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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Excavation in New Braunfels starts with knowing which side of the escarpment your lot sits on. The Balcones Escarpment runs northeast through Comal County, generally just west of I-35. West of that line you hit Edwards limestone, caliche and thin rocky soil. East of it the deep Blackland Prairie clay takes over, and a pad there gets handled a different way.
Global Contractors LLC is an excavation and demolition contractor based at our yard in Pleasanton, south of San Antonio. We come up I-37 and pick up I-35 north into New Braunfels. We have done this work since 2006, with government and commercial sitework behind us. We dig sites, pads, trenches and ponds, take buildings down, and cover site preparation and utility trenching for builders. Call (253) 606-9497 for a free estimate.
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Two land regions meet here. Comal County sits on the divide between the Blackland Prairies and the Balcones Escarpment. That escarpment is the seam, and it runs northeast through the county just west of I-35. Lots north and west of town sit on rock with a thin layer of soil over it.
Rock and clay change how a job runs. On the limestone side the dig is slow and the spoils come out rocky, so haul volume goes up. On the clay side the problem is moisture instead of hardness. Clay has to be moisture conditioned and compacted in lifts before a building pad will hold.
New Braunfels also sits over the Edwards Aquifer. Comal is one of eight counties in the TCEQ Edwards Aquifer Protection Program. A plan goes to TCEQ before construction starts on the recharge, transition or contributing zones. Comal Springs, the artesian springs that feed the Comal River, rise right in town. Tell us early and we plan the dirt work around the zone your tract falls in.
West of I-35 the country turns to hills, canyons and cedar. Ashe juniper and brush take over pasture, fence lines and building sites that have sat a few years. On the flatter ground east and south you get mesquite and huisache instead. Those two come back from the root, so one pass is rarely the end of it.
We clear with excavators, skid steers and a forestry mulcher. Stumps and roots come out with the excavator. Debris gets hauled off, or mulched in place when you want the ground left covered. We clear whole tracts, and we clear selectively when trees are staying. Land clearing on Hill Country rock takes longer than the same acreage on prairie soil.
Stock tanks are common on the acreage west and north of town. Old tanks silt in, and the fix is usually cleaning the basin out with an excavator. A new pond needs clay that will hold water. That is easier to find on the prairie side than on rock. Dams, spillways and shaping all come out of the same dig.
New Braunfels grew from 90,403 people in the 2020 census to a 2025 estimate of 122,492. Census reporting ranked it the third fastest growing city in the country from 2010 to 2020. Comal County went from 161,501 in 2020 to an estimated 209,166 in 2025. That is a lot of new pads, driveways and utility trenches going in the ground.
The growth shows up along the same corridors. Veramendi, Meyer Ranch, Mayfair, Voss Farms and River Chase keep pulling new lots onto the map. Vintage Oaks, Copper Ridge and Havenwood at Hunters Crossing sit on the Hill Country side with acreage homesites. Klein Road, Kohlenberg Road, FM 306, FM 1101, FM 725 and FM 1102 carry most of that traffic.
Older parts of town work the other way. A tired house near downtown or out toward Gruene is often worth more as a cleared lot. House demolition there means the structure, the slab and the footings out, then a graded lot the builder can start on. Garages, barns and metal buildings come down the same way.
The City of New Braunfels lists demolition as a permit type for residential and commercial buildings. The city requires a permit to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the occupancy of a building. Applications go to the Building Division inside the Planning and Community Development Department. The city puts residential review at about 10 business days and commercial at about 20.
Outside the city limits, Comal County handles more of it. Most of the city sits in Comal County, and part of it crosses into Guadalupe County on the southeast side. Comal County Environmental Health reviews septic designs and issues the OSSF permits. A TCEQ-licensed septic installer sets and permits the septic system itself.
Floodplain work gets its own look. The county's floodplain administrator reviews development under the Comal County Flood Damage Prevention Order. If the site falls in the regulatory floodplain, a floodplain development permit comes first. The city takes a tree removal application before a heritage, protected or historic tree comes down. Texas 811 gets called before we dig, and the machines wait until the paperwork is where it should be.
Communities and areas we serve around New Braunfels: Gruene, Veramendi, Vintage Oaks, Meyer Ranch, Mayfair, River Chase, Copper Ridge, Havenwood at Hunters Crossing, Oak Run, Voss Farms, Mission Hills Ranch, Klein Road.
New Braunfels ZIP codes served: 78130, 78132, 78135.
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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 New Braunfels. 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.