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Serving Charleston, Illinois

Excavation In Charleston, IL

12 miles east of our Mattoon shop — practically next door. We're as local as it gets in Coles County.

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Excavation & Site Work in Charleston

Charleston is right next door. From our shop in Mattoon, we're 12 miles down Route 16 — about 15 minutes. This is home turf. Coles County is where we work most days, and Charleston gets the same priority and attention as anything else local.

Brohez Trucking LLC handles excavation, rock driveways, demolition, land clearing, hauling, pond work, and culvert installs in Charleston and the surrounding area. We work for homeowners, builders, EIU and the campus area, farmers, and contractors — same crew, same equipment, same straight pricing.

Because Charleston is so close, mobilization is fast. Most weeks we can be on-site for an estimate within a day or two — and emergency work like washouts or storm damage moves even faster. If something needs to happen today, Charleston is one of the easiest jobs for us to fit in.

Call (217) 809-0779 for a free estimate anywhere in Charleston, the campus area, or the rural parts of Coles County.

Services Available

Every service we offer is available in Charleston.

⛏️ Excavation

Foundations, basements, drainage, septic, trenching, and site prep across Coles County.

🪨 Rock Driveways

New gravel driveway installs, repairs, and grading throughout Charleston, IL.

🏗️ Demolition

Barns, garages, foundations, and structures torn down clean in Charleston.

🌲 Land Clearing

Brush, trees, fence rows, and stumps cleared throughout Coles County.

🚚 Dirt & Material Hauling

Fill dirt, topsoil, gravel, and rock delivered to Charleston. Spoils hauled off.

💧 Pond Cleanout

Farm pond and recreation pond cleanouts, restoration, and leak repair.

🚧 Culvert Repair

Driveway, field, and road culvert installs and replacements in Charleston and Coles County.

💧 Drainage & Tile

Drainage tile, French drains, foundation drains, and yard drainage in Charleston and surrounding areas. Soggy yards, standing water, and broken field tile fixed.

📐 Site Preparation

Pole barn pads, garage and shed pads, residential foundations, and commercial slab prep in Charleston. Stripped, cut, compacted, ready for the slab crew.

🏠 Foundation Excavation

Footing digs, basement excavation, crawl spaces, and pole barn footings across Charleston. Square corners, accurate grade, drainage tied in.

🌳 Stump Removal

Single yard stumps to whole fence rows pulled or ground in Charleston. Holes backfilled, graded, ready for grass or fence.

⛰️ Grading

Yard, driveway, lot, and finish grading — crowned, sloped, and drained right.

💧 Pond Construction

New ponds built from scratch — layout, basin, dam, spillway, and seeding.

🌾 Grassed Waterways

NRCS-spec waterways and WASCOBs — cut, shaped, and seeded to plan.

🏗️ Pole Barn Pads

Stripped, cut, compacted, and rocked — ready for the post crew.

In Charleston, that demolition includes barn demolition, garage & shed teardown, grain bin removal, and concrete & foundation removal — torn down, hauled off, and the site graded clean. See all demolition services.

What a Teardown in Charleston Costs Depends On

There's no honest flat price on a teardown — what it runs in Charleston comes down to size and construction, whether the foundation or slab comes out, asbestos on the older buildings, how tight the access is, and how far the debris has to haul. We read all of that at a free on-site walk and hand you a straight number.

See what moves the price on a barn, garage, or grain bin teardown.

Your Neighbor In Coles County

Charleston is close enough that we know the people, the soil, and the roads. We've put rock driveways in across Coles County for years, dug foundations on rural properties, cleaned out and restored ponds, and replaced culverts that washed out in the spring rains. Local enough that we'll see you again — that matters.

What you get:

Working Around Charleston

Charleston is our backyard — Coles County seat, 12 miles east of Mattoon down Route 16. Eastern Illinois University, downtown Charleston, the surrounding farm country. We're there constantly. Most weeks we run at least one Charleston-area job, often more.

Sub-areas we cover: Charleston, Lerna, Loxa, Ashmore, Oakland, Hutton, Rardin, Trilla, Dorans, Westfield, and rural Coles County. Coles County is home turf — we know the back roads, the soil, and the local contractors.

Common Charleston-area jobs: rock driveway installs (long farm lanes are common around Lerna and Ashmore), residential excavation and demo inside Charleston, EIU-area rentals and contractor sub-work, drainage tile and yard drainage repair, pond cleanouts and new pond builds on the farms outside town, culvert installs along county roads, and grassed waterway / NRCS work in season. Coles County is one of our most active grassed waterway markets.

Routes: Route 16 east — straight shot from the Mattoon shop, 12 miles, ~20 minutes with equipment. We can be there before lunch on most calls.

No travel surcharge — Charleston is home base. If anything, we get there faster than further-out outfits trying to come in from Champaign or Effingham.

Charleston, IL FAQs

What sub-areas around Charleston do you serve?

All of Coles County. Specifically: Charleston, Lerna, Loxa, Ashmore, Oakland, Hutton, Rardin, Trilla, Dorans, Westfield, and rural Coles County. We're 12 miles from Charleston — it's home turf.

Do you do NRCS grassed waterway work in Coles County?

Yes — Coles County is one of our most active markets for practice 412 grassed waterway work, plus terraces, WASCOBs, and grade-stabilization. We've worked alongside the Coles SWCD office. See grassed waterways & NRCS.

How fast can you get to Charleston?

Most weeks we can be on-site for an estimate the next day. Emergency work — washouts, storm damage — even faster.

Is there a travel charge?

No. Charleston is 12 miles away — basically local. One straight number on the estimate.

Do you serve all of Coles County?

Yes — Charleston, Mattoon, Oakland, Lerna, Humboldt, Ashmore, the EIU campus area, and rural Coles County.

Do you work with EIU students or the campus area?

We work with property owners and contractors in the campus area for excavation, hauling, and demolition jobs.

What's the most common Charleston job?

Rock driveway installs and repairs are the volume in Coles County. Excavation, pond work, and culvert installs round it out.

Are you insured?

Yes — full liability and equipment coverage. Certificate of Insurance available on request.

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Where Charleston Sits

Mattoon, IL is roughly the center of our 60-mile service radius. We work Charleston and the surrounding county regularly.

Got A Job In Charleston?

We're 12 miles away. Call us and we'll come look. No pressure, no obligation — just a straight number.

When you call, you talk to Levi — the man running the machine, not a salesman.

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Hours: Open daily, 7am–7pm · Mattoon, IL · Serving Charleston and all of Coles County