Earthwork contractor in Portsmouth, VA handling excavation, drainage and pond work and utility trenching. Rated 4.7 on Google across 210 reviews.
Portsmouth, Virginia
4 Best Excavation Contractors in Portsmouth, VA
4 earthwork contractors working Portsmouth, VA, 4 rated on Google. Filter by the job you need, then call direct.
Earthwork contractors in Portsmouth: every listing
1 of these covers three or more trades, so one call may carry the whole job.
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Earthwork contractor in Portsmouth, VA handling excavation and drainage and pond work. Rated 4.9 on Google across 1771 reviews.
Earthwork contractor in Portsmouth, VA handling demolition and hauling and material delivery. Rated 5.0 on Google across 53 reviews.
Earthwork contractor in Portsmouth, VA handling excavation and grading and site prep. Rated 5.0 on Google across 2 reviews.
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About earthwork contractors in Portsmouth
EarthworkScout lists 4 earthwork contractors working Portsmouth, Virginia: the excavators, land clearers, grading crews and septic installers you can compare side by side instead of opening a dozen tabs. 4 of these Portsmouth listings carry Google reviews, averaging 4.9 stars, and 4 are rated 4.5 stars or higher. Between them they cover excavation, drainage & ponds, trenching & utilities and demolition. 1 of them handle three or more of these trades, which matters more than it looks: a single outfit that can clear, grade and dig takes a lot from raw to pad-ready without a handoff, and handoffs are where a schedule slips. Earthwork in Portsmouth is priced by the job rather than by a rate card, so the sensible move is to describe the same scope to two or three contractors and compare what comes back. Every listing here is built from public business data and the full set of categories a firm is filed under, and a service we do not show simply means we found no evidence of it, not that they turn the work down. Updated for 2026.
Excavation in Portsmouth: questions
How much does excavation cost in Portsmouth?
Excavation in Portsmouth is quoted by the job or the machine day, not off a price list. A small residential dig commonly lands between $1,500 and $5,000; what moves it is access, how far the spoil has to travel, whether you hit rock, and what the VA permit and dig-safe process adds. Call two or three of the 4 contractors above and describe the same scope to each, or the numbers will not be comparable.
Can one contractor in Portsmouth clear, grade and dig?
Yes, and it is usually the cheaper route because you are not paying for a second mobilization. Newmans Plumbing Service & Repair covers 3 of the earthwork trades on our records, the widest in Portsmouth: excavation, trenching & utilities and drainage & ponds. Use the filters above to stack the trades your job needs and see who covers all of them.
Which excavation contractor in Portsmouth is rated highest?
Bin There Dump That Dumpster Rentals Portsmouth is the highest-rated earthwork contractor in our Portsmouth list, at 5.0 stars from 53 Google reviews. Of the 4 contractors working Portsmouth, 4 are rated 4.5 stars or higher (the list averages 4.9).