Guides for Commercial Soil & Site Work
Straight answers on fill dirt, select fill, topsoil, and the Texas ground you build on. These guides explain the materials and the specs so you order the right thing, estimate the right volume, and avoid the expensive mistakes, then connect you to the pages where you can price and schedule delivery.
Soil & Material Guides
Pick a topic. Every guide is written for contractors, civil and site-work crews, and developers, and is cited to the standards that govern the work.
What Is Select Fill?
What select fill is, how it differs from fill dirt and common fill, the TxDOT and ASTM standards it is sourced to, and where to use it.
Read the guide →Fill Dirt vs Topsoil
The real difference, why topsoil is never structural fill, and how to order the right material for each part of the job.
Read the guide →How Much Fill Dirt Do I Need?
The cubic yard formula, a worked example, the compaction allowance most estimates miss, and how to size your truck loads.
Read the guide →Expansive Clay in Texas, Explained
Why Texas clay moves, how plasticity index measures it, where it sits under each metro, and how commercial sites engineer around it.
Read the guide →Dirt Export & Haul-Off
When a site cuts more than it fills, the surplus has to leave. How haul-off works, why you move more than you dig, and when clean fill can be reused.
Read the guide →Soil Compaction Explained
The Proctor test, optimum moisture, what 95 percent density means, lift thickness, and the field tests that prove every layer.
Read the guide →Ready to order or estimate?
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