Laser-guided finish grading, drainage slopes, and building pads for homes and commercial sites across Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. We set grades that match your plans, pass inspection, and shed water the right way.
Drainage-smart finish grades and stable building pads. This page focuses on where the service fits, what drives pricing, and how it changes across Gulf Coast conditions.
Grading is where drainage, foundations, and finished turf all meet. We work from engineered plans when you have them, and when you do not, we walk the lot with you and translate goals into a clear grade strategy before iron hits the dirt.
On the Gulf Coast, water tables, fill history, and tight setbacks change how we stage equipment and move spoils. We plan haul routes, protect trees you want to keep, and keep neighbors happy with a clean job box.
Residential pads, commercial pads, parking expansions, and yard re-slopes all get the same discipline: check moisture, check compaction, check finish tolerance before we call it done.
Same four-step discipline on every site.
We confirm finish elevations, drainage targets, and any utility locates before we cut.
We move material to balance the site, building pads and swales before fine grading.
We work to plan tolerance, wetting or drying lifts as needed for stable compaction.
We roll the grade with you, address low spots, and leave rakes and edges clean for the next trade.
from about $1,500 for small yard re-slopes
quoted by the acre with topo and haul assumptions spelled out
Final numbers depend on access, moisture, haul distance, and how much hand work sits next to machine work. You get a written scope before we start.
Verified feedback from clients across Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Earthworks Solutions has handled several projects for me over the past couple of years. The work is done right every time. Josh's attention to detail is unmatched, and he goes above and beyond to make sure the customer is fully satisfied. If you're considering Earthworks Solutions, you won't be disappointed.
Josh has handled several projects for us. He built a rock road in our backyard for our boat, and we didn't have to think twice about it. He handled everything from start to finish and the work was excellent. We also had a swimming pool removed, which left our backyard a mess. Josh brought in dirt, regraded the area, and it looks amazing now. We liked his work so much we had him put in a brand new lawn for my mother, including scraping out the old lawn, laying new sod, and installing an irrigation system. Her lawn looks incredible. Josh is efficient, professional, and fairly priced.
Josh prepped our double lot and installed sod. Our lawn is now the best in the neighborhood, and we get people slowing down just to look at it. He maintains it without needing any input from us, which we appreciate. The cost was competitive and reasonable.
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These answer-first guides help owners and builders understand pricing, drainage, scope boundaries, and what changes the job.
Grading shapes the final slope and drainage of a site. Dirt work is the broader category that includes excavation, fill placement, haul coordination, and compaction before finish grading happens.
Read the guide →Site prep before a slab or driveway usually means clearing, cut-and-fill balance, compaction, drainage planning, and a finish grade that matches concrete or paving requirements.
Read the guide →If water problems come from one low edge or a blocked swale, a focused drainage fix may be enough. If the whole yard, lot, or pad drains poorly, full regrading is usually the better long-term answer.
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