Service · General contractor or specialty subcontractor

Civil work.

Site servicing, grading, asphalt, concrete pavement, retaining walls, accessibility ramps and hardscape. The work that happens outside the building envelope — done to municipal standards across the GTA. Hire us as the GC, or as the specialty trade on someone else's project.

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What we do

From the curb to the building line.

Civil work is everything between the public road and the building. Servicing — water, sewer, storm — into the property. Grading and drainage so water moves where you want it. Asphalt and concrete pavement, parking lots, sidewalks, accessibility ramps, curbs. Retaining walls, segmental block walls, hardscape. AODA-compliant ramps and barrier-free path-of-travel work that's required on most renovations now.

The work is municipal-standards driven — OPSS specifications for road and pavement, City of Toronto Standard Drawings for servicing, AODA Built Environment standards for accessibility. Permits run through Right-of-Way, Engineering Services and (for accessibility) Toronto Building. Coordination with utility companies (Toronto Water, Enbridge, Toronto Hydro) is the work as much as the trenching is.

Capabilities
  • Water, sanitary & storm servicing
  • Site grading & drainage
  • Asphalt paving — parking lots, drives, mill-and-pave
  • Concrete pavement, sidewalks & curbs
  • Retaining walls — cast-in-place, segmental block
  • AODA accessibility ramps & barrier-free paths
  • Bollards, guard rails & site protection
  • Catch basins & site drainage structures
  • Excavation, shoring & backfill
  • Coordination with Toronto Water, Enbridge, Toronto Hydro
How we work

From the survey to the seal coat.

Civil work runs on permits and inspections. We carry both.

STEP / 01
Survey & permits
OLS topographic survey or grade-verification survey. Permits through Toronto Right-of-Way, Engineering Services, Toronto Water (where servicing crosses the property line). Utility locates ordered well before any excavation.
STEP / 02
Excavate & service
Excavation to design depth, shoring or trench-box per Ontario Reg 213/91 (Construction Projects). Servicing connections coordinated with Toronto Water and Toronto Hydro inspectors. Backfill and compaction to OPSS spec, tested and documented.
STEP / 03
Grade & pave
Subgrade to design grade, granular base placed and compacted, asphalt or concrete pavement to OPSS spec. AODA-compliant slopes and surfaces verified on accessibility paths. Curbs, catch basins and structures set.
STEP / 04
Inspect & restore
Final inspections by Engineering Services and Toronto Water. Restoration of city right-of-way to City standards. As-builts to City of Toronto for record drawings. Two-year asphalt warranty as standard.
How we engage

Hire us as the GC, or as the trade.

Civil work shows up in two contractual shapes.

As your GC

On civil-led projects — a parking lot rebuild, an exterior accessibility upgrade, a site servicing replacement — we run the whole project. Permits, utilities, traffic management, paving, accessibility certification, restoration. One contract end-to-end.

As a specialty sub

When a building project includes site work but is being run by another GC, we bid as the civil sub. Site servicing, paving, retaining walls, AODA ramps — under the lead GC's permit and contract. Common on commercial renovations, school-board work and industrial expansions.

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