Rochester Dirt Work is the excavation crew for the Rochester area. Foundations and basements. Grading and drainage. Gravel driveways and building pads. Plus the smaller dig jobs that come with owning land in southeast Minnesota.
This page is the whole menu in one place. Every service below has its own page with what the job involves, how it runs, and what it costs in real ranges. The prices come off the same rate card as the calculator on our home page.
Not sure which one your lot needs? Start with the digging. Most lots need excavation first, grading second, and a surface last — and the pages below follow that order.
Request my estimateFoundations, basements, ponds, trenches, and general digging, priced by the cubic yard. The pillar service everything else builds on.
What excavation costs around Rochester, in plain ranges — and why the online guides disagree with each other by so much.
Finish grading, rough grading, and regrading that shapes a lot so water sheds and ground stays solid.
Swales, lot regrading, and driveway culverts for yards and acreage that hold water.
New gravel driveways on a deep frost-ready base, plus top-up refreshes for tired drives.
Site prep and building pads for houses, garages, shops, and pole barns — cut, filled, and packed.
Foundation and basement digging with footings set below Minnesota frost depth.
Stumps ground out below grade, with finish grading after — most folks book it with the rest of the lot work.
Farm and acreage ponds dug with banks that hold, and the spoil shaped instead of left in a pile.
Small-structure demolition, debris removal, and dirt, sand, and gravel hauling for lots that need a clean start.
Prepped an acreage lot outside Byron for a new shop — stripped the topsoil, built the pad up with fill, compacted it in lifts, and rough-graded the driveway line in.
"We've owned this ground a long time and finally decided to build the shop. They came out, walked it with us, and put the whole thing in writing. The pad was cut, filled, and packed tight, and our builder started on flat ground right on schedule. No surprises." — Walter, Byron
Tell us about the lot — call (612) 260-8779 or send the form and we'll come look in person.