Where we work
We work the towns and cities either side of I-5, from Marysville in the north down to Olympia. Every one of them below has its own page, because the ground and the access change enough between them to be worth saying out loud.
Distance matters on this kind of work. Getting a machine to a site and back is a real cost, and it is the reason we would rather be honest about where we are useful than claim the whole state.
King County, Pierce County, Snohomish County, Thurston County.
Marysville
Snohomish County
Marysville is the far north end of what we cover. Like Olympia, it is far enough that we plan the work in longer stretches rather than short visits.
Downtown and Ebey Slough, Smokey Point, Sunnyside and Getchell, The Lake Stevens edge, West of I-5 toward the bay.
Everett
Snohomish County
Everett is a straightforward run up I-5 outside commute hours, and the work up there is a different mix from Seattle's.
Riverside and the delta flats, North Everett, Waterfront and industrial, South Everett and Silver Lake.
Lynnwood
Snohomish County
Lynnwood is the closest thing to Seattle-style redevelopment north of the ship canal — small older parcels coming down to make room for something denser.
City Center and 196th, Alderwood, Older residential north of 196th, Meadowdale, Martha Lake.
Seattle
King County
Seattle is the ground we know best, and close enough to everything else we cover that we can look at a site before quoting it rather than pricing off a drawing.
Queen Anne, Ballard, West Seattle, Georgetown and SODO, Magnolia, Beacon Hill and Rainier Valley.
Renton
King County
Renton is one of the closest cities to Seattle that we work, near enough that we can look at a site in the morning and still get a machine somewhere else that afternoon.
Renton Highlands, Talbot Hill, Downtown and the Cedar River, Kennydale, The Valley and Longacres.
Kent
King County
Kent is two jobs in one city. The valley floor is the flattest, most open ground we work and the softest; the hills either side of it are ordinary till and ordinary slopes.
Kent Valley industrial, East Hill, West Hill and Midway, Downtown and Meeker, Panther Lake.
Federal Way
King County
Federal Way sits up on the plateau rather than down in a valley, which makes it some of the most predictable digging between here and Tacoma.
Pacific Highway S, Twin Lakes and Mirror Lake, Dash Point and Dumas Bay, City Center, Redondo.
Tacoma
Pierce County
Tacoma is a straight run south down I-5, close enough that we can get a machine down and back without the travel swallowing the day.
North End and Proctor, Hilltop, Tideflats and the Port, South Tacoma, Northeast Tacoma.
Auburn
King County
Auburn sits on the widest, flattest floor in the valley. It is the one place we work where access is usually the easy part and the ground is the problem.
The valley floor and Auburn Way, Lea Hill, Downtown Auburn, Lakeland Hills, West Hill and the Algona edge.
Puyallup
Pierce County
Puyallup splits cleanly between the valley floor and South Hill above it, and the two need such different planning that we quote them as different kinds of job.
The valley floor and River Road, South Hill, Downtown Puyallup, Clarks Creek and Fruitland, The Edgewood and Sumner edges.
Lakewood
Pierce County
Lakewood sits on prairie gravel, which makes it the best-draining ground anywhere we work and a genuinely different job from the valley cities north of it.
The lakes — American, Gravelly, Steilacoom, Tillicum, Lakewood Towne Center, Springbrook and Woodbrook, The Steilacoom edge.
Olympia
Thurston County
Olympia is the south end of what we cover. It is far enough that we plan the work in longer stretches rather than short visits, which usually suits the jobs down there anyway.
Downtown and the isthmus, Westside, Eastside, Lacey and Tumwater edges.