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A basement excavation with shotcrete walls and timber lagging

Excavation and earthmoving · Melbourne and Victoria wide

Ground that will not move.

Basement retention, on site crushing, tight access and bulk excavation. The jobs where the access, the depth and the ground are the whole problem.

Ask Jimmy for a figure See the work

A free quote with no obligation. Dirtcon publish a reply inside 24 hours.

Smiths Gully, NillumbikMelbourne and Victoria wide 1.7t through to 5tCommercial, civil and residential

What we do

Five things, done properly.

From a machine that fits through a side gate to a basement that has to hold the street back.

A basement excavation with shotcrete walls, soldier piles and timber lagging
01

Basement retention packages

Engineered excavation support for a basement, so the ground around the dig stays where it is and the structure goes in safely. Commercial and residential.

A Dirtcon excavator working through a demolition
02

On site crushing

Concrete, brick and rock crushed and reused on the site it came from. Less carted away, fewer truck movements, and material you have already paid for stays on the job.

An excavator working close beside a house on rocky ground
03

Tight access excavation

Compact machines for the jobs a standard excavator cannot reach. Side of a house, through a carport, behind a fence line.

A deep excavation in orange clay with a mature tree left standing
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Bulk excavation

Large volume digs for subdivisions, commercial developments, industrial sites and civil works.

Rock placement and paving on a finished landscape site
05

Arena and site preparation

Grading, compaction and drainage for equestrian arenas, sports fields, hardstand, shed pads and level building platforms.

Also on the books: Site cuts · Trenching · Retaining walls · Bored piers · Demolition

The work

Eight real sites.

Every photograph here is a Dirtcon job. Each one is described by what is actually in the frame, because a photo captioned Project Showcase tells you nothing.

Shotcrete walls, soldier piles and timber lagging holding the ground back while the basement goes in.
Basement retentionShotcrete walls, soldier piles and timber lagging holding the ground back while the basement goes in.
A machine working roughly a metre off the wall of a house, on rock, with the garden still standing.
Tight accessA machine working roughly a metre off the wall of a house, on rock, with the garden still standing.
A deep cut through orange clay with a mature tree left in place rather than taken out.
Bulk excavationA deep cut through orange clay with a mature tree left in place rather than taken out.
A Dirtcon machine breaking down a structure and sorting the material as it goes.
DemolitionA Dirtcon machine breaking down a structure and sorting the material as it goes.
Excavation under high voltage transmission lines, where the exclusion zone sets the method.
Civil worksExcavation under high voltage transmission lines, where the exclusion zone sets the method.
Spoil going straight into the truck, which is what keeps a small site moving.
Load outSpoil going straight into the truck, which is what keeps a small site moving.
A finished estate from the air, roads and levels in, ready for the builders.
Site preparationA finished estate from the air, roads and levels in, ready for the builders.
Rock placement and paving where the excavation has to end up looking like a garden.
Finished surfaceRock placement and paving where the excavation has to end up looking like a garden.

Recent work has been at

Balwyn North · Canterbury · Diamond Creek · Doreen · Eltham

Suburbs taken from Dirtcon’s own posts. They are not matched to the photographs above, because those two sets cannot honestly be paired.

Plant

The machine the job needs.

The size of the machine is usually decided by the gate, not the dig.

  • 5 tonne excavatorThe workhorse for site cuts and bulk digs
  • 2.5 tonne excavatorEnough reach for a driveway, small enough for a gate
  • 1.7 tonne excavatorFits through a standard side gate
  • Posi tracks and skid steersLevelling, spreading and moving material on site
  • TippersSpoil off site without waiting on a third party
  • Crushing attachmentsConcrete and rock processed where it sits

How it works

Four steps, no surprises.

  1. 1

    You describe the site

    Where it is, what the access looks like and roughly what has to come out. A photo from your phone usually says more than a paragraph.

  2. 2

    Jimmy works out the real problem

    Access, depth, ground conditions and where the spoil goes. That is what actually sets the job, not the square metres.

  3. 3

    You get a real figure

    A free quote with no obligation. Dirtcon publish a reply inside 24 hours of an enquiry.

  4. 4

    Nothing moves until you say so

    The dates get set with you, and the machine that turns up is the one the job needs.

How a site is run

Site specific SWMS

A safe work method statement written for the job, not a template carried between sites.

Daily pre starts

Machines and site checked at the start of every day before anything moves.

EPA Victoria practice

Erosion control, sediment management and waste kept to what the site actually needs.

WorkSafe Victoria and AS or NZS

Work carried out to the Australian standards that apply to the job.

Questions

The ones that actually get asked.

What does a job cost?

Dirtcon do not publish prices, and a page that guesses at one is no use to you. Access, depth, ground conditions and where the spoil goes are what set the number. Send a few details and you get a real figure.

Can you get into a tight backyard?

Usually yes. The fleet runs down to a 1.7 tonne excavator, which fits through a standard side gate, and tight access is one of the five things Dirtcon actually specialise in.

Which suburbs do you work in?

Melbourne and Victoria wide, run out of Smiths Gully in the Nillumbik shire. Recent work has been at Balwyn North, Canterbury, Diamond Creek, Doreen and Eltham.

What happens to the material you dig out?

Where it makes sense it does not leave. Concrete, brick and rock get crushed on site and reused, which cuts truck movements and keeps material you have already paid for on the job.

How quickly do you reply?

Dirtcon publish a reply within 24 hours of an enquiry. Start dates depend on what is already booked, so it is worth asking early.

Are you insured and what certificates do you hold?

Ask Jimmy and the current documents get sent through. Nothing about insurance or certification is stated on this page, because a certificate is worth more to you than a claim.

About reviews, plainly

There is no Google Business Profile for Dirtcon yet, so there is nowhere a review could sit where you would be able to check it. Rather than fill this space with wording nobody wrote, it says so. The work is on Instagram at dirtcon.au, and getting a listing up is the first thing worth doing.

Contact

Tell Jimmy about the site.

Access, depth and where the spoil goes. That is most of it.

Dirtcon

This is a concept, so nothing is sent anywhere. On the live site it goes straight to Jimmy.

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