Little's Excavating Blog

Excavation projects, while essential in construction and civil engineering, pose significant safety risks to workers, equipment, and the surrounding environment. Addressing these safety concerns is critical to ensure the successful and injury-free completion of such projects. Below are some of the key safety issues commonly associated with excavation: Cave-ins and collapses One of [...]

Excavating in wet weather presents a host of challenges that can make the process difficult, dangerous, and less efficient. Heavy rainfall or saturated ground conditions transform soil dynamics, machinery performance, and worker safety, complicating excavation projects in significant ways. Soil instability One of the primary challenges is soil instability. Wet soil tends to [...]

An insured excavator is crucial for any construction project for several reasons, ensuring not only the protection of the equipment but also safeguarding the project's financial and legal aspects. Excavators are among the most essential pieces of heavy machinery on construction sites, often responsible for tasks like digging, grading, and earth-moving. Given their [...]

Professional excavation is a critical component of any construction project, ensuring both the safety of the workers and the structural integrity of the final build. The excavation phase involves digging, trenching, and grading land to prepare it for construction. While it may seem like a straightforward task, excavation requires specialized knowledge, equipment, and [...]

Both leveling and grading land can be useful, but though they may sound similar, they are not typically interchangeable. Here are some similarities and differences between the two, and when you might want to employ either tactic: Land-leveling makes the earth in a given place flat by filling in holes and cutting off [...]

The effective management of stormwater is important at any property, but that’s magnified at a commercial place, with customers, vendors and community stakeholders frequently around places of business. Here is a series of best practices for stormwater management systems for commercial properties: Assess the site To conceive and install a suitable stormwater management [...]

Your driveway is one of the first things frequent household guests and first-time visitors alike might notice about your property. In the interest of putting your best foot forward from an aesthetic standpoint, it’s best to keep an eye on your driveway for signs it needs anything from TLC to being replaced. Cracks [...]

There are many reasons why a gravel driveway might be right for your home or property. In order to maximize those benefits, proper maintenance is important. Here are some tips for how to keep your driveway looking and functioning as it should: Keep an eye out for potholes One pitfall of gravel driveways [...]

OK, so you’ve either acquired a manmade pond or installed one yourself. Like most any landscaping feature, it’ll require some elbow grease to keep it looking and functioning as it should. Muck, waste and assorted unsightly and foul-smelling gunk accumulates in both the bottom of the pond and filter. This is especially problematic [...]

Soil erosion is a problem that compounds itself: the stripping away of the top level of soil on your property can increase the likelihood of flooding, which in turn can create worse erosion. Erosion – most often caused by water and wind – can take topsoil off your land and leave compacted what [...]