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Princeton Excavation

South Brunswick, Middlesex County

Excavation & Earthwork in South Brunswick, NJ

Princeton Excavation works the fenced backyards of Kendall Park, Monmouth Junction, and Dayton with machines sized to the gate — pool digs, drainage, and regrading without pulling your fence down.

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South Brunswick is a township of subdivisions. Kendall Park went in during the late 1950s as one of the big postwar developments off Route 27, and the growth kept coming — waves of 1990s subdivisions filled in around Monmouth Junction and Dayton along the Route 1 corridor. Different decades, same result: comfortable suburban lots, almost all of them fenced.

That fence is the first thing we think about on a South Brunswick job. Our tracked mini skid steer fits through a standard gate of roughly 36 inches, which means most backyard work — drainage, shed pads, stump removal, regrading — happens without touching the fence at all. When a pool dig calls for the 5–6 ton excavator, we remove a panel or two, do the work, and set it back.

It's owner-operated and by appointment, so scheduling is direct and the person you talked to is the one in the seat.

  • Licensed & Insured
  • Owner-Operated
  • By Appointment
  • Princeton-Area Specialist

Three names, one kind of backyard

Kendall Park's grid off Route 27 is classic postwar suburbia: modest lots, mature trees now sixty-plus years old, and fencing on three sides of nearly every yard. The newer subdivisions around Monmouth Junction and out toward Dayton and Georges Road run bigger on the house but often tighter on the side yard, so the gate is still the way in either way.

Being on the Route 1 and Route 27 corridor works in your favor on the bigger digs. Our 7-yard dump truck can cycle spoils out efficiently, which is what keeps a pool dig or a full driveway excavation from dragging on — the hole gets dug and the material leaves the same day instead of sitting on your lawn.

Also serving nearby: North Brunswick · Plainsboro · Franklin Park · Kingston

What we do here

Excavation services in South Brunswick

The same disciplines, tailored to South Brunswick properties.

A SANY mini excavator and a JCB skid steer working a residential foundation site, with a fresh soil pile and ground protection laid over the lawn.

Foundation & Footing Excavation

Clean footings for additions, garages, pool houses, and sheds, dug to spec and ready for concrete.

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A mini excavator clearing a lot and loading demolition debris into a roll-off dumpster under a bright sky.

Land & Lot Clearing

Brush, vegetation, and stumps cleared selectively, keeping the trees worth keeping.

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Freshly graded, track-marked soil worked smooth right up to a home's foundation, ready for finish work.

Grading & Hardscape Site Prep

Solid sub-base and yard grading for paver patios, pool decks, driveways, and level lawns.

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Mini excavators working a cleared lot edge with newly planted evergreens and a staked shade tree in a residential yard.

Large Tree Planting

Mature, balled-and-burlapped trees set with an excavator. Privacy and shade now, not in ten years.

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Tight-Access & Small-Job Excavation

Backyard digs through a 36-inch gate. The small excavation jobs big companies won't return calls about.

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French Drain Installation

Exterior French drains built the right way: fabric, washed stone, perforated pipe, and an outlet that actually works.

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Yard Drainage Solutions

Standing water in the yard? We find where it's coming from first, then build the fix that matches.

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Driveway Excavation & Gravel Driveways

Failed driveways dug out and rebuilt from the base up — finished in gravel or prepped for your paver.

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Inground Pool Excavation

Pool digs to your builder's spec sheet, with the spoils and the access planned before the first bucket.

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Small Demolition & Removal

Sheds, decks, garages, patios, and pools taken down, sorted, and hauled — filled and graded where they stood.

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Utility Trench Excavation

Water, sewer, electric, and gas trenches opened, bedded, and backfilled. Your licensed trade makes the connection.

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Septic System Excavation

Tank pits, field excavation, and abandonment digs, done to your licensed septic contractor's plan.

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Test Pit & Perc Test Excavation

Pits opened on schedule for perc tests, soil logs, and footing investigations, backfilled clean when the witness is done.

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Whole-Stump Removal

Stumps pulled out whole, roots and all, then backfilled flush and ready for seed.

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Retaining Wall Excavation & Base Prep

The benched cut, compacted base course, and drainage that keep a wall standing straight.

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Shed Pads & Gravel Bases

Compacted gravel pads for sheds, barns, and hot tubs, level to your installer's spec.

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How a job goes

From the first call to a clean handover

  1. 1. Site Walk

    We come look at the property by appointment, check the access and any constraints, and go over your plans or what you have in mind.

  2. 2. Marking & Layout

    We set the layout on the ground with laser accuracy. Depths, lines, and elevations are marked before anything gets dug.

  3. 3. The Work

    We bring the right machine for the access, lay ground protection where it's needed, and keep the mess around lawns, trees, and hardscape to a minimum.

  4. 4. Clean Handover

    You're left with a site that's ready to go and a yard that's still in one piece, set up for whatever's next.

South Brunswick: Common Questions

Usually not. Our tracked mini skid steer fits through a standard gate of about 36 inches, which covers most fenced yards in Kendall Park, Monmouth Junction, and Dayton. If the job needs the larger excavator — a pool dig, for example — we remove a fence panel or two cleanly and reinstall it when we're done.

Planning earthwork in South Brunswick?

Request a by-appointment site visit and we'll walk your South Brunswick property to plan the right approach.

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