Earth Basics Projects
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Commercial & Industrial Earthwork Projects
Hesperia, California - Amazon Warehouse
Earth Basics is completing the mass grading, cutting, and filling for a new Amazon distribution center in Hesperia, California. The Amazon warehouse will cover approximately 2.5 million square feet, located on the north side of Phelan Road, west of Highway 395, marking a substantial expansion of Amazon’s logistics capabilities in the region.
Notable Equipment Used: 657E Caterpillar Scrapers, John Deere 772GP Motorgrader, D6 Caterpillar Dozer, (4) Water Towers
Ennis, Texas - Industrial Warehouse
Earth Basics recently handled the earthwork for a new warehouse in Ennis, Texas. This project included moving 890k+ cubic yards of material for a brand new 1M+ square foot warehouse. During the project, we also seamlessly took care of 30 feet of over-excavation to ensure the soil was stable and foundation was suitable for the new industrial property.
Notable Equipment Used: 657E Caterpillar Scrapers, 623 Caterpillar Scrapers, D8T Caterpillar Dozer, D6XE Caterpillar Dozer, 872GP John Deere Motorgrader with Mastless GPS Technology
The HUB - Ontario, CA
The HUB is a master-planned logistics park in Ontario, California that Earth Basics Contracting handled mass grading and site balancing for. Situated directly across from Ontario International Airport (ONT) in San Bernardino County, the HUB @ ONT project is notable in Southern California for its scope, location, timeline and complexity.
The HUB will include nine (9) industrial buildings totaling approximately 4,263,000 square feet.
Corinth, Texas - Distribution Center
Earth Basics is proud to have been chosen as the premier earthwork contractor to handle the mass grading, excavation, and site balancing for DFW Northwest Distribution Center: a new 146k+ square foot industrial complex and distribution center coming to Corinth, Texas.
Notable Equipment Used: (4) 657E Caterpillar Scrapers, (1) John Deere Excavator, (1) D8 Caterpillar Dozer, (1) D6 Caterpillar Dozer, (1) John Deere 772GP Motorgrader, (1) 623K Caterpillar Scraper
Conagra Warehouse - Fort Worth, Texas
Earth Basics completed the earthwork for a new state-of-the-art food-grade warehouse facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The development includes over 1 million square feet of warehouse space, a separate 8,700-square-foot office building, and a dedicated welcome center.
Our team handled mass grading, site balancing, excavation, lime stabilization, and fine grading for the complex.
Live Oak - Fontana, CA
Earth Basics completed the earthwork for a new commercial development near Fontana, California on Live Oak Road.
Part of this job included excavating a drainage chamber for the property, which we completed solely with dozers and excavators to minimize compaction and maximize water percolation.
Dairy Farm - Texas
Earth Basics completed the mass grading and excavation for the expansion of a dairy farm in East Texas, where we handled the earthwork for their new cow manure processing facilities.
This project consisted of digging their 16 foot digester, prepping their "day pit" for concrete, excavating the "bio link lift pit," and rerouting the constant flow from dairy.
Oakmont Mission Ramona Business Park - Montclair, CA
Earth Basics handled the earthwork for Oakmont Mission Ramona Business Park, a new master-planned industrial park with 8 buildings on a 27+ acre lot in Montclair, California. The business park is in close proximity to Ontario International Airport and has great access to I-10, Highway 60, Highway 71, and I-15 freeways.
Southport Logistics Center - Dallas, Texas
Southport Logistics Center consisted of 2.3mil cubic yards moved which resulted in 1.5mil square feet worth of a new logistics buildings, located 10 miles from downtown Dallas. With the massive amount of rain that fell in 2015-2016, (100-year flood conditions) our crews tackled the water detention system early to help with dewatering of the site. We were able to deliver on time and within budget. These types of multi-million cubic yard projects are what Earth Basics is designed to tackle.
Some key pieces of equipment on site included; Caterpillar 657Es, D10s, D8s, 772GPs with Trimble GPS Systems, 470G’s, 410 Rock Trucks & John Deere 9560 Farm Tractors with Disks.
Rincon 564 - Pomona, CA
The Earth Basics team was the perfect contractor to perform the 40,000 cu. yrds. of earthwork required on this project. Once upon a time this site was home to a 10-acre dairy farm but recently it has received a new lease on life by becoming a newly design retail center and hotel. The native materials left over from the previous tenets required the Earth Basics team to dry and replace it with new fill. Even with the extra steps required the Earth Basics team wrapped this project up on time on all stages.
Notable Equipment Used: (4) 637 Caterpillar Scrapers, (1) Caterpillar 623 Scraper, (1) Caterpillar 824 Dozer, (1) Caterpillar D6 Dozer, (1) Caterpillar 623 Scraper, (1) Caterpillar 824 Dozer, (1) Caterpillar D6 Dozer, (1) Caterpillar 446 Backhoe, (1) 320 Caterpillar Excavator, (1) John Deere Blade, (1) Caterpillar 950 Loader, (1) 84’’ Roller, (1) 4K Water Truck
Ashley Furniture - Mesquite, TX
A new large employer is projected to come to the Mesquite area. Ashley Furniture has started the construction of a new $65 million, 860,000 square-foot-southwest regional distribution and fulfillment center on 358 acres in eastern Mesquite.
Earth Basics was granted the earthwork contract and commenced forth in October of 2017. The groundbreaking ceremony was a sight to behold. Govoner Greg Abbot and key executives from Ashley Furniture joined contractors and local dignitaries to celebrate the growth that Ashley will bring to the local economy. Currently underway, the Earth Basics team is due to wrap up soon.
Some key pieces of equipment on site including; Caterpillar D10 Dozers, Caterpillar D8 Dozers, Caterpillar D6 Dozers, John Deere 470 Excavator, Caterpillar 973 Track Loader, Caterpillar 730 Rock Trucks, Caterpillar 637 Waterpullers, Bee-Gees, John Deere 9570 Farm Tractors, 2K Water Tower, Caterpillar 657 Scrapers, Caterpillar 623 Scrapers.
Georgia Logistics Center - CA
Located in San Bernardino Ca. this new logistics center sits on 8.6 acres of land and has a 151,853 sq. ft. footprint. With 74,427+ cu. yards moved, the Earth Basics team efficiently executed the earthwork needed to ensure a successful project. This standard tilt up is a prime project for the Earth Basics team.
Notable Equipment Used: (4) 657 Caterpillar Scrapers, (1) Caterpillar 824 Cat Dozer, (1) John Deere 750K Dozer, (1) John Deere 772 Blade, (1) John Deere 450 Excavator, (1) Caterpillar 950 Loader, (1) Gradall (1), Caterpillar D6 Dozer (1), 4K Water Truck
Midpoint Building #2 - Lancaster, Texas
Texas's flat and construction friendly lands makes it a prime spot for distribution centers of any size. This project was an 80-acre site that would be the future home of a 710,000 square foot distribution center. 260,000 cubic yards of soil & 80,000 cubic yards of limestone were moved to help balance the site.
Notable Equipment Used: Caterpillar 651 Scrapers, Caterpillar 623 Scrapers, Caterpillar D6 Dozers, John Deere 772 Blade
Hamner #450 - Miraloma, CA
Sitting between highways 15 and 60 in Miraloma California Hamner #450 couldn’t be in a better location for a distribution center. Contracted through Norm Wilson & Sons this 60,000 cu yrd/10 acre job site was completed and delivered on time and considered to be a natural turn-key earth moving project for our West Coast Division.
Notable Equipment Used:
(5) Caterpillar 637 Scrapers, (1) Caterpillar 623 Scraper, (1) Caterpillar 824 Dozer + Disk, (1) John Deere 872 Blade, (1) John Deere 772 Blade, (1) Caterpillar 873 Loader, (1) Caterpillar 950 Loader. (1) Skip Loader, (1) Backhoe + Breaker, (4) Bottom Dumps, (3) Lowside Trucks, (1) Stomper
Southlink Industrial Park - Dallas, Texas
Southlink Logistics Center is one of the largest new industrial developments in Dallas. The 1.04 million-square-foot industrial complex will be constructed on Cleveland Road south of Interstate 20. Overall this project comes in at 92 acres and is estimated to have 775,000 cubic yards moved.
Phase I involves the construction of a public roadway, public infrastructure, industrial building, siphonic roof drain system, paving, landscape and utilities.
The building stands 50’ in height and features 184 overhead doors, just over 500 parking spaces, a 1,612-square-foot office area and an overall interior clearance of 40’. The new public roadway named Southlink Drive was cement stabilized with 2750 linear ft/415 tons of cement slurry in which was accomplished in 4 days
Construction began in June 2017 and is projected to have a turn-over set in May 2018.
Some key pieces of equipment on site included; 2K Water Tower, Bee-Gees, Caterpillar 651 Scrapers, Caterpillar 623 Scrapers, Caterpillar D6 Dozers, Skidsteers, John Deere 772 Blades, Low Side Trucks, Caterpillar 950 Wheel Loaders, Caterpillar 229's, Caterpillar D8 Dozers.
Mountain Creek - Dallas, TX
Not all of our projects are designed to accommodate a single building pad. We sometimes get the opportunity to build out sites with multiple building pads. Our Mountian Creek project is one just like that. In total, this project was 1.5 square miles in total that were designed to accommodate an Ulta Beauty Product Distribution Center as well as a Kimberly Clark Distribution Center. All in all 660,000 cubic yards ended up being moved on this 95-acre site.
Notable Equipment Used: Caterpillar D6 Dozer, Caterpillar 613 Scraper, Caterpillar 712 Scraper, Water Puller, Caterpillar 740 Rock Truck, John Deere 470 Excavator, John Deere 410 Rock Truck, John Deere 9566 Farm Tractor, Road Broom.
I-210 III Logistics Center - Rialto, California
The I-210 III Logistics Center is a prime project for the Earth Basics team. Within the City limits of Rialto this site required over 100,000 cubic yards of excavation and over 70,000 of fill. Pad subgrade was complete and a pad certification came in a timely manner. On time and ready for the next set of contractors!
The equipment used for this site consisted of: (4)- 637 Caterpillar scrapers, (2)- 623 Caterpillar scrapers, (2)- 651 Caterpillar scrapers and support equipment consisting of 4000 gallon water truck 8000 gallons 623 water pool Caterpillar, a (2)-John Deere 772 GP (motorgrader) scraper blade and a D6 Cat Dozer.
Interchange 20-45 | Dallas, Texas
Take a look at this commercial project in Hutchins, Texas (near Dallas) that the Earth Basics team completed for our clients in record time.
Notable equipment used for this project included (4) Caterpiller 657Es and John Deere 772 GP (motorgrader).
Monte Vista Distribution Center - Chino, California
At 400,000 sq ft, this project is a typical slam dunk for the team. However, our crew learned the original water source was not going to be available, and we had to improvise.
Time to lay some pipe! Nearly a mile of eight-inch diameter PVC was laid to reach and fill our water tower allowing the fun to begin. After a longer than average site pre-water process, (temperatures had been near or over 100 degrees for weeks), Earth Basics spent 7 work days preparing the subgrades for the site. The pad was certified without any needed corrections and we were again very pleased with the teamwork involved by the clients and the Earth Basics family.
Westgate Building #4 - San Bernardino, California
Another job wrapped and delivered to a happy client. This 20-acre, 170,000 cu. yrd. Site will be the future home to a Trader Joes distribution warehouse. Built under one of the top ranked real estate developers in the country, Hillwood; Earth Basics worked in tandem with engineers to achieve a perfectly balanced site that was delivered in good time. Another straightforward commercial job completed to the highest standards of one of our most notable customers.
Notable Equipment Used: (1) Caterpillar 824 Dozer, (7) Caterpillar 657 Scrappers, (1) Caterpillar 973 Track Loader, (3) 4K Water Trucks, (1) Caterpillar 623 Scraper, (1) John Deere 772 Blade, (1) Caterpillar D6 Dozer
Redlands, California
A 1,000,000 square foot pad fits right in place with the Earth Basics team. Projects this size can be tricky for some. Land clearing, slope leveling, infrastructure, drainage...no problem! We started out with a pre-water operation while we mobilized heavy equipment to the site. The equipment used for this site consisted of: (8)- 657 E Caterpillar Model scrapers, (2)- 623 F Cat Model scrapers, and support equipment consisting of water trucks, an 824 Cat Dozer and a John Deere 772 GP (motorgrader) scraper blade.
Before the watering was complete it was time for us to roll. We hit the ground hard, pounding the earth to the required compaction and moisture content including the over excavation as required. Cuts and fills were completed and the pad was being graded to a tolerance of +/- 0.04 to balance. 15 days after we started moving dirt we had a certified pad. Bang! Done! All this was viable utilizing the Earth Basics Advanced Connected Construction Site (ACCS).
Electrical Substation
Just a few miles west of the Arizona border, right next to…(well, nothing really) …was the perfect piece of desert destined to become the next Southern Californian Edison electrical substation. With a huge push for Solar Energy fields in the open desert areas, Earth Basics was called upon to do some earth moving in yet another challenging environment. Heavy equipment needed to be hauled 5 miles from the nearest paved road to a hot desert jobsite familiar with temperatures over 115 degrees. The civil engineer’s drainage and grading plan required 1,000,000 cubic yards of earth moving, 5,900,000 sq ft of site grading and 300,000 sq ft of slope grading.
The Devers-Palo Verde substation was designed to handle upwards of 500 Kilovolts, to be directed back towards the Southern California energy market. Tier 3 and Tier 4 ‘quality emission standards’ were met with all of the heavy equipment used for excavating, rough grading, fine grading and general mass grading.
Native American Heritage Commission representatives worked alongside Earth Basics in pre-ground breaking land assessment as well as during the land development process.
The Earth Basics heavy equipment had to be encased in protective netting to avoid random bird nesting which can actually derail a project, even at this size.
Also, constant protective measures were taken to continually monitor the area careful not to interfere with local wildlife like the desert tortoise. (Cute little guys!) Overall this project was completed on budget and AHEAD of schedule!
Sysco Foods - Moreno Valley, CA
Earth Basics handled the grading for a 462,000 square foot Sysco Foods facility that breaks down to over 63,000 square feet of office space, 114,000 square feet of freezer space and 38,000 square feet of cooler space. The remainder is warehouse space (probably full of knives and forks to go along with all that great food!). The building pad had over 7 different sub grade elevations for the Earth Basics team to coordinate. This tested the engineering and 3-D modeling skills from our office staff to insure the field guys had the proper sections to cut. After completing the grading of the pad, it was certified and there were zero corrections to be made. (Pretty much like throwing a perfect game!).
Notable Equipment Used: (4) 657 Caterpillar Scrapers, (1) Caterpillar 824 Cat Dozer, (1) John Deere 750K Dozer, (1) John Deere 772 Blade, (1) John Deere 450 Excavator, (1) Caterpillar 950 Loader, (1) Gradall (1), Caterpillar D6 Dozer (1), 4K Water Truck
Highland Corporate Center - Riverside, CA
Nestled in Southern California, toward the South-East of Riverside county, and at the end of Palmayrita Avenue, Highland Corporate Centerwas an exciting earth moving project for us. This project came with some fun design challenges, like elevation changes of over 100 feet and a massive water line, over 12 feet in diameter, that was tunneled through the Box Canyon mountain range. Earth Basics had to engineer and construct a bridge to spread the weight of the scrapers to cross over the water line in order to haul over 150,000 cubic yards to the westerly side of the project. (That’s enough dirt to cover a football field 85 feet high!!) During the project we discovered the shrinkage numbers provided were inaccurate, so working on the fly and adapting to the situation, Earth Basics raised the engineered dimensions over one foot to get a balanced site. The terrace style development gave us some challenging and fun working conditions!
Glen Helen 600K - San Bernardino, California
As the community of the “2008 Land Development Project of the Year,” continues to grow–(better known as Portola Springs in Irvine)...so does the need for surrounding infrastructure stability.
Earth Basics Contracting was the chosen contractor to repair a dam and levee located in Plan Area 6, North of Heritage Fields in the heart of the Irvine Company’s Development. Heavy iron was utilized removing vegetation, inlet and pipe, v-ditch, trees and excavating sediment in basins to prepare the levee for its facelift. Down drains, splash walls, trap channels and pipe entrances were constructed and thousands of pounds of rip rap encompassed the refurbished levee. Under time restraints, EBCC managed to pursue the vigorous schedule in order to complete the project as demanded by the Irvine Company-all while maintaining a perfect safety record!
Doty Trust Park - Riverside, CA
Tucked away in a sleepy little Southern Californian residential neighborhood, lies a challenging piece of land where our crew had some fun. When Earth Basics mobilized several 657 E model scrapers along with a D-10 N dozer and other miscellaneous support equipment, those sleepy neighbors began to wake up a bit. As we began to move earth, we wrassled with some boulders the size of a large semi truck. The Earth Basics crew then had to turn to our rock blasting methods and decided to drill and blast the rocks to break them down to a manageable size. “small-import-car-size”. As our team was nearing the completion of the designed earthwork, the neighborhood had been in touch with the city with complaints of the way the slopes angled. (Apparently everybody thinks they are a qualified design engineer). So, after some field discussions, it was concluded that we could reduce the slope angle with a fresh engineering design and create a happy neighborhood. In the end, the earthwork project was still completed on time with smiles on all the neighborhood faces…
As well as the neighborhood boulders!
Prologis Park - Beaumont, CA
This project is located on the 60 freeway just west of interstate 10. The area boundary lies to the east of a well-known area called “The Badlands”. Due to the extreme riding terrain here, this location has become a popular riding spot where many motocross videos have been shot. To the east of the site is a well-known travelers stop called the Dowling Orchards, a small but friendly store that travelers/truckers have found to be a good stop to pick up fresh fruits, vegetables, jams and drinks on their way out of town. Part of the site work package is to construct a new parking lot for the store.
This site started out as a two-phase project. Before we were complete with the mass grading for phase one, we were contracted for phase two, turning a good project into a great project. At just less than 200 acres we moved almost 3.5 million cubic yards of earth and fine graded 8,276,400 square feet of land. Like all of our projects, we completed this one with machine controlled GPS-guided equipment.
Notable Equipment Used:
(5) Caterpillar 637 Scrapers, (1) Caterpillar 623 Scraper, (1) Caterpillar 824 Dozer + Disk, (1) John Deere 872 Blade, (1) John Deere 772 Blade, (1) Caterpillar 873 Loader, (1) Caterpillar 950 Loader. (1) Skip Loader, (1) Backhoe + Breaker, (4) Bottom Dumps, (3) Lowside Trucks
Temescal Canyon - Corona, CA
Sitting right off of the 91 Freeway in Corona, California lies a 7-acre site that was designed to accommodate a standard distribution building. Although the earthwork was relatively straight forward with 50,000 cu. yards of materials to be excavated one particular objective that made this project stand out from the rest was a sizable retaining. This 17ft retaining wall was designed by the engineers to protect the site from slides that can occur in the foothills which wrap around the western side of the site. This type of special requirement was no problem for the Earth Basics team!
Notable Equipment Used: (4) 623 Caterpillar Scrapers, (1) Caterpillar 824 Cat Dozer, (1) John Deere 750K Dozer, (1) John Deere 772 Blade, (1) John Deere 450 Excavator, (1) Caterpillar 950 Loader, (1) Gradall (1) 4K Water Truck
Recently, Earth Basics completed its first move on a set of pads in San Bernadino, CA for a new distribution center that sits on 19 acres.
During our first move some undocumented pockets of fill were found and were required to be removed from the site. With this new development our team ended up excavating roughly 135,000 cu. yrds. Even with these hiccups our team was able to complete this project in a timely fashion.
Notable Equipment Used: (7) Caterpillar 657 Scrapers, (1) Caterpillar 623 Scraper, (1) Caterpillar 973 Crawler Loader, (1) Caterpillar 824 + Disk, (1) Caterpillar 824 + Disk, (1) Caterpillar 349 Excavator, (1) John Deere 772 Blade, (1) Caterpillar 950 Loader, (1) Caterpillar D6 Dozer, (1) Caterpillar 446 Backhoe, (1) 84’’ Roller, (1)High Side Semi, (2) 4K Water Truck, (1) 2K Water Truck
Residential Earthwork Projects
Great Park Neighborhood Project #1 - Irvine, CA
Earth Basics Contracting Corporation is helping with the expansion of the Great Park Neighborhoods in Irvine, CA, a master-planned residential community built around the 1,300-acre Great Park.
In our first phase helping expand the residential community, we handled the earthwork, mass grading, and site balancing for housing tracts and roads on an undeveloped site near Great Park Blvd and Ridge Valley Rd.
Great Park Neighborhood Project #2 - Irvine, CA
Earth Basics Contracting Corporation is helping with the expansion of the Great Park Neighborhoods in Irvine, CA, a master-planned residential community built around the 1,300-acre Great Park.
In our 2nd phase helping expand the residential community, we handled the earthwork, mass grading, and site balancing for housing tracts and roads on the undeveloped site of the former Marine Corps airstrip.
Master Planned Residential Community - Eastvale, CA
Earth Basics was chosen to complete the earthwork for part of Eastvale California's new masterplanned residential community, Eastvale Square MCP.
Developed by New Home Co., Eastvale Square MPC will have more than 2,000 homes, a civic center, police and fire station, public library, and office + retail space.
Ontario 55 California
A notably smaller project for the size of work we typically perform, this residential 13 acre, 55,000 cu. yrd. site required some special restrictions that the Earth Basics team was ready to take on. Ontario 55 was a small piece of land surrounded on all three sides by other small communities. With such close neighbors, strict hours of operation and dry conditions practices were enforced to ensure the existing neighbors were not bothered by our operations. Not only did the Earth Basics team conform to these requirements they also completed the project two weeks ahead of schedule. All parties including the local existing population truly appreciated our timely manner of completion.
Notable Equipment Used: (1) Caterpillar 824 Dozer, (2) 4K Water Trucks, (1) John Deere 750K Dozer, (5) Caterpillar 657 Scrapers, (1) 210 Case Skip Loader
Citrus II - Redlands, CA
One of our first residential jobs of 2018 started out with a fresh pair of brand new 657G scrapers joining our California fleet, where we handled the earthwork for new housing tracts and residential pads in Redlands, California.
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