The Baltimore Excavating Company serves Essex, MD for excavation, grading, trenching and land clearing, with free estimates and written quotes. Call (410) 873-7935 or text a photo of the job.
Excavation & Site Work services in Essex
Essex is waterfront Baltimore County, wrapped by Back River, Middle River and their creeks on the low Coastal Plain. The ground is sand and silty clay with a shallow water table, and near the shore an excavation of a few feet often reaches groundwater. Hurricane Isabel flooded many low streets here in 2003, and much of the shoreline lies in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area, where clearing and grading are tightly controlled. Inland, the housing is mainly postwar singles, duplexes and rowhouses on small lots, with aging laterals and settled yards. Waterfront homes add bulkheads, piers and lots that sit only a few feet above the tide. In Essex we regrade and drain low yards, replace sewer and water lines, dig for raised foundations and additions, and remove old slabs, sheds and garages.
Neighborhoods we cover in Essex
- Back River Neck
- Eastern Boulevard corridor
- Hawthorne
- Stemmers Run area
Permits and local rules
Essex is unincorporated Baltimore County, and any grading in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area or the floodplain needs a county grading permit regardless of size. Miss Utility must be notified at least two full business days before digging. We confirm the Critical Area rules first.