Excavation Contractors in Plymouth, MN

Excavation contractors in Plymouth work in Minnesota's seventh-largest city, home to 81,026 people in 2020, about 10 miles west of downtown Minneapolis. Farming dominated until the mid-1900s; the population grew from 5,813 in 1950 to 50,889 in 1990. The city sits at about 971 feet and has 2.57 square miles of water.

Medicine Lake and Parkers Lake

Plymouth began in 1855 on the northwest shore of Parkers Lake, and spring flooding in 1857 forced its gristmill to move to Wayzata. Medicine Lake, a tourist destination by 1863, is the city's best-known lake. Lakeshore lots carry shoreland rules and often high groundwater.

Subdivisions on till

Most homes were built from the 1970s onward on rolling glacial till. Loamy till soils like Lester hold a basement cut but drain slowly, so foundation drainage and grading matter. Boulders show up in digs.

Wetlands and ponds

Many Plymouth subdivisions include stormwater ponds and wetland buffers. Grading and drainage outlets have to respect them.

Spring groundwater

When snow melts, water tables rise. Basement digs in April and May may need pumping.

Big lots, long hauls

Larger suburban lots give room to keep spoil on site, which can cut hauling costs.

Early settlement

Antoine LeCounte built the first cabin in 1852 near what is now East Medicine Lake Boulevard at 29th Avenue North, and Plymouth incorporated as a village in 1955. Older farmhouses and outbuildings still turn up on some parcels, and their old wells, cisterns and septic tanks have to be found and properly closed during site work.

What we do most in Plymouth

• Pool and patio excavation
• Basement digs for additions
• Regrading and French drains
• Water and sewer service work

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