Culvert installation sets a pipe under your driveway or in an open roadside ditch, so the water keeps moving. Construction Site Development digs out the ditch, sets the pipe, backfills it and regrades the swale at each end. Your permit or an engineer's plan sets the pipe size, length and end treatment, and we build to it. We dig with our own excavators and backhoe, and our own dump trucks haul the spoil away.
We work out of the Citrus Park area of Tampa and cover Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties. We serve homeowners on streets with open roadside ditches in places like Lutz and Land O' Lakes. We also work with builders who need a driveway connection for a new home. Call (813) 453-5883 for a free estimate.
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Driveway culvert installation starts with paperwork and marked lines. Florida law requires notice to the state's free notice system at least 2 full business days before digging. The owners of buried lines then mark where their lines run, with paint or flags. For a culvert replacement, we dig out the old pipe first. Then we shape a firm, even bed for the new pipe at the slope the plan shows. We set the pipe, add the end treatment the permit calls for and backfill around it. We compact the backfill in place around and over the pipe. Last, we regrade the swale at each end so water can reach the pipe.
Trying to eliminate your ditch? Ditch piping lays pipe in the open ditch, where the permit allows it. The pipe still carries the water, now under the ground. We backfill over the pipe and grade the strip so you can use it. The fill for the ditch comes in on the same trucks that haul the spoil out. For builders, we set the driveway culvert and can handle the building pad for a new home as well. Standing water away from the road is another job, often handled with a french drain for a soggy yard.
Start by checking that your address lies within unincorporated Hillsborough County. There, construction work in the county right of way needs a county permit. A new driveway crossing goes on the Driveway Access permit, which covers home driveways. Piping a ditch with no driveway falls under the ROW Use Permit for other uses. You file the application through the county's HillsGovHub portal. Staff review the application and plans, then tell you when the permit is ready. Closing a lane or the road for the work takes a separate Temporary Traffic Control permit.
Inside Tampa, Plant City or Temple Terrace, the county does not issue these permits, so you go to the city. In Tampa, driveway work in the city right of way takes a city right-of-way permit. You apply on the city's Accela website, and review takes about 12 to 15 business days. In Pasco County, the county's permit forms include its own Driveway Connection application. Ask the agency which permit fits your road and your job before any work starts. Get the approved permit and its plan in hand before any digging starts.
Several things move the price of culvert pipe installation. The first is the pipe the permit calls for, its size and its material. A wider driveway or a longer ditch run needs more pipe and more digging. End treatments add work at each end of the pipe. A deeper ditch means more digging and more backfill. Then comes the haul: old pipe and spoil go out, and fill comes in on our own dump trucks. If an old concrete driveway must be cut out first, that adds a step. Tight access to the ditch can slow the machines.
The paperwork side has its own costs. Permit and inspection fees are set by the agency that issues the permit. In unincorporated Hillsborough, a right-of-way permit includes 5 inspections, and each re-inspection past those carries its own fee. Closing a lane adds a Temporary Traffic Control permit to the job. Rework after a failed inspection adds time as well as fees. We price each culvert job after we see the ditch and the driveway. For published price ranges and the county fee lines, read our guide to culvert installation cost in Tampa.
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(813) 453-5883From the first look at the job to the final walk-through, here is exactly how it goes.
Tell us what needs to come down, get cleared, or get filled. A few photos help. We cover Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco counties from our Tampa base.
An owner prices the job at the property, free. We check the structure, the ground, and the access, then give you one number for the whole job.
Our own excavators, skid steers, and dump trucks. The teardown, the dirt work, and the hauling stay with one company, so the schedule holds.
Debris goes out on our trucks. The ground gets graded flat, the street gets cleaned up, and the lot is ready for whatever comes next.
Common questions about culvert installation across Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties. Don't see yours? Give us a call and ask.
Standing water in the yard and water against the slab call for the same fix. We dig a gravel trench with perforated pipe in the bottom. The line slopes to a discharge point away from the house. Catch basins and downspout tie-ins handle the water where it starts.
We take a raw or teardown lot to a site your builder can start on. Clearing, digging, cut and fill, drainage and final grade run on one schedule. Our own dump trucks haul the dirt.
We deliver fill dirt across Tampa Bay in our own dump trucks. Most dirt pits drop the load and leave. We bring the machine too, so the fill gets spread and packed down where you want it.
Two brothers run the company and carry on their family's work in the construction field. One of them is on the job sites himself. The people who price your job are the people who do it.
Our own dump trucks run under USDOT 3805736, and our own excavators and skid steers do the loading. Debris leaves on our schedule, not a bin company's. The teardown and the haul-off are one job and one price.
Demolition, clearing, excavation, grading, fill and the pad, handled by the same team in one sequence. No waiting on a second sub to show up. The lot moves from standing house to build-ready ground without a handoff.
We run out of the Citrus Park area of Tampa and work Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties every week. Short runs mean machines show up when we said they would. Call and you get an owner, not a call center.
Straight from the property owners we have worked for.
Worked with them several times. On time and they do great work!
A house that needs to come down, a lot that needs clearing, a yard that holds water? Call or send the form and we will look at the job with you and price the whole thing, teardown through final grade. The estimate is free.
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