Excavation and demolition in 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.
The ground in Renton
The low part of the city sits where the Cedar River runs out into Lake Washington, on river deposit and a good deal of fill. Water is close to the surface and anything deep needs shoring.
Renton Hill, Talbot Hill and the Highlands stand above it on till. Short steep streets, firm digging, and driveways that decide the machine before the work does.
The flat industrial ground south and west of downtown is filled and level, and it is the one part of the city with real room to stockpile and stage rather than sequencing trucks against the machine.
Areas we work in Renton
Access and terrain change a job more than anything else does. These are the parts of Renton we get called to and what each one usually means for the work.
- Renton Highlands
- Plateau on firm till. A lot of the original wartime housing is coming out, so the work is teardown and replace on small platted lots.
- Talbot Hill
- Slopes with lots that fall away at the back. The order of the cut matters more than the size of the excavator.
- Downtown and the Cedar River
- Low, filled ground with water close to the surface. Trenches need shoring and the schedule has to allow for dewatering.
- Kennydale
- Hillside lots above Lake Washington, narrow and steep, where spoil has to go out as fast as it comes up.
- The Valley and Longacres
- Flat industrial parcels. Open access and space to work — rare enough in King County to be worth planning around.
What Renton usually needs
- DemolitionStructures down, debris gone, site left clean.
- Excavation and earthworkDigging to grade, and ground that holds what goes on it.
- Underground utilitiesTrenching, pipe in the ground, and safe walls while it goes in.
Working in Renton?
Tell us what the site is and what has to come out. We would rather look at it than price it off a drawing.