a thing or two about mulching. Nowadays, with his excavation company, he has access to equipment that can help the mulching process along much faster.

Whether you need your garden, lawn or farm in Portland, OR mulched, whether you already have the supplies or don’t know where to start, give STE a call today. We’ll discuss your options and provide you with a plan to move forward with.

Portland, OR Retaining Walls

Scott Tankersley Excavation has probably built more retaining walls for Portland, Oregon homes and properties than any other city in the area. Why? Take a look around – have you seen the hills? Nearly everything in Portland is built on a hill or a rise or some sort of slope or elevation. Keeping everything where it should be requires a fair amount of work and not a small amount of retaining walls.

Home or apartment complex, parking lot or commercial property, building the right kind of retaining wall the right way can mean the difference between a successful project that stays put for the next two hundred years and ending up on the nightly news. We know which one we’d prefer.

If you’re ready to call in the excavation perfectionists, the ones who have been moving dirt day after day for the past decade plus, the ones who can take on your Portland, OR retaining wall project and knock it out of the park, then our number is 503-381-6981. You’ll be glad you did.

Land Clearing in Portland, OR

What does land clearing and excavation have in common? Simple – we can’t excavate the land if we can’t actually see it.

The first step for many excavation jobs is to clear off the overgrown bushes and underbrush on the land in order to get to what we need to move around. While excavation is great fun for us (we do love our work), land clearing is satisfying in an altogether different way.

We can clear acres and acres of land in a day, however, the equipment is easily put into play for smaller projects as well. Regardless of the scope of your Portland, OR, land clearing concern, give Scott Tankersley Excavation a call today. We’ll discuss your unique situation and come up with a solution together.

We've said it before and we'll tell anyone who'll listen - Portland is the city that continually challenges us. But we love that. Of course, you can't say enough good things about the food choices for lunch, either. 

For us, though, the best part of doing our excavation work in Portland is the people we get to work with. Always friendly and kind, they're our kind of folk.

Contact us today with any Portland, OR excavation-related work you might need done. We're always happy to help.