Trade scope
Site Prep & Grading in Upstate SC
For builders: this scope, priced and leveled inside your Build Pack. For sitework & grading contractors: real plan sets to quote, $150 only when you win.
How do I get sitework & grading quotes in Upstate SC?
Site prep and grading quotes come back in your Build Pack alongside every other trade: a vetted Upstate grading contractor prices your clearing, pad, and rough grade from your actual plans and survey, with inclusions spelled out in writing. No phone tag, no vague per-hour numbers, no surprise rock clause you find out about later.
What the sitework & grading scope sheet covers
- Clearing and grubbing for the house footprint and drive
- Building pad cut, fill, and compaction to plan elevations
- Rough grading and storm-water flow away from the pad
- Erosion control: silt fence, construction entrance, inlet protection
- Haul-off or on-site spoil placement, stated either way
- Allowances and exclusions for rock, undercut, and unsuitable soil
Why do sitework & grading bids come back so different?
Sitework is where the loosest bids in residential construction live. One contractor includes erosion control, another assumes the builder handles it. One prices rock removal by the hour, another excludes it entirely. The scope sheet in your pack states each of these lines explicitly, so the number you compare is the number you pay.
That is what bid leveling fixes, and every sitework & grading bid in a pack arrives already leveled.
For contractors
Site Prep & Grading work without buying leads
Grading contractors with their own machines are first on every job and first to get burned by vague scopes. BuildPack sends you a plan set and a written scope, you price it once, and you pay a flat $150 only when a builder signs you. No subscriptions, no shared leads.
Related scopes
Every neighboring trade, priced in the same pack
Answers
Site Prep & Grading questions
It depends on slope, trees, soil, and how far utilities and the drive run, which is why per-acre rules of thumb miss badly. A Build Pack prices your actual lot from your plans and survey, with rock and undercut allowances stated in writing instead of discovered later.
At minimum: clearing limits, pad cut and fill to plan elevation, compaction standard, rough grading, erosion control, and haul-off. The quote should also state its allowances for rock and unsuitable soil. If any of those lines are missing, two bids cannot be compared.
In Spartanburg and Greenville counties the land-disturbance permit typically runs through the builder's permit package, and the grading contractor installs and maintains the erosion control it covers. Your scope sheet states which side of that line each item falls on.
Get sitework & grading priced with every other trade.
Send your plans: scope count, exact flat fee, and delivery date confirmed the same day.