Projects that
transform land
in Southern Maine.

A single house lot in Southern Maine typically takes one to three weeks depending on clearing, ledge, and drainage work, while larger or multi-lot developments run longer. We build a phased schedule so you know what's happening each week. Planning the earthwork before the foundation crew arrives — getting grades, drainage, and pad elevation right the first time — is what keeps the whole project on schedule.

Yes. We help you understand which permits your project needs and coordinate them so you stay compliant from the start. Septic installations require a state subsurface wastewater disposal permit through the local plumbing inspector, based on a licensed site evaluator's HHE-200 design. Work near water, wetlands, or in the shoreland zone triggers Maine DEP and shoreland-zoning review. Driveway entrances often need a town or MaineDOT permit. We work directly with site evaluators, surveyors, engineers, and code officers to keep your project moving.

Yes — near-surface granite ledge is the rule, not the exception, in Maine, and managing it is routine work for us. Depending on volume and location we rip, hammer, or bring in rock-splitting or blasting subcontractors. The key is planning for it: we identify ledge risk during the site visit and discuss the options and cost up front, so the schedule and budget account for it rather than being surprised mid-dig.

Absolutely — drainage is one of the things we do best. Chronic standing water, a flooding driveway, a wet basement, or an eroding slope almost always traces to grade that pushes water toward the home, compacted or clay-heavy soils, blocked culverts, and downspouts dumping at the foundation, all made worse by Maine's freeze-thaw cycle. Instead of throwing pipe at the symptoms, we diagnose the actual source, then engineer a complete path — catch basins, curtain drains, foundation perimeter drains, correctly sized culverts, and regraded swales that carry everything to a daylight outlet by gravity.

Yes. Septic installation is one of our core specialties throughout Southern Maine. We install new conventional, engineered, and mound systems, and we handle replacements and tank swaps for failing systems. Every install is built strictly to a licensed site evaluator's HHE-200 design and the Maine Subsurface Wastewater Disposal Rules — tank and distribution box set dead level on proper bedding, laterals at exact slope in clean stone, and inspected by the local plumbing inspector before any backfill.

Yes. Alongside residential work, Taylor Earthworks handles commercial site development across Southern Maine — building pads, parking areas, utilities, drainage, and erosion control for retail, office, and industrial projects. We work to engineered plans and town approvals, coordinate with general contractors and developers, and bring the equipment and experience to keep larger sites moving on schedule.

Taylor Earthworks is based in Saco and serves all of Southern Maine within roughly 75 miles. That includes Saco, Biddeford, Old Orchard Beach, Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth, Portland, Falmouth, Yarmouth, and Freeport along the coast, plus Gorham, Buxton, Standish, Windham, Sanford, Wells, and Kennebunk inland and to the south. Because we live and work here, we know the local soils, ledge, water tables, and each town's permitting expectations.