Franklin & Western North Carolina

Excavating in Franklin, NC

Most mountain jobs start in the dirt. We dig, clear, and cut the ground to grade so the rest of the work has a solid, properly prepared site.

Owner-operator · 40+ years · NC Contractors #75898 · Highland Peaks Retreat, built in Highlands

The problem

If your place needs the ground opened before a road, wall, building, or line goes in, start here. We do that work around Franklin, Highlands, Cashiers, and the rest of Western North Carolina.

Raw land that is not ready to build on.
A slope that has to be cut or shaped before anyone can build on it.
A mountain site where the dirt work has to come first, or the rest of the job has nothing solid to sit on.

How the job goes

1Walk the siteWe look at what comes out, what stays, and how the equipment gets in.
2Clear and digWe open the ground so the rest of the job has room to happen.
3Cut to gradeWe shape the earth to the level the project needs.
4Leave it readyYou get a prepared site for the road, wall, building, or line that comes next.

From the job

Highland Peaks Retreat in Highlands, from the Cullasaja riverbank through the dirt work. The excavator is on the job while the timber work goes up.

The Cullasaja River bank at Highland Peaks Retreat in Highlands before the cabins, with a survey stake in the grass.

Graded dirt, tire tracks, and planter boxes on the Highland Peaks Retreat site, with the mountain behind the fence line.

Crew framing a timber structure at Highland Peaks Retreat. An excavator is working farther back on the site.

Cabin on concrete piers at Highland Peaks Retreat, porch timber framed, sitting on a graded dirt pad.

Where we work

EarthWorks is based in Franklin, North Carolina. We work here and across Western North Carolina, including Highlands and Cashiers.

Towns we serve

The problem

How the job goes

From the job

Where we work

Call about the dirt work on your place.