P.O. Box 772 CIVIC SQUARE ACT 2608
P.O. Box 772 CIVIC SQUARE ACT 2608
Earthmoving in Belconnen ranges from grading a bare block in a new estate to trenching drains through an old backyard, and ACT House & Landscaping Maintenance takes on that work across the district. Belconnen is a district rather than a suburb, made up of 27 suburbs. Clay soils and the Ginninderra Creek catchment shape a lot of what happens below ground here. This page covers where we work and what to know before booking.
We cover every suburb in the district, using the ABS boundary for Belconnen: Weetangera, Strathnairn, Spence, Scullin, Page, Melba, McKellar, Macquarie, Macnamara, Macgregor, Lawson, Latham, Kaleen, Holt, Higgins, Hawker, Giralang, Fraser, Flynn, Florey, Evatt, Dunlop, Cook, Charnwood, Bruce, Belconnen and Aranda.
According to the ACT Government’s district strategy, Belconnen is relatively flat, with most areas at gradients of 10% or less. Flatter ground is easier for machines, but it also gives water no natural fall, so grading has to create one.
Canberra Tracks records that Lake Ginninderra was built in 1974 by an embankment across Ginninderra Creek, and that it collects stormwater from a 9,800 hectare catchment. The district strategy also identifies areas in Page, Weetangera and Benjamin Way as flood prone.
Not every block drains to the lake, but the lesson is the same at yard scale. Before turf or paving goes down, the ground should fall away from buildings to a drain or pit. Our article on bobcat grading in Belconnen explains why that base work matters on clay and sloping blocks.
In the older suburbs, much of the earthmoving in Belconnen is for water. Agricultural drains laid in gravel along a fence line or the low side of a lawn collect water from the clay and carry it to a pit or the stormwater connection. Downpipes that discharge onto the ground can be piped away in the same trench.
Our drainage excavation service covers that work, including pits and connections to the stormwater system.
The district strategy points to growth in the second stage of Lawson and at Ginninderry in the west, which includes Strathnairn and Macnamara. New blocks there often need site levelling and spoil moved before a garden can start. Getting the levels right before the first plant goes in is far easier than fixing them once a lawn has been laid. In the older suburbs, the work is more often clearing old structures, trenching and footings.
For open ground, our bobcat work is usually the quickest option. Larger jobs come under earth moving, and the excavation page lists the full range.
Yes. We can grade and level the block and set falls for drainage, then the landscaping can follow on the same project.
Yes. Old slabs, paths and footings are often cleared before new landscaping or an extension goes in. Tell us the rough size and thickness if you know it.
Yes. Pool excavation is part of our earthmoving work. Bring the pool plans when we visit.
Phone 0406 700 400 or send a message through our contact form, with the suburb and what the earthworks involve.
Any plans or levels from a builder or designer, a note of where the spoil should go, and clear access to the work area. Underground services also need to be located before any digging.
Belconnen is the district covering Canberra’s north-west, from Aranda and Bruce out to the new western estates.
This page is part of our Belconnen service area. See every district and suburb on one page at our service locations.
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