RACKING-GRADE PADS.
COD-WINDOW DELIVERED.
Your weather window is closing. Your racking sub needs the pad to spec or they're re-surveying before they pour. Your PPA economics can't absorb a slipped COD. ClearGround delivers utility-scale mass clearing, RTK racking-grade grading, collector trenching with LiDAR pre-backfill as-builts, and weekly digital twins your O&M team accepts on Day One. Texas leads US solar + BESS investment — we ramp with it.
Solar pad delivery slipped the COD window.
Weather window closed before the EPC could mobilize panels. The site-prep sub didn't have RTK grade verification, so the EPC has to re-survey before they pour. Every week of delay erodes the PPA economics — and somebody owes someone money. The COD slipped because the pad slipped, and the pad slipped because the documentation never existed.
Racking install bounced. Pad tolerance was a guess.
Your racking sub showed up with the install crew, the torque tubes, and the schedule. The pad was high by an inch in three places and low by two in five more. They re-graded what they could, surveyed what they couldn't, and your construction manager is now writing a change order against the site-prep sub who already invoiced. The crew is on the clock either way.
Collector as-built was reconstructed from memory.
Collector trenching closed on a Friday. Three months later, commissioning asks for the as-built so facility ops can hand it to long-term O&M. There is no as-built. The sub reconstructed it from a phone-camera reel and a tape measure. Now you're paying twice — once for the work, once to re-survey what was already buried — and the project still doesn't have a record commissioning will sign off.
RTK FROM DAY ZERO.
COMMISSIONING-GRADE AS-BUILTS.
Most solar site-prep subs show up after the EPC mobilizes and leave when the pad is "done." We engage at parcel due diligence, deliver racking-grade pads with cut/fill verified to the engineering, and hand commissioning a georeferenced as-built they can pass directly to long-term O&M.
Engaged before NTP. Mavic 3 RTK orthomosaic — vegetation density, topo, drainage, T&E flagging, EPA-relevant features. Earthwork order-of-magnitude pricing while the project is still in underwriting.
Utility-scale clearing on 100–1,000 acre solar footprints. FAE in-place mulching. Zero haul-off when feasible. Perimeter ROW for security and defensible space included in the same mobilization.
Learn about forestry mulching →Mass grading with RTK + machine control to racking-spec tolerance. ±0.5cm grade verification. Cut/fill heat map handed to your EPC before the racking crew shows up — not after they re-survey.
Learn about excavation →Collector trenching with LiDAR subsurface scan before every backfill. CAD/BIM-native as-built captured live — not reconstructed three months later from memory. Commissioning gets the record on the day the trench closes.
SWPPP authored in-house. Weekly RTK inspection, BMP install, hydroseeding to LCRA 70% permanent vegetation coverage. Documentation chain runs from clearing through commissioning handoff — no audit-trail gap.
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AT EVERY MILESTONE OF THE PROJECT
DELIVER A COMMISSIONING-GRADE RECORD
WE SCAN THE PARCEL
BEFORE NTP.
A Mavic 3 Enterprise RTK ortho captures the full parcel at ±0.5cm before mobilization. Vegetation density, topo, drainage, T&E flags, and EPA-relevant features documented to feed the work plan and SWPPP. Your project finance team gets an earthwork takeoff backed by data — and your construction director gets the underwriting input before NTP clears.
IN-PLACE MULCHING.
100 – 1,000 ACRES.
CAT 299D3 XE with FAE forestry head processes brush in place across utility-scale footprints. Mulch returns to soil. Perimeter ROW for security fence and defensible space cleared in the same mobilization. No burn permits, no haul-off, no neighbor escalations.
±0.5CM CUT/FILL.
RACKING-READY.
CAT 308E2 CR with RTK + machine control to racking-spec tolerance. The cut/fill heat map is in your EPC's hands before the racking crew mobilizes — so the racking install lands on the spec, not against it. Pay app verified by data, not by string line.
EVERY TRENCH SCANNED
BEFORE BACKFILL.
Collector lines, inverter pad conduit, gen-tie trenching. LiDAR subsurface scan before every trench closes. CAD/BIM-native export to the EPC's model. Commissioning gets a georeferenced as-built they hand directly to long-term O&M — no reconstruction, no memory, no gap.
ESC HOLDS
THROUGH COMMISSIONING.
SWPPP authored in-house. Weekly RTK inspection runs from clearing through racking through commissioning handoff. BMPs installed per TCEQ MS4. Hydroseeding to LCRA 70% permanent vegetation coverage. Documentation chain doesn't drop when the EPC demobilizes — it runs to COD.
FIVE SCOPES.
ONE COD WINDOW PROTECTED.
Bidding mass clearing, mass grading, collector trenching, ESC compliance, and commissioning documentation across five different subs is a COD-window risk your project finance team underwrites without admitting it. Bundle them as one self-perform package with ClearGround and your construction director has one phone number from NTP through commissioning.
Mass Clearing
Utility-scale solar footprints. 100 – 1,000 acres. In-place FAE mulching, zero haul-off. Perimeter ROW for security fence in the same mobilization.
Mass Grading + Pads
RTK + machine control to racking-spec tolerance. ±0.5cm grade verification. Cut/fill verified before racking install — not after re-survey.
Collector Trenching
Collector lines, inverter pad conduit, gen-tie trenching. LiDAR subsurface scan before every backfill. CAD/BIM-native as-built to commissioning.
ESC + Hydroseeding
SWPPP authored in-house. Weekly RTK inspection through commissioning. BMPs per TCEQ MS4. Hydroseed to LCRA 70% permanent veg coverage.
Digital Twin + As-Built
Weekly digital twin from clearing through COD. Commissioning-grade as-built. Multi-stakeholder access for the EPC, the developer, and long-term O&M.
PRE-NTP TO COD.
ONE PARTNER.
Most solar site-prep subs show up post-NTP and leave when the pad is "done." We engage at parcel due diligence and stay through commissioning handoff — and we come back for the repower or the Phase-2 expansion. One scan cadence, one documentation chain, one phone number across the project lifecycle.
Solar + Battery
Tolerance
Project Range
Through COD
Solar developers don't lose COD windows because the panels were late. They lose them because the pad slipped, the as-built didn't exist, and the EPC re-surveyed what should have been delivered the first time. We deliver racking-grade pads with the cut/fill verified to data, capture the collector as-built live, and hand commissioning a record their long-term O&M team accepts on Day One.
— ClearGround · The Ground, Verified.
[ PLACEHOLDER: Replace with solar EPC or developer testimonial after first utility-scale project closes ]
LET'S PROTECT
YOUR COD WINDOW.
Send us the project — site coordinates, acreage, racking spec, COD target. We'll fly the RTK ortho, model the cut/fill, and return a racking-grade pad estimate your project finance team can underwrite. NDA available, pre-NTP engagements welcome, ISN & Avetta prequalified.
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