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EST. 1978

Precision grading & excavation

Salsbury Engineering, Inc. is a grading contractor serving Southern California safe, high-quality, and efficient grading and excavation since 1978. Site clearing, demolition and remediation are offered with associated grading work.

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EST. 1978Founded by Gregory L. Salsbury
CSLB #560197A · C-12 · C-21 · Haz
Union signatoryOperating Engineers Local 12 & Laborers
CARB-compliantSelf-performed with our own fleet
Self-performed services

What we do

Grading and excavation are the core of every Salsbury contract — we bid or take on clearing, demolition and remediation only with associated grading work.

Grading & excavation

  • Mass and rough grading
  • Finish and fine grading
  • Vertical and mass excavation
  • Trenching and neat cutting
  • Subgrade stabilization and reinforcement
  • Fill, backfill and compaction
  • Soil drying and moisture conditioning

Demolition & clearing

  • Site vegetation clearing
  • Complete tree and brush removal
  • Pavement saw cutting and removal
  • Retaining, building and site wall removal
  • 1–2 story building demolition
  • Utility removal
  • Topsoil stripping and removal

Remediation

  • Landfill capping
  • Soil contaminant profiling and removal
  • Haul-off to certified facilities
  • Site soil blending
  • Underground storage tank excavation, removal or abandonment
About us

A century of cumulative experience

Salsbury Engineering, Inc. has a fleet of CARB compliant heavy equipment and tools run by trained and competent union operating engineers and laborers. Our staff brings over a century of direct, cumulative years of construction experience in a wide range of public and private residential, commercial and industrial sectors.

In addition to self-performed work, we contract and purchase from the top engineering and surveying, demolition, wet and dry utility, shoring and soil treatment, foundation, and landscaping contractors to provide complete turn-key civil solutions via whatever delivery method the client requires.

Salsbury Engineering jobsite — excavation crew and equipment at work
Completed work & experience

Sectors we serve

  • Residential tracts & multifamily
  • Parks, recreation & stadiums
  • Emergency earthwork & landslide repair
  • Biotech & manufacturing
  • Healthcare & hospitals
  • Warehousing & intermodal
  • Chemical plants & refineries
  • Aerospace & airports
  • K-12 & university campuses
  • Local, state & federal facilities
  • Power plants & substations

Safe, high quality, and efficient contracting since 1978.

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