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. GPS machine data backs up every claim we make about production.
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.
- ✓GPS-tracked equipment fleet — machines maintained on telematics schedules, so breakdowns don't eat your schedule.
Have plans? Have a hillside? Either way, call.
Free site walks and estimates across nine Upstate counties.