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Real pad prep and excavation work from across central Illinois.
Strip, cut, fill, compact, ready for the slab or framing crew. Garages, additions, residential foundations, commercial pads. Mattoon, IL — 60-mile radius.
📞 Call (217) 809-0779 Free EstimateEvery building stands on what's underneath it. A pad that's flat, dry, and properly compacted lasts decades without trouble. A bad subgrade shows up in cracked slabs, settled corners, and water in the wrong places.
Brohez Trucking LLC handles full site preparation across central Illinois — garage and shed pads, residential foundations and basements, additions, and commercial slabs. We strip the topsoil, cut to the right elevation, bring in fill where needed, and compact the subgrade so the slab crew can pour on a base that won't move.
Putting up a post-frame building? That work has its own page — pole barn pad site preparation →
The fundamentals: strip the organics out, work with the soil that's there, fill clean and compact in lifts, and leave the surface flat to spec. Skip the compaction step and the slab cracks two winters later. Skip the strip and grass rots under the pad. Done right once.
One contractor for the strip, the dig, the fill hauling, the compaction, and the gravel base if you need one. We coordinate with your slab crew, post crew, or framer so we're not in each other's way.
The same cut, fill, and compaction iron shapes water on your ground, not just pads — if you're weighing a pond on the property, see our pond construction work.
Rebuilding after a storm? We clear debris and downed structures across central Illinois first — Storm Recovery & Cleanup →
Same approach whether it's a 30x40 outbuilding or a full residential basement.
We come look at the site, talk through the building footprint, drainage, and access. Free estimate with a clear scope and timeline.
Utility locates called in. Building corners and elevations marked so everyone — including you — can see where the pad sits before we start moving dirt.
Topsoil and organic material stripped off the building footprint and stockpiled to one side for re-use around the perimeter when we finish.
Cut high spots down to grade, fill low spots with clean fill, and compact in lifts. Subgrade brought to the elevation and tolerance the project calls for.
Foundation footings dug to spec where applicable. Foundation drains, downspout drains, and sump lines roughed in if called for.
If the spec calls for a stone base, we lay it and compact. Final grade smooth and ready for the slab pour, post-set, or framing crew.
From a backyard shed pad to commercial slab work.
Stripped, leveled, compacted, and gravel-based pads ready for the post crew. Full details on our pole barn pad site preparation page.
Basement digs, crawl spaces, and slab-on-grade foundations for new home builds and additions. Square corners, accurate grade.
Detached garages, shop buildings, and outbuilding pads. Stripped, compacted, and graded. Gravel base optional.
Larger commercial slab prep — strip, cut/fill balance, compaction to spec, and base stone. Coordinated with your concrete crew.
Foundation footings dug to depth and width per your prints. Spoils stockpiled or hauled off as you prefer.
Tight-access excavation for home additions, sunrooms, and bump-outs. Mini excavator and skid steer for spots the big iron can't reach.
Pads for ag equipment, fuel tanks, propane, generators, and outdoor storage. Sized for the load and graded to drain.
Sloped sites brought to a level pad by moving dirt around the property — saves the cost of importing or hauling off material.
Real pad prep and excavation work from across central Illinois.
Depends on pad size, cut depth, fill needed, soil type, and access. Free estimate — call (217) 809-0779.
Strip topsoil, cut to grade, fill and compact, get the subgrade flat and within tolerance, ready for the slab or framing crew. Drainage and access tie-ins included where called for.
Yes, and it has its own page — see pole barn pad site preparation for how we build them and what the post crew needs.
Both. Garages, additions, pole barns, sheds, residential foundations, commercial slabs.
Yes. Square corners, right depth, tied to the rest of the dig.
A small residential pad in a day. Larger commercial pads or basements take longer. Clear timeline at the estimate.
60-mile radius from Mattoon, IL — Decatur, Champaign, Effingham, Charleston, Urbana, Sullivan, Tuscola, Shelbyville, Pana, and Terre Haute.
Site prep pricing depends on pad size, cut depth, fill needed, soil type, and access. A small residential pad is very different from a commercial slab. Call (217) 809-0779 for a free on-site estimate.
Strip the topsoil to one side, cut down to grade, fill and compact where needed, get the subgrade flat and within tolerance, and leave the pad ready for the slab or framing crew. Drainage and access tie-ins are included where called for.
Both. Garages, additions, sheds, pole barns, residential foundations, and commercial slabs. We size up the job and bring the right equipment.
Brohez Trucking LLC delivers site preparation and pad prep across a 60-mile radius from Mattoon, IL — into Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Shelby, Moultrie, Effingham, Edgar, Clark, Champaign, and Macon counties, plus over the line into Vigo County, Indiana. Pick your town below for local details, or call (217) 809-0779 for a free estimate anywhere in the radius.
Call us before the slab pour. No pressure, no obligation — just a straight number.
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