The site is the foundation of the foundation.
Everything your project becomes sits on the work we do first. DCG self-performs clearing, grading, walls, and pads across the Upstate — run by a Clemson-trained civil engineer and field leadership that managed commercial projects up to $55M.
From first tree down to pad certification.
Clearing & Grubbing
Trees down, stumps out, debris handled legally — the site stripped clean and ready for the survey crew.
Mass Grading
Cut/fill balanced against the plan, compaction verified lift by lift, grades hit the first time.
Retaining Walls
Engineered wall systems that hold Upstate hillsides — designed, drained, and built to the calcs.
Stone Subgrade & Pads
Building pads and pavement subgrade placed, compacted, and proof-rolled with documentation your geotech and lender will actually accept.
Erosion & Stabilization
Silt fence, inlet protection, construction entrances, and seeding — kept inspection-ready for the life of the project.
Finish Grading & Landscape
Final grades, topsoil, seed, and landscape installation, so turnover day looks like the rendering.
An engineer reads your plans before a machine touches your dirt.
Grading mistakes are the most expensive mistakes on a site — they get buried, then they get discovered. Our founder holds a civil engineering degree from Clemson, and it changes how we work:
- ✓Plan review that catches problems early — drainage conflicts, unbalanced dirt, and grade busts flagged before they're change orders.
- ✓Real earthwork takeoffs — cut/fill quantified properly, so the price is right the first time.
- ✓Superintendent-grade field management — schedule discipline learned on $2M–$55M commercial projects.
- ✓Our own maintained fleet — machines serviced on hour-based schedules, so breakdowns don't eat your schedule.
Have plans? Have a hillside? Either way, call.
Free site walks and estimates across eight Upstate counties.