--- title: "Excavation Services in Southern Utah | Roxor South Excavation" description: "Site grading, rock retaining walls, concrete block walls, basement and footing digs, underground utilities, over-excavation, pool digs, trucking, and road work across Southern Utah." canonical: "https://roxorsouth.com/services" last_updated: "2026-05-06" source: "https://roxorsouth.com" --- # Excavation Services in Southern Utah Roxor South Excavation provides every phase of dirt work in Southern Utah — from the first scrape of a building pad to the last load of fill hauled off the site. Below is the full menu. ## Site Grading Before anything goes vertical, the ground has to be right. Our site grading services provide the foundational canvas for your entire project. Using advanced laser equipment and heavy iron, we move earth efficiently to achieve precise elevations. Whether balancing a residential lot or grading a multi-acre commercial development, we ensure proper drainage, compaction, and structural readiness. **Typically includes:** - Rough grading and earth balancing - Finish grading to tight tolerances - Laser-guided elevation control - Proper drainage sloping and swales - Building pad preparation - Compaction testing coordination [Full details →](https://roxorsouth.com/services/site-grading) ## Rock Retaining Walls Southern Utah terrain isn't flat. When you need to carve usable space out of a hillside, our massive rock retaining walls are the answer. We source locally appropriate, structural-grade boulders and stack them with heavy excavators. More than just stacking rocks, we engineer the backfill, drainage stone, and fabric to ensure hydrostatic pressure never blows out your wall. **Typically includes:** - Locally sourced massive structural boulders - Proper foundational trenching - Geotextile fabric installation - Drainage gravel backfill - Weep hole integration - Stepped back construction for structural integrity [Full details →](https://roxorsouth.com/services/rock-retaining-walls) ## Concrete Block Walls For commercial applications or highly specific engineering requirements, we excavate and prepare for large-scale concrete block retaining systems. We handle the massive earthmoving required to bench into a hillside, prepare the perfectly leveled compacted base, and place massive interlocking concrete blocks to create indestructible retaining structures. **Typically includes:** - Deep benching into existing hillsides - Precision-leveled footing preparation - Heavy lift placement of large concrete blocks - Engineered structural backfill - Drain pipe installation - Tie-back grid integration when required [Full details →](https://roxorsouth.com/services/concrete-block-walls) ## Basement & Footing Digs The most critical cut on any residential build is the hole for the house. We dig basements and foundation footings with extreme precision, leaving clean, vertical walls and flat floors that make your concrete contractor's job easy. We know how to handle the hard caliche and rock ledges common in Apple Valley and Washington County without over-digging. **Typically includes:** - Precision basement hole excavation - Clean, straight wall cuts - Level bottom grading - Trenching for continuous footings - Spot footing excavation - Spoils management (export or stockpile) [Full details →](https://roxorsouth.com/services/basement-footing-digs) ## Underground Utilities Getting services to the pad requires deep, clean, and safe trenching. We dig trenches for wet and dry utilities, adhering to all local municipal codes for depth and bedding. We navigate rocky terrain to bring water lines, sewer mains, electrical conduit, and communication sleeves exactly where they need to stub up. **Typically includes:** - Sewer main trenching - Water line excavation - Dry utility (power/telecom) joint trenches - Proper pipe bedding placement - Shading and compacted backfill - Septic system excavation [Full details →](https://roxorsouth.com/services/underground-utilities) ## Over-Ex & Soil Stabilization Sometimes the ground you own isn't the ground you can build on. Collapsible soils and expansive clays will destroy a foundation. We perform mass over-excavation—digging out the bad dirt—and replace it with imported structural fill or moisture-conditioned native soils, compacted in lifts with heavy sheepsfoot rollers to create an unyielding base. **Typically includes:** - Mass removal of unsuitable native soils - Moisture conditioning of dirt - Import of engineered structural fill - Placement in controlled lifts (layers) - Heavy machine compaction (sheepsfoot/vibratory) - Coordination with geotechnical engineers [Full details →](https://roxorsouth.com/services/over-excavation-soil-stabilization) ## Pool Excavation Digging a pool requires a careful touch, especially when working between existing structures in a backyard. We use appropriately sized equipment to access tight residential spaces and excavate pool shells to exact specifications. We handle the over-break mitigation when hitting solid rock ledges, ensuring the final shape matches the pool builder's plan. **Typically includes:** - Precise layout following builder plans - Tight-access residential excavation - Hard rock breaking and removal - Shaping of deep ends, shallow ends, and benches - Spa and catch-basin digs - Dirt export and cleanup [Full details →](https://roxorsouth.com/services/pool-excavation) ## Trucking & Materials You can't move earth without trucks. We operate a fleet of heavy-duty dump trucks to handle the logistics of our excavation projects. Whether we are hauling off thousands of yards of export dirt, bringing in structural fill, or delivering decorative landscape boulders and gravel, our trucking division keeps the job moving without waiting on third parties. **Typically includes:** - Export of excess dirt and spoils - Import of structural fill dirt - Delivery of road base and gravel - Transport of massive retaining wall boulders - Demolition debris hauling - Site-to-site equipment transport [Full details →](https://roxorsouth.com/services/trucking-materials) ## Road Work From long rural dirt driveways in Apple Valley to new subdivision streets in St. George, we cut and base roads that hold up to traffic and weather. We clear the brush, cut the path, establish the crown and drainage ditches, and lay down compacted road base so you have a solid path in and out of your property. **Typically includes:** - Brush clearing and path cutting - Subgrade preparation - Establishing road crowns for drainage - Cutting lateral drainage ditches and swales - Importing and spreading road base - Heavy vibratory compaction [Full details →](https://roxorsouth.com/services/road-work) --- **Roxor South Excavation** Owner: Devin Barlow Phone: 435-523-9500 Email: Roxorsouth@gmail.com Address: 1143 E. Big Pinion Lane, Apple Valley, Utah 84737, United States Website: https://roxorsouth.com Service area: Southern Utah (Washington County, Iron County, Kane County) — including St. George, Hurricane, Apple Valley, Washington, Cedar City, Ivins, Santa Clara, La Verkin, Kanab.