Detention Ponds & Drainage

A detention pond holds the runoff from a roof, a parking lot or a whole development and lets it out slowly, so the creek or the land downstream does not flood. The design belongs to your engineer. The earthwork has to match it.

We build to the plan: excavation to the designed depth and contours, embankments and berms built up and compacted in lifts, and the surrounding ground graded so runoff finds the pond. Our own equipment and operators do the work, and we coordinate with the rest of your site work so the pond is not what holds up the job.

Drainage earthwork is more than ponds. The same crews grade the drainage paths and set the slopes around a site so water goes where the plans send it.

What’s included

• Detention pond excavation to the designed depth and contours
• Embankments and berms built and compacted in lifts
• Drainage grading around the site so runoff reaches the pond
• Finish grading of banks and bottoms to plan
• Rock milled in place where limestone is near the surface
• Work from your engineer’s plans, coordinated with the other trades on site

What we need to quote it

Send the plans or the pond detail sheet, or a description and the site address. Useful details are the pond size, roughly how much material has to move and your schedule. We will walk the site and give you a plain number.

Fully insured, with a free on-site estimate. Related: Excavation & Grading, Site Prep & Building Pads and, for ranch ponds, Ponds, Lakes & Stock Tanks.