Land Clearing, Excavation & Demolition in Austin & the Texas Hill Country
Clear Ground clears land, mulches cedar and brush, digs, grades and demolishes structures for homeowners, landowners and contractors in Austin and the Texas Hill Country. Land clearing runs $3,000–$8,500 per acre, forestry mulching $2,000–$5,200 per acre. We walk the site for free and send a written quote. Most jobs start 1–3 weeks after approval.
Specialty Partner
We walk every site before we clear or dig. A drone scan and 3D surface model of the site is an optional add-on, $500–$1,500 per scan.
Construction-ready bare dirt. Clearing, grubbing and rough grading to plan, with before-and-after photos. An optional drone scan adds a surface model and cut/fill quantities. Debris is hauled off and priced in the quote.
Park-like finish for estates and ranchettes. Cedar and brush are mulched in place, so there is no burning and no vegetation to haul. We fly before and after, and you see the change from your browser.
Pool shells, foundations, utility trenching. Cut to grade with rock hammering. Our compact-radius excavators get into tight lots where larger machines can't.
Structure, slab, foundation and pool demolition for Austin infill and rural lots. Careful work that protects adjacent foundations and the protected trees Austin's code requires you to keep.
Texas Hill Country
Defensible space cleared in the home ignition zones: 0–5 ft, 5–30 ft and 30–100 ft. Cedar mulched in place. No burning, so no burn-ban delays and no smoke.
Texas Hill Country Service
An optional drone surface model shows where water moves before we cut a trench. French drains, swales and erosion control installed.
Digital Twins
An optional add-on for any project: an RTK drone scan, a 3D surface model and cut/fill quantities checked in InSite Elevation Pro, $500–$1,500 per scan. Not a boundary survey.
Digital Twins Service
Your Site. Your Timeline. Checked Against the Plan.
Hill Country
Ranchette Owners
5 to 50 acres of cedar, brush and overgrowth cleared to a park-like finish. No burning, so no burn-ban delays and no smoke. Defensible space for Hill Country properties, protected trees flagged before we start, and before-and-after photos.
Austin Metro
Homeowners
An aging or unwanted pool, removed completely - excavated to original grade, engineered backfill compacted and tested in lifts, documented end to end. When you sell, you hand the buyer a packet, not a question.
Austin · Urban Infill
Developers
Demo, clear, grade and document. Austin HOME Initiative lots prepped for streamlined drainage review. Protected trees mapped from day one, and grade reports your engineer, lender and the City can read.
Hyperscale
GCs
Mass clearing, grading and utility trenching on data-center schedules. Quantities can be documented with optional drone scans and shared as a 3D surface model your owner's rep can review from a browser.
Utility & Solar
Utilities
Right-of-way clearing, access roads and trenching for utility and solar site work, with production reporting.
Public Sector
Infrastructure
Right-of-way clearing and municipal earthwork with a documented audit trail on every package.
Austin & Central Texas
Engineers
RTK drone terrain models, cut/fill volumes checked in InSite Elevation Pro, and Digital Twins your team can measure and share. It documents surfaces and quantities and works alongside your surveyor. It is not a boundary survey.
Built for
Austin's
Builders
Real accountability.
The core fleet is owned and run by our crew. Dozers, larger excavators and compaction equipment are rented locally when a job needs them.
Compact-radius excavator for tight lots, trenching and pool shells, with a hydraulic hammer for rock.
Compact track loader and the carrier for our FAE forestry mulching head. Clears brush and cedar, and grades, on a single platform.
Shreds brush, cedar and mesquite in place. The mulch stays on site, so there is no burning and no vegetation hauled off.
Where rock allows, we mill it in place into aggregate for drainage fill and base instead of trucking it out. Hard limestone gets the hammer. The site walk decides which one.
Excavator with a 1,500 lb hydraulic hammer for limestone shelves and boulders that milling can't reach.
Dually and equipment trailer for moving our machines across Austin and Central Texas.
RTK-corrected drone photogrammetry, checked against ground points on site. Produces point clouds, orthophotos and 3D Digital Twins in Pix4D.
Cloud-hosted 3D models for client-facing Digital Twins. InSite Elevation Pro checks cut/fill volumes on active projects.
Plainly stated.
We measure and record.
Every cubic yard billed is a cubic yard documented. Where you add the optional drone scan, pre- and post-excavation scans give both sides a record of what was moved. Disputes get settled with data instead of memory.
we see.
You can follow the work as it happens. Dated photos and, with the optional drone scan, a 3D model are a record for any future dispute or change order.
that doesn't have to.
Brush and cedar mulched in place return nutrients to the soil, with no burning, no burn-ban delays and no vegetation hauled off. Where rock allows, it is milled on site with a rented milling head into drainage aggregate or base instead of trucked out. Clearing and grubbing, demolition and pool removal still haul debris off, and the quote says so.
SITE WORK.
Not every job should shake the neighborhood. We do structural demolition that protects adjacent foundations, excavation cut to grade, and land clearing that removes what needs to go and keeps what doesn't. Protected trees stay standing.
boring & consistent.
WE SHOW UP. PERIOD.
The biggest frustration in the Austin trades right now is responsiveness. When you hire Clear Ground, you get a partner committed to your timeline. We communicate clearly, bid accurately, and show up when we say we will. No ghosting, no excuses.
RIGHT EQUIPMENT, CLEAN SITES.
Whether it’s navigating a tight urban demolition next to an occupied structure or clearing acres of tough Hill Country cedar, we have the right equipment and the right operators. We don't just "smash and grab." We work to your plan, so your grade is right and your site is clean.
TEXAS TERRAIN EXPERTISE
Digging in Central Texas isn't like digging anywhere else. West of the Balcones Fault it's Edwards and Glen Rose limestone near the surface. East of it, Austin Chalk and Blackland Prairie clay. We probe and test-hole before we price, so change orders stay small.
SAFETY & COMPLIANCE FIRST
A messy site is a dangerous site. We run a written OSHA construction safety program to protect our crew, your property and your liability. When a job needs haul-off, we haul responsibly and follow local environmental rules so you can focus on the build.
