The local civil earthwork sub for utility-scale solar and commercial builds in central Illinois — access roads, pad grading, SWPPP/NPDES erosion control, haul work, and decommissioning. Owner-operated, fully insured, and 60 miles or less from the job.
(217) 809-0779 📞 Talk To LeviThere's a wave of utility-scale solar and commercial development moving through east-central Illinois — big sites along U.S. 45 and IL Route 16, in Coles, Cumberland, and the surrounding counties. Every one of those builds needs civil earthwork on the ground: roads, pads, grading, erosion control, and haul. If you're an EPC, general contractor, or developer looking for a local solar site-work contractor who already knows the dirt and the county, that's us.
Brohez Trucking LLC is an owner-operated excavation and earthwork outfit out of Mattoon. We've spent years building access roads, equipment pads, drainage, and erosion control across this radius — the exact scope a solar or commercial site needs from its civil sub. We run our own dozer, excavator, and dump trucks, we're fully insured with a certificate in your hands before we mobilize, and we're a known, trusted outfit with the townships and county road commissioners you'll need on a road-use agreement.
Hiring local cuts your cost and your risk — no per-diem, no mobilizing iron across the country, no crew learning central Illinois soils and weather on your schedule. Bring us the spec and the plan and we'll build the site work to it. Call (217) 809-0779 and ask for Levi — the man on the machine is the man you'll talk to.
Stabilized construction entrances, internal access and construction roads, and laydown-yard surfaces — strip, sub-grade, geotextile if speced, rock placed and compacted, crowned to drain. Built to hold up under loaded trucks and equipment all build long.
Mass and rough grading, equipment and inverter pads, laydown and staging areas — cut and fill to the staked grade with the Cat D6N. Flat, compacted, and draining where the design says it should.
Silt fence, sediment basins, inlet protection, stabilized entrances, seeding and stabilization — installed and maintained to the SWPPP so the site stays NPDES-compliant through construction. Every disturbed-acre site needs it; we build it right.
Rock, fill, and material haul with our own dump trucks. We know the local haul routes and weight limits and we're the Mattoon outfit the township and county road commissioners already know — the kind of local hauler a road-use agreement wants.
Ditching, culverts, surface drainage, and tile work so the site sheds water and the roads and pads survive. Tie-ins to existing field tile and outlets handled by the same crew that built the grade.
At end of life the roads, pads, and foundations come out and the ground goes back to ag — exactly the earthwork and haul-off we do. We can quote the civil side of a decommissioning scope the same way we quote the build.
The mix to build roads, cut pads to grade, and move material — without renting in half the job.
For mass grading, road sub-base, pad cut-and-fill, and shaping the site to the staked grade. The machine that builds the roads and pads a solar field is laid out on.
For drainage, culverts, structures, sediment basins, and the detail work — the precise earthwork that ties the site together and keeps it draining.
To place road and pad rock, bring in fill, and haul off spoil and material on a road-use agreement. Our own trucks, our own drivers, local routes.
See the full fleet on the equipment page.
We serve a 60-mile radius from Mattoon — the corridor along U.S. 45 and IL Route 16 where the utility-scale solar and commercial development is landing. We work in these county jurisdictions:
Site outside this list but still in driving range of Mattoon? Call and ask — we'll usually take a look.
The civil earthwork sub-scope: access and construction roads, equipment pad and laydown-yard grading, mass and rough grading, SWPPP / NPDES erosion and sediment control, road-use-agreement haul work, drainage and culverts, and decommissioning earthwork at end of life. If it's dirt, rock, roads, or erosion control inside the fence, it's our lane.
Yes. On a utility-scale solar or commercial build we work as a local civil/earthwork subcontractor to the EPC or general contractor — on your spec, your schedule, and your safety and documentation requirements. You bring the project; we bring the iron, the local knowledge, and the crew to build the site work.
Yes. Every solar and commercial site disturbing an acre or more needs an NPDES permit and a SWPPP, and the controls have to actually get built and maintained — silt fence, sediment basins, inlet protection, stabilized construction entrances, seeding and stabilization. We install and maintain erosion and sediment control to the SWPPP so the site stays compliant through construction.
Local cuts your cost and risk. We're 60 miles or less from most sites in this part of Illinois — no per-diem, no mobilizing iron across the country, no learning the soils, the weather, or the county the hard way. We know central Illinois dirt, we know the haul roads, and we're a known, insured outfit the township and county are comfortable with on a road-use agreement.
A Cat D6N dozer for mass grading, road sub-base, and pad cut-and-fill; a Komatsu PC150LC excavator for drainage, culverts, structures, and detail work; and a fleet of dump trucks for rock, fill, and haul-off. Owner-operated, so the man on the machine is the man you talked to.
Yes — that's bread-and-butter for us. We build the stabilized construction entrance, the internal access and construction roads, and the laydown-yard surfaces: strip, sub-grade, geotextile if speced, rock placed and compacted, and crowned to drain. We've built farm lanes, gravel roads, and equipment pads across central Illinois for years.
Yes. Big builds move a lot of material and put a lot of weight on local roads, which is why townships and counties want a road-use agreement and a local hauler they trust. We run our own dump trucks, we know the haul routes and the weight limits, and we're a Mattoon outfit the local road commissioners already know.
Yes. Solar special-use permits in this area come with a decommissioning plan — at end of life the roads, pads, and foundations come out and the ground gets restored to ag. That's earthwork and haul-off, exactly what we do. We can quote the civil side of a decommissioning scope the same way we quote the build.
60-mile radius from Mattoon, IL — Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Shelby, Moultrie, Effingham, Edgar, Clark, Champaign, and Macon counties, plus over the line into Vigo County, Indiana. That radius covers the solar and commercial development corridor along U.S. 45 and IL Route 16, including Decatur, Champaign, Effingham, Charleston, Urbana, Neoga, and Terre Haute.
Brohez Trucking LLC self-performs solar and commercial civil site work — access roads, pad grading, SWPPP/NPDES erosion control, haul, and decommissioning earthwork — 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.
Bring us the spec and the schedule. We'll walk the site, give you a straight number on the earthwork scope, and build it local — roads, pads, grading, erosion control, and haul.
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