Soil Erosion Management & Control Contractor
Erosion Prevention & Repair Excavation Services
Soil Erosion Management & Control Contractor
Erosion Prevention & Repair Excavation Services
Texoma Excavation and Construction (TEC) is your trusted partner in soil erosion management and control. Our expertise lies in providing comprehensive solutions for soil erosion management, including land grading and land clearing services. We specialize in serving residential and commercial clients, that include homeowners, ranches, farms, and land developers with small to medium-sized projects. Having spent five years at the Division of Wildlife in Colorado engaged in building improvements that ranged from ponds, and riparian (river like) areas, to planting food plots and growing crops for wildlife, owner Zach Sanders’ overall background and experience makes his company ideal for city and county projects whose requirements match his service offerings.
Our unique approach to drainage control incorporates rainscaping and naturescaping features, utilizing local plants and grasses to manage stormwater runoff as close to the source as possible. Our range of rainscaping services includes French drains, raingardens, bioswales, rock trenches, dry creek beds, dry wells, and many other features that provide natural filtering of stormwater runoff. This process ensures pollutants are removed before the water enters stormwater sewers or other bodies of water, contributing to a healthier environment. These ‘rainscaping drainage features’ can be aesthetically very attractive, adding to a property’s curb appeal and value as well.
In addition to providing soil erosion repair and control for already developed residential and commercial properties, we also offer construction site erosion controls for homebuilders and medium-sized developers. In spite of a focus on certain size projects, we are always interested in partnering with, or assisting on, large scale projects.
At Texoma Excavation and Construction, we are committed to delivering high-quality, sustainable, and environmentally friendly solutions for all your soil erosion and stormwater management needs. Let us help you protect your land and contribute to a greener future.
What is the difference in soil erosion
prevention & soil erosion control?
Soil erosion prevention and soil erosion control are two strategies used to manage soil erosion, but with a different focus:
Soil Erosion Prevention: This strategy focuses on stopping soil erosion before it starts. It involves measures that protect the soil surface and reduce the impact of erosive forces. Examples include planting vegetation, applying mulches, and using erosion control blankets and anchoring devices. Prevention practices like stabilization are generally less costly and more effective than sediment control measures.
Soil Erosion Control: This strategy focuses on managing soil erosion that is already occurring. It involves measures that capture and remove eroded soil from runoff water before it leaves the site. Examples include silt fences, sediment basins, and check dams¹². Control measures are typically used when prevention measures are not sufficient to stop erosion.
In general, it is more cost-effective and easier to prevent soil from eroding than to remove the soil after it is deposited elsewhere. Therefore, good erosion control often starts with good erosion prevention.
Erosion Control Solutions for Soil Erosion Repair & Prevention:
Landscape Grading & Excavating
This involves reshaping the ground surface to planned elevations, which provides more suitable topography for buildings, facilities, and other land uses. It helps control stormwater, soil erosion, and sedimentation during and after construction. Land grading can mitigate stormwater flow from steep slopes and stabilize highly erodible soils.
Landscaping Drainage Control
This includes installing drainage systems to reduce the amount of water that runs off the land surface, building terraces or retaining walls to keep the soil in place, and creating buffer zones around agricultural land to protect it from wind and rain damage. It also involves using specific landscaping and gardening plans that increase the firmness of the soil.
Rainscaping
A relatively new term emerging in the 21st century to describe a variety of practices that manage stormwater runoff in a sustainable and aesthetic way. It is any combination of plantings, water features, catch basins, permeable pavement, and other activities that manage stormwater as close as possible to where it falls, rather than moving it someplace else.
Residential & Commercial Soil Erosion Control
Texoma Excavation & Construction (TEC) offers an array of land grading, excavation, drainage & erosion control solutions for your residential and commercial soil erosion prevention or restoration and repair needs. TEC also provides erosion control services for commercial operations like farms and ranches, but their needs are much broader than the commercial properties addressed on this page. Many businesses in suburban or rural areas operate in stand-alone buildings. Many of these might be converted homes for use by doctors or accountants.
Farm & Ranch Soil Erosion Control
Texoma Excavation & Construction (TEC) recognizes the unique soil erosion issues that impact businesses operating farms and ranches. Unlike other businesses, such as a doctor’s office surrounded by land covered by grass or other landscaping, or even a golf course, little of the acreage of a farm or ranch is covered by buildings or has any such landscaping features. This leaves the majority of the property as earth that has been tilled or is between tilling, or being grazed, making it very susceptible to stormwater runoff damage.
Construction Site Soil Erosion
Divide a project into smaller phases, clearing vegetation from smaller areas, scheduling excavation during low-rainfall periods, using erosion control measures such as erosion control blankets, hydroseed and hydro-mulch, and silt fences. It also involves minimizing disturbed areas on the construction site, runoff water control, soil stabilization, slope protection, storm inlets, dewatering, and sediment control traps.
Naturescape Landscaping
Naturescaping involves a method of landscaping that allows people and nature to coexist. It includes techniques mimicking nature, such as using native plants, creating diversity, avoiding chemicals, and incorporating natural features. You can naturescape stormwater drainage features to enhance their attraction to wildlife, especially by adding raingardens, stormwater wetlands and dry detention basins.
Erosion Control Services & Solutions:
Farm & Ranch Soil Erosion Restoration & Repair
Texoma Excavation & Construction is an excavation company and erosion control contractor specializing in construction site erosion control. We design, implement, and maintain residential, commercial, and construction site erosion control plans. We use a variety of techniques to prevent soil erosion, including vegetation, retaining walls, and a variety of drainage systems for the job. [read more]
Residential & Commercial Soil Erosion Restoration & Repair
Texoma Excavation & Construction is an excavation company and erosion control contractor specializing in construction site erosion control. We design, implement, and maintain residential, commercial, and construction site erosion control plans. We use a variety of techniques to prevent soil erosion, including vegetation, retaining walls, and a variety of drainage systems for the job. [read more]
Construction Site Erosion Control
Texoma Excavation & Construction is an excavation company and erosion control contractor specializing in construction site erosion control. We design, implement, and maintain residential, commercial, and construction site erosion control plans. We use a variety of techniques to prevent soil erosion, including vegetation, retaining walls, and a variety of drainage systems for the job. [read more]
Rainscaping: Manage Rainwater Where it Falls with style!
Rainscaping is a term that emerged in 2008 describing a variety of practices that manage stormwater runoff in a sustainable and aesthetic way. Rainscaping is any combination of plantings, water features, catch basins, and other activities that manage stormwater as close as possible to where it falls, rather than moving it someplace else. [read more]
Naturescape Landscaping
Naturescape landscaping involves using simple techniques that mimic nature, such as using native plants, creating diversity, avoiding chemicals, and incorporating natural features. Naturescape landscaping can make your yard a safe and healthy place for children, pets, and wildlife, as well as save you time and money by reducing water, energy, and maintenance needs. [read more]
Landscape Grading & Excavating Contractor Services
Texoma Excavation and Construction Company’s landscape grading and excavation services involve leveling or sloping the land around a property to improve its appearance, functionality, and drainage. Landscape grading can help prevent water damage, soil erosion, flooding, and other problems caused by poor drainage or uneven terrain. [read more]
Drainage Solutions for Yard & Landscaping
If you’re experiencing poor drainage on your property, it’s important to address the issue promptly to prevent further damage and potential safety hazards. Texoma Excavation & Construction can help identify the root cause of your drainage problems and provide effective solutions to keep your property safe and well-maintained.
Erosion Control Related Topics:
Overgrazing: Farm & Ranch Soil Erosion
Overgrazing can lead to severe soil erosion and degradation on ranches and farms, impacting not only the land but also waterways and biodiversity. This soil erosion can be caused by grazing cattle, horses, & other livestock. When these animals graze, they can cause physical damage to the soil, especially when the soil is wet. [read more]
What is an Erosion & Sedimentation Control Plan?
An Erosion and Sediment Control Plan (ESCP) document describes the measures and practices to prevent or minimize soil erosion and sedimentation during construction activities. In Texas, this is required for construction projects disturbing one acre or more, or is part of a larger common development plan of one acre or more of land. [read more]
Use Permeable Pavements to Reduce Hardscape Stormwater Runoff
Permeable pavement materials are used in rainscaping for walking paths and other purposes such as driveways, parking areas, patios, tennis courts and even streets. Rainscaping refers to any combination of plantings, water features, catch basins, permeable pavements and other methods of managing stormwater as close as possible to where it falls, rather than moving it someplace else. [read more]
Soil Erosion Types & Solutions
Soil erosion is the process by which soil is removed from the land surface by wind, water, or other geological agents. This discussion focuses on erosion caused by stormwater runoff. Various types of poor land management practices, including overgrazing, deforestation, overgrazing, intensive farming practices, and construction work, lead to avoidable soil erosion. [read more]
French Drain Systems
A French drain system (also known as a “subsurface drain”, a “weeping tile”, or a “rock drain”) is a trench filled with gravel or rock, with a perforated pipe embedded in the gravel at an angle so that gravity carries water away from the home. From what is visible, a French drain looks like a rock drainage ditch. When done well, it appears to be a nice hardscaping element. [read more]
811 Call Before You Dig Underground Utilities
Call before you dig underground utilities for any type construction project. This is the law, and it's there to protect your property and any workers from hitting buried utilities. By calling 811, you can create a notification that will be sent to all the utility companies that are within your work area, instead of searching for multiple utility companies and notifying each one about your project. [read more]
Past Excavation Projects
The above image shows Texoma Excavation & Construction digging a new power supply ditch and tying into the existing live power supply near Melissa, Texas. The paver stones were salvaged to be replaced. All the PVC, electrical conduit, phone lines, and small electrical lines that were destroyed were anticipated.
Pond building is a complex process that requires careful planning and execution. After all the planning, the first construction step is excavation of the area where the pond will be located. The pond excavation work shown above was near Montague, Texas. When this pond is full, it will be 7′ 2″ deep at its deepest point.
Residential drainage excavation work done near Denison, Texas. This client had some significant drainage problems during periods of high-volume runoff and tried to excavate a ditch to channel water away from his house. We were hired to polish the existing ditch and spread some grass seed.
