PIERCE
LAND
CLEARING
On a development the clearing contractor is the first trade in and the one everybody else is waiting on. That makes the schedule the product. We quote in machine days, bring enough iron to answer to the date, and clear in the phase order your dirt work actually needs rather than the order that suits our trucks.
On a multi phase development there is no reason for you to wait for the whole tract. We clear phase one and hand it over while we are still working phase three, so your dirt contractor starts weeks earlier than a single handover would allow. Tell us the phase order and the dates and we build the sequence around them.
A development schedule has trades stacked behind it, and slipping is not an inconvenience, it is somebody else liquidated damages. We quote machine days and then bring enough machines to hit the date rather than quoting a comfortable schedule we renegotiate later. Brownsville was 38 acres cleared for development in six days because six days was what the job needed.
The first thing worth clearing on most development sites is the way in. If a lowboy or a concrete truck cannot get to the work, everything behind it stalls. We usually cut access and a laydown area first, which costs nothing extra because we were bringing the machine anyway.
Mulching where the material can stay on site as cover, grubbing where roots have to come out because slabs and road beds are going over them. They are separate lines on the quote because they are separate machines, and burying them in one number is how a scope becomes unarguable later.
Cut and fill, rough and finish grading, building pads, drainage and the access road. We take it to the point where a slab crew can start. We do not trench utilities and we do not do soil stabilization. See construction site prep.
Road corridors, easements and utility rows inside the development, cleared to whatever standard the utility or the city is going to inspect against. See right of way clearing.
Material is mulched in place. No load counts, no disposal tickets, no burn permits and no argument at the end about how many trucks there really were. On a development that also means no haul route through the part of the site you have already finished.
Full write ups with acreage, machines and day counts.
Quote first, walk after you approve it. On development work the walk includes your schedule, not just your dirt.
Send the boundary, the phase plan, the spec if there is one, and the dates. Plats and civil drawings help. On phased work tell us which phase has to release first, because that changes the sequence more than acreage does.
Machine days by phase, with clearing, grubbing and site prep as separate lines. Mobilization stated. Nothing in it is an allowance we revisit once the machines are on site.
Insurance certificates and whatever documentation your contract requires, sent before we roll rather than chased afterwards. Access and laydown cut first.
Each phase handed over as it finishes so the trades behind you start earlier. We walk each phase with you, and you get told when we start and finish rather than having to ring and ask.
I highly recommend Pierce Land Clearing! They were incredibly responsive and had a crew on site within a few days of our initial contact. They worked for two days clearing the better part of our 19 acre site, and they were very reasonably priced. As a home builder, I have worked with a lot of clearing companies. I will definitely work with them again.
Ralph Sharp, Google review
Preston, Dustin, and Steven just wrapped up an amazing job on an 800-acre commercial property. They were professional, dependable, hardworking, and transparent. I would highly recommend their services to anyone.
Nick Rodriguez, Google review
I am a home builder in Baton Rouge Louisiana, but I am working on a pretty large project in Austin Texas. I have a lot of experience working alongside contractors in all trades. It is always most important to identify those that take pride in their work.
Alan Colby, Google review
Yes, and on most multi phase sites you should. We clear and hand over phase one while still working later phases, so your dirt contractor starts weeks earlier than a single handover allows. Send the phase plan with the quote request and the sequence gets built around it.
Brownsville was 38 acres in six days. The honest answer is that the date drives the fleet: we quote machine days and bring enough machines to hit the date. Tell us the deadline before you ask the price, because a six day answer and a three week answer are different jobs.
In machine days at published rates, with clearing, grubbing and site prep quoted as separate lines because they are different machines. Past about fifty acres we quote the job rather than a day rate you multiply out. See published pricing.
Yes, and much of our development work runs that way. You hold the client and the schedule, we clear to a written scope inside it. What we need from you is the spec and the dates in writing, because those decide the fleet.
Up to a graded pad with access and drainage, yes. Cut and fill, rough and finish grading, building pads, culverts and the driveway. We do not trench utilities and we do not do lime or cement soil stabilization; those stay with the trades that specialize in them. See construction site prep.
It is mulched in place and stays on the property. No haul off, no load counts, no disposal tickets, no burn permits, and no truck route running back through the phase you have already finished.
Yes, and we are used to producing certificates and safety documentation before mobilization rather than being asked for them afterwards. Tell us what your contract requires and we will send it.
Statewide. Documented development and commercial jobs on this site run from Brownsville to Weatherford and out to Tilden and Brady. Mobilization is a written line reflecting the distance.
Send the acreage, the phase plan and the date phase one has to release. You get machine days by phase and a written quote, plus whatever insurance documentation your contract needs. Call 512-400-2693.
