Excavation
Site excavation, foundation and pad excavation, cut and fill, trenching and mass excavation for homes, commercial sites and development tracts across the San Antonio area, with excavators, dump trucks and skid steers.
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Castroville sits on the Medina River where US Highway 90 runs west out of San Antonio. Two kinds of job come out of this town. One is a lot in a new subdivision off Potranco Road that needs a pad built and drainage cut. The other is acreage off FM 471, grown up in mesquite, with a stock tank that silted in.
Global Contractors LLC is an excavation contractor working Castroville and the rest of Medina County. We are based in Pleasanton and come over on I-37 to Loop 1604, then west on US 90. We dig building pads, cut and fill to plan, trench, and handle site preparation for builders. We also take on land clearing, dirt work, demolition and hauling, so call (253) 606-9497 for a free estimate.
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Medina County is split east to west by the Balcones Escarpment. The Handbook of Texas puts the Hill Country north of that line and the Rio Grande Plains south. Castroville sits close to the seam, on the Medina River. North of it the soils go black waxy and limestone; south and west, sandy loam and clay.
That matters the minute a bucket goes in the ground. Limestone and caliche near the surface slow a dig and can call for a hammer. Clay swells when it rains and shrinks when it dries, so pads get built and compacted in lifts. Sandy loam digs fast, but trench walls in it do not stand on their own.
Rainfall in the county averages about 28 inches a year. Ground that dry gets hard by late summer. We look at the dirt on the site visit before we price anything. What we find there sets the machines and the days.
Growth from San Antonio's far west side keeps pushing out Potranco Road toward Castroville. Census estimates put Medina County near 50,900 people in April 2020 and near 55,600 by July 2024. That is close to a tenth more people in four years. Much of that shows up as new rooftops on the county's east side, closest to San Antonio.
Potranco Ranch went in years back, and Potranco Oaks is the next phase. Medina County commissioners gave it preliminary approval for more than 270 lots and a park. East toward Alamo Ranch, a 540 acre community called Viera broke ground with room for over 1,000 home sites. Potranco Acres, Megan's Landing and Venado Oaks fill in around them.
Lots like these need the same work in the same order. The tract gets cleared and grubbed, then cut and filled to the engineer's plan. Pads go in with select fill, placed and compacted in lifts. Then come the water and sewer lines, the storm drains, the culverts and the subgrade for the streets.
West and south of Castroville the county is still farm and ranch country. A 2002 farm census counted 1,951 farms and ranches in Medina County across 804,941 acres. Cattle, corn, grain, peanuts and hay come off that ground. The pasture that is not worked grows mesquite, and plenty of it.
Mesquite and huisache come back from the root, so a cut stump sprouts again. On a fence line or a pasture we pull stumps and roots with the excavator. On a hunting lane or steeper ground, the forestry mulcher grinds brush where it stands. Land clearing and mulching often run on the same tract, and the estimate says which goes where.
Stock tanks are the other standing job out here. Many were dug decades ago and have silted in, so they hold less water every year. We clean them out with the excavator and reshape the dam and the spillway. New pond construction turns on the dirt, so we check the soil first: clay holds water and sand leaks.
Inside the city limits, permits go through the Castroville Community Development Department on Paris Street. That office issues building permits and takes site work and floodplain development permit applications. The city says historic properties may be subject to review by the Historic Landmark Commission. Castroville has been recognized as a national and a Texas historic district, so ask about that first.
A teardown in the old part of town is not handled like one on a new lot. The commission reviews a certificate of appropriateness for designated landmarks and property in the district. The owner or the general contractor files it, and we point you to the right desk first. Outside the city limits, Medina County handles the septic and floodplain side from Hondo.
The county's environmental health and floodplain office sits on Avenue K in Hondo. It issues on-site sewage facility permits and floodplain development permits, and it works off the 2020 FEMA maps. Medina County also falls under the TCEQ Edwards Aquifer Protection Program, so some plans need TCEQ approval first. We plan the work around whatever the city or the county says has to come first.
Communities and areas we serve around Castroville: Potranco Ranch, Potranco Oaks, Potranco Acres, Megan's Landing, Venado Oaks, Viera, Medina River, Castroville Regional Park, Castroville Municipal Airport, US Highway 90, FM 471, Potranco Road.
Castroville ZIP codes served: 78009.
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(253) 606-9497 Site excavation, foundation and pad excavation, cut and fill, trenching and mass excavation for homes, commercial sites and development tracts across the San Antonio area, with excavators, dump trucks and skid steers.
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Mechanical demolition for houses, garages, barns, commercial buildings, slabs and pools. We take the structure down, haul the debris off and grade the lot.
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Residential demolition for houses, mobile homes, garages, barns and sheds. We take it down, load the debris out and leave the lot graded.
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Commercial and industrial demolition for retail buildings, warehouses, metal buildings, restaurants and strip centers. We take the structure down, haul the debris off and leave the site graded.
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Swimming pool demolition in San Antonio, partial fill in or full removal. We take out the shell, the deck and the equipment, then backfill the hole and grade the yard.
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Concrete removal for driveways, slabs, patios, sidewalks, parking lots and old foundations. We break it out with the excavator, haul it off and level the ground back.
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Land clearing services for lots, acreage and ranch land around San Antonio. We clear brush, mesquite, cedar, trees and stumps with excavators, skid steers and a forestry mulcher.
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Forestry mulching grinds cedar, mesquite and brush into mulch right where it stands. The chips stay on the ground as cover, so nothing leaves the property.
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Site preparation for builders, developers and commercial property owners around San Antonio. We clear and grub, cut and fill to the plan, build pads and set the final grade.
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Dirt work across San Antonio and about 50 miles around the city. We level and grade land, bring in fill dirt, build pads and fix low spots that hold water.
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Underground utility installation around San Antonio: water mains, water lines, sanitary sewer lines, storm drains and culverts. We trench, bed the pipe, backfill in lifts and leave the ground at grade.
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Pond construction across San Antonio and the ranch country around it. We dig stock tanks, ranch ponds and detention ponds, build the dam and cut the spillway.
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Dump truck services across San Antonio and about 50 miles around the city. We haul spoils and debris off jobs and deliver fill dirt, caliche, base and gravel by the load.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Castroville. If yours is not here, call and ask.
Tell us where the property is and what needs to happen: a lot cleared, a slab out, a pad built. Call (253) 606-9497 or send the form, and we will line up a time to come look.
Tell us about the job. We will get right back to you.