Excavation Services in Duluth and Superior

When Precision and Experience Are Non-Negotiable

Urban excavation specialists. Prepared, permitted, and organized for projects that demand it.

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Contour Inc. excavation equipment in Duluth MN
Duluth • Superior • Proctor • Two Harbors
Bonded & licensed in MN and WI
Urban excavation contractor

Everything built above ground starts with what we do below it.

We specialize in urban excavation centered around proper planning and deep, hands-on experience. If your project is in Duluth or Superior, chances are we have already done something very similar. There is nothing we have not seen.

Josh and Brian both come from foundation work. That background matters. Before any equipment touches a site, we want to be standing on it with the foundation crew, walking through grade, drainage, and exactly what the follow-up trades will need.

Pre-job site visit with every foundation contractor
Bonded and licensed in MN and WI
Same crew on every job, no subcontracting
Full equipment on site, not rented or borrowed
What we do

Excavation services for in-town projects

From raw dirt to finished grade. Duluth, Superior, Proctor, and Two Harbors.

Working on a new build that also needs sewer and water brought to the site? We handle that too, permitted and inspected, without needing a second crew.

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Contour Inc. excavator and hydrovac working a job site in Duluth MN
General contractors and builders

When you need the sewer and water handled before the foundation goes in, we are the call.

Most excavators will put in your foundation and your driveway. But they will hand you a phone number and tell you to find someone else to bring the sewer and water to the site. That handoff costs time, coordination, and usually a few thousand dollars you did not plan for.

We are bonded and permitted with every municipality we work in. When we are on site, we handle the excavation and the sewer and water service connection. One crew, one schedule, one invoice.

Contractors we work with

Lagom Homes
ProCon
Pre-job site visit, every time

Before any equipment moves, we want to be standing on site with the foundation contractor going over the plan. Grade, drainage, foundation height, where the sewer tie-in lands. When everyone is looking at the same picture before the dig, there is no finger pointing at the end.

Timely estimates. Real schedules. Bills that go out on time.

A lot of contractors in this market will get to your estimate when they can get to it. The schedule is whenever they finish the last three jobs. And the final bill might show up two months after the work is done while you are trying to close on a loan. That is not how we run things.

We say what we see, and we back it up

If the grade is not going to work or the drainage is going to cause a problem down the road, we say so before anything gets poured. Not because we are padding the project. Because we have done this enough times to know what those problems look like after the fact, and fixing them costs exponentially more.

Full equipment. Full capability.

Excavation, hydrovac, sewer and water service connections, utility tie-ins, site restoration. We have the machines and the licensing to handle what most excavators pass on. If your project is in Duluth, Superior, Proctor, or Two Harbors, we can take it from raw dirt to finished service, permitted and inspected.

Common questions

Excavation FAQs

What makes Contour different from other excavation companies in Duluth?

We specialize in urban, in-town excavation for projects that require permits, road coordination, and tight-site work. Josh and Brian both come from foundation backgrounds, so we do more than move dirt. We do pre-job site visits with your foundation crew, plan for drainage and grade, and handle sewer and water connections so you do not need a second company on site.

What excavation services do you offer?

Site prep and new construction, foundation and slab excavation, driveway excavation, commercial site prep, drainage solutions, and lot clearing. For new builds, we also handle sewer and water service connections from the main to the structure, permitted and inspected.

Are you licensed to work in Duluth, Superior, and surrounding cities?

Yes. We are bonded and licensed in Minnesota and Wisconsin and permitted with every municipality we work in, including Duluth, Superior, Proctor, Two Harbors, and Hermantown.

Do you work with general contractors and home builders?

We do, and it is a significant part of what we do. We work with Logam Home Builders and ProCon regularly. We bring the same scheduling discipline and clear communication that your project timeline requires.

How do I get a quote for excavation work?

Call 218-409-6356 or fill out the contact form. For most jobs, we will schedule a site visit before giving an estimate. Service calls include a free camera inspection.

How we approach every new build

Why we always meet with the foundation crew before a machine moves.

After ten-plus years of combined foundation and excavation work, Josh and Brian kept seeing the same pattern: when a site prep project goes wrong, it traces back to poor communication before the first machine moved.

Drainage, soil conditions, and grade are not details you assess from a plan. A plan is a starting point. The ground is the reality.

We do a pre-job site visit on every new construction project. We walk the lot, talk through drainage, and make sure every contractor coming in after us knows exactly what they are building on.

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Contour Inc. excavation team in Duluth MN
10+
Years in foundation
and excavation