Our
Services

  • Land Clearing

    Land Clearing

    • Tree + Stump Removal

    • Overburden Stripping

    • Lot Leveling

  • Foundation Excavations

    Foundation Excavations

    • Digging for New Home Foundations

    • Including Perimeter Drains + Backfill Post Foundation Construction

  • Landscaping + Retaining Walls

    Landscaping + Retaining Walls

    • Lawn Preparation + Soil Spreading

    • Walk-way Construction

    • Retaining Wall Construction

  • Drainage

    Drainage

    • Excavating the perimeter of existing or new foundations

    • Pipe Installation

    • Back Fill

  • Road Building + Driveways

    Road Building + Driveways

    • Basic Design + Layout

    • Road Base

    • Ditching

    • Prep for Asphalt + Concrete

    • Crushed Top Finish

  • Trenching + Underground Utilities

    Trenching + Underground Utilities

    • Trenching + Compaction + Back Filling For: Water + Sewer + Electrical + Drainage

About Ian

Confidence in 30 Years of Experience

Ian is the owner and chief operator of Cowichan Valley Excavating. Ian is a trade-certified heavy equipment operator with his career beginning at 18 years old, operating an excavator, drilling and blasting, and driving a rock truck to build logging roads.

Ian transitioned into civil construction, working on Bear Mountain in its preliminary stages of construction, including underground utilities and road building. After completion, Ian worked in the pipeline and gas industry in Alberta for 5 years, operating various pieces of heavy equipment. Opportunities eventually brought Ian to South Korea, where he taught the heavy equipment operator trade apprenticeship program for the foreign worker program. As well he has also worked in BC as an educator for the trade.

Ian also has years of experience with the municipality in public works, as a utility 2 and equipment operator, completing a range of projects as needed for the city and its infrastructure development.

Making safe work practices a priority, Ian is fully insured and bonded.

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