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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Hondo is the county seat of Medina County, on US 90 about 41 miles west of mid-town San Antonio. The town grew as a trade and shipping center for farms and ranches. Mesquite grows on the ground around it, and ranchers here keep stock tanks for water. Ranch land outside town might need brush cleared, a tank dug out, a pad built or a barn taken down.
Global Contractors LLC is an excavation contractor based at our yard in Pleasanton, south of San Antonio. Around Hondo that means building pads, cut and fill, trenching and grading, plus land clearing on ranch and rural acreage. Our excavators, dump trucks, skid steers and forestry mulcher also handle demolition, stock tanks, site prep and utilities. Since 2006 the company has done government and commercial sitework; call (253) 606-9497 for a free estimate.
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The Handbook of Texas says the Balcones Escarpment divides Medina County from east to west. North of it, black waxy and limestone soils grow brush, junipers, mesquite, shinnery oaks and live oaks. The larger southern region has sandy loam and clay soils with bluestem grass, post oak, live oak and mesquite. Hondo sits near the geographic center of the county.
Mesquite is the brush that keeps coming back. Texas A and M AgriLife warns that leaving part of the bud zone behind can let a mesquite resprout. So for mesquite grubbing, the excavator pulls the whole root crown out of the ground. The stumps and roots then leave the property by dump truck hauling.
Where the goal is open pasture, forestry mulching grinds brush and small trees where they stand. Nothing gets hauled, and the ground is left covered in mulch. Underbrushing clears the brush under the live oaks and leaves the trees standing. Cleared brush is mulched in place or hauled away.
In 2002, 64 percent of Medina County's farm and ranch land was pasture. Most of the farm income that year came from cattle. Annual rainfall averages 28.43 inches, so a stock tank that holds what falls earns its keep.
We dig new tanks, clean out silted ones and shape the dams and spillways as part of pond construction. Clay is what lets a tank hold water, and the southern part of the county runs sandy loam and clay. We check how much clay sits under a site before anyone talks about depth.
US 90, the county's main east-west route, runs through the center of Hondo as 19th Street. A shop or a house going up off the highway starts with site preparation. The brush comes off, then select fill goes down in compacted lifts for the pad. Out on acreage, dirt work covers ranch roads, house pads, drainage fixes and fill dirt spread to grade.
Inside the city limits, start with the City of Hondo's city office at 1600 Avenue M. Hondo's development code requires a certificate of demolition before any structure in the city is removed. Ask the city what else your project needs. Our house demolition takes down an old farmhouse, garage, barn or shed and hauls the debris off.
For a tract outside the city limits, ask Medina County's Environmental Health and Floodplain Administrator, at 1502 Avenue K in Hondo. That office handles septic permits under the county's on-site sewage rules, plus floodplain development permits. It works from the 2020 FEMA flood maps, and the county posts a list of the permits it requires. A TCEQ-licensed installer sets and permits the septic system itself.
Parts of Medina County fall under TCEQ's Edwards Aquifer Protection Program rules. The Edwards is one of the county's two major groundwater belts, along with the Carrizo Sand. Check the TCEQ map for your tract before clearing or grading starts. We point you to the right office, and that office has the final word.
We come up from our yard in Pleasanton on SH 173, through Jourdanton and Devine. TxDOT's highway log runs SH 173 from Hondo through Devine and Jourdanton. From Devine it is 21 miles north to Hondo, and the highway passes just east of the city.
US 90 runs east through Dunlay to Castroville, 16 miles away, and west to D'Hanis. Hondo sits about 43 miles west of the San Antonio airport, inside the area we work. The town had 8,289 people at the 2020 census and is part of the San Antonio metropolitan area. In the early 2000s, many county residents commuted to jobs in San Antonio.
Hondo took the county seat from Castroville in an 1892 election, and the courthouse was completed in 1893. Most of the downtown business buildings went up in the early 1900s, chiefly of D'Hanis brick. Hondo Army Airfield was built on 3,675 acres in 1942, and the town owns the former base. In 1930 the Hondo Lions Club put up its famous "This is God's Country" sign at the city limits.
Communities and areas we serve around Hondo: Downtown Hondo, Medina County Courthouse, US 90 (19th Street), SH 173, South Texas Regional Airport, Dunlay, D'Hanis, Quihi.
Hondo ZIP codes served: 78861.
Free estimates throughout Medina County and the surrounding area.
(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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Underbrushing clears cedar and brush out from under the trees you want to keep. The canopy stays, and everything cut is ground into mulch on the spot.
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Right-of-way clearing opens utility, pipeline, road and drainage easements through brush, cedar and trees. The mulcher grinds the corridor in place, and the excavators pull stumps where a line or a road goes in.
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Mesquite grubbing pulls each tree out with its root crown, so it is much less likely to sprout back. We grub pasture and fence lines around San Antonio with excavators, skid steers and dump trucks.
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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 Hondo. 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.