Excavation contractor, Bowmanville, Newcastle and Clarington

Excavation contractor in Bowmanville, Newcastle and Clarington

Infill foundations in Bowmanville and Courtice, and new homes, laneways and service trenches on rural lots out to Newtonville and Kendal. Send the form and an owner calls you back today.

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  • ✓Written price after the visit, locates and permits handled
  • ✓Owner on the machine, one crew, our own equipment
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Same-day callback
An owner calls you back and books the site visit
Owner on the machine
One crew, our own excavators and skid steers, an owner on every job
Locates before every dig
Ontario Dig Authority locate filed before the machine arrives

Excavation in Bowmanville, Newcastle and Clarington

Excavation in Clarington runs under Site Alteration By-law 2024-017, which requires a permit before fill or topsoil is placed, soil is removed or a grade is changed, and bars fill from outside Clarington. Infill lots in Bowmanville and Courtice bring foundations and additions; the hamlets and farms around Hampton, Orono, Kendal and Newtonville bring new homes, long laneways and service trenches on moraine slopes. One crew with its own machines does the work, with an owner on site and the Ontario Dig Authority (formerly Ontario One Call) locate filed.

Site prep, foundations and services

Building a house, cottage, shop or addition? You get the lot cleared, the foundation dug to the engineer's drawings, the site services trenched in, and the grade set so water goes where it belongs.

  • ✓Lot clearing, stump and brush removal
  • ✓Foundation and basement excavation to the drawings
  • ✓Site services: water, hydro, gas and drainage trenches, backfilled and compacted
  • ✓Rough grading, imported granular and fill where the ground needs it
  • ✓Final grading and site restoration

Driveways, drainage and land work

New driveway or entrance, a wet yard, a slope that needs terracing, a burst water line to the well? You get the machine, the operator and the paperwork in one call.

  • ✓New driveways, entrances and culverts, entrance permit filed for you
  • ✓Trenching for water lines, well lines and yard hydrants
  • ✓Drainage: swales, French drains and regrading that stop the pooling
  • ✓Retaining wall and shoreline excavation, permits coordinated
  • ✓Demolition excavation and haul-away for full-structure tear-downs

We run our own excavators and skid steers, and we dig with the utilities located first, every time. Soil that leaves the site goes to a proper reuse or disposal site under Ontario's excess-soil rules.

We do not do hydrovac, well drilling, fence post holes, paving or concrete forming. If your job is one of those we will point you to someone who does it. If it needs a machine, an operator who owns it, and the permits handled, we are the right call.

Digging in Bowmanville, Newcastle and Clarington: what changes here

Permits and locates

Under By-law 2024-017, a site alteration permit comes before you place or dump fill or topsoil, remove soil or alter the grade, subject to minor exceptions, and no fill may come in from outside Clarington. Breaking the by-law can bring a fine or a court order to remove the fill. Road entrance permits and road occupancy permits for municipal roads go through the Service Clarington portal, alongside the site alteration application. We file each one through the portal and keep the haul inside the Municipality.

The ground you are on

The ground climbs from about 75 metres at Lake Ontario to about 400 metres on the Oak Ridges Moraine north of the watersheds, according to Clarington's Soper Creek study. Most of it is the moraine's South Slope: a drumlinized plain of thin wind-blown sand over till, cut by sharply incised valleys draining south. That means steep cuts near the creeks and variable till under the sand. We check the slope, the till and the water at the site visit and plan the shoring, drainage and spoil before the dig.

The rule that shapes the job

Three conservation authorities share Clarington. CLOCA covers the Bowmanville and Soper Creek watershed, about 170 square kilometres and over a quarter of its jurisdiction. Ganaraska's watersheds start at Wilmot Creek and run east, and Kawartha Conservation covers the northern edge. In each one's regulated area, grading, fill and structures take that authority's permit under Ontario Regulation 41/24. We confirm which authority covers your lot before the work is priced.

Communities we cover from here

BowmanvilleNewcastleCourticeOronoHamptonKendalEnniskillenTyroneSolinaNewtonvilleBurketonHaydonLeskard

How excavation in Bowmanville, Newcastle and Clarington works, in four steps

1
Tell us what you need
Fill in the form or call. We call back the same business day and book the site visit.
2
An owner walks your property
We look at access, grades, the water table and what is under the surface, and hand you a written price. No dispatcher, no salesperson.
3
Locates and permits
We file the Ontario Dig Authority locate at least five business days before we dig, and any entrance, conservation or building permit the job needs.
4
Dig, grade, restore
The crew shows up when we said. We dig to the plan, backfill and compact, set the grade, and leave the site clean.

Our equipment, on site

Thor Construction excavator on a Kawartha Lakes site
Thor Construction excavator clearing a lot
Thor Construction crew and equipment on a rural site

What our customers say

★★★★★

“As a custom home builder, we love contracting Thor Construction Company for all of our demolition, excavation and septic work. They are easy to work with, have great equipment and know what they are doing. Our clients are always very happy with them.”

Ethan Bender
Custom home builder · Google review
★★★★★

“Hired Thor for complete site services including bringing utilities into my new build and digging for foundation. Once the build was complete they came back and finish landscaped the property and we couldn't be happier. Strongly recommend!”

Robert Bell
New build, site services · Google review
★★★★★

“Thor Construction Company came in and trenched all new water lines for us when our well line burst. They installed new yard hydrants for us as well. We are so grateful they came in and fixed our water line problem promptly and professionally.”

MDL
Rural property, water lines · Google review

Excavation in Bowmanville, Newcastle and Clarington: your questions answered

Can I bring in fill from outside Clarington?

No. Clarington's site alteration rules say no fill may be imported from outside the Municipality, and placing fill takes a permit first. We source material inside Clarington and file the permit through the Service Clarington portal.

Who issues a driveway entrance permit in Clarington?

For municipal roads, Clarington, through its Service Clarington portal, which also handles road occupancy permits. Regional and provincial roads have their own offices. We apply to whichever owns the road.

Which conservation authority covers my property?

It depends where you are. CLOCA covers Bowmanville and Soper Creek and much of the west, Ganaraska covers Wilmot Creek and east, and Kawartha Conservation the northern edge. We check the mapping at the site visit.

What excavation work do you do?

Site preparation and foundation digs, lot clearing and grading, trenching and backfill for services and water lines, driveways and entrances, drainage, and the excavation side of demolition and septic jobs.

What do you not do?

Hydrovac, well drilling, fence post holes, paving and concrete forming. We will tell you straight and point you to someone who does.

Do you handle the utility locates?

Yes. Ontario law requires a locate request before any digging. We file it with Ontario Dig Authority (formerly Ontario One Call) at least five business days ahead, and we do not dig until the marks are down.

How do you price excavation?

One written price after the site visit for a defined job. If the job is open-ended, we agree the rate and the estimate up front and you see the hours.

How soon can you start?

Small jobs often inside two weeks in season. Anything with permits waits on the permit, which we manage and keep you posted on.

What happens to the soil you dig out?

Reused on site where the grade needs it, otherwise hauled to a proper reuse or disposal site. Ontario's excess-soil regulation applies once soil leaves a property, and we handle that paperwork.

Other areas and services

Every page has the local permit office, the ground and the rules for that area.

Excavation in other towns

Excavationin Lindsay and Kawartha Lakes→Excavationin Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls→Excavationin Peterborough and the Kawarthas→Excavationin Haliburton and Minden→Excavationin Buckhorn and Trent Lakes→Excavationin Coboconk, Norland and Kinmount→Excavationin Omemee, Bethany and Pontypool→Excavationin Lakefield, Bridgenorth and Ennismore→Excavationin Millbrook and Cavan Monaghan→Excavationin Apsley and North Kawartha→Excavationin Wilberforce and Highlands East→Excavationin Beaverton, Cannington and Sunderland→Excavationin Port Perry and Scugog→Excavationin Orillia, Severn and Ramara→Excavationin Georgina, Sutton and Keswick→Excavationin Mount Albert and East Gwillimbury→Excavationin Oro-Medonte→Excavationin Markham→Excavationin Barrie and South Simcoe→Excavationin Warsaw and Douro-Dummer→Excavationin Keene and Otonabee-South Monaghan→Excavationin Cobourg and Port Hope→Excavationin Bewdley, Gores Landing and Rice Lake→Excavationin Norwood and Havelock→Excavationin Uxbridge→Excavationin Campbellford and Trent Hills→Excavationin Oshawa, Whitby and Brooklin→Excavationin Stouffville→Excavationin Gravenhurst and Bracebridge→Excavationin Pickering and Ajax→Excavationin Newmarket, Aurora and King→Excavationin Bradford West Gwillimbury→Excavationin Huntsville and Lake of Bays→Excavation, every areaThe service page→

Other work near Bowmanville, Newcastle and Clarington

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Ready to break ground, Bowmanville, Newcastle and Clarington?

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Thor Construction Company
Bobcaygeon, Ontario · Serving Central Ontario, north of the GTA
  • (705) 208-7121
  • jp@thorconstruction.ca
  • Bobcaygeon, Ontario

Services

Septic installation

Excavation

Landscaping

Hardscaping

Shoreline restoration

Demolition

Service areas

Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls

Lindsay and south Kawartha Lakes

Buckhorn and Trent Lakes

Peterborough and the Kawarthas

Haliburton and Minden

Orillia, Severn and Ramara

Barrie and South Simcoe

Muskoka: Gravenhurst, Bracebridge and Huntsville

Cobourg, Port Hope and Northumberland

Durham: Oshawa, Whitby, Pickering, Ajax, Clarington, Uxbridge and Port Perry

York: Markham, Stouffville, Newmarket, Aurora, King and Georgina

All service areas

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