Land clearing, home sites, driveways, septic and drainage for your property, whether it's acreage, a rural lot or an island cabin. Based in Campbell River and Quadra Island, serving all surrounding areas.
Building a home on acreage, putting a cabin on an island, or just need a better driveway? We help landowners get from bush to build-ready, including on remote and barge-access lots where getting equipment in is half the job.
We cover the whole job on your property: land clearing, house site and foundation prep for your build, driveways and private access roads, septic installation, drainage and perimeter drains, water and power trenches, ponds, rock blasting for a house site, tearing down old buildings, and sand and gravel delivery.



Jagged Mountain Excavating Ltd. is a family-run excavation contractor based in Campbell River and Quadra Island, serving all surrounding areas. We bring four generations of earthworks experience and 15+ years in business to rural landowners and homeowners. We're BC Safe Certified, with equipment sized for a rural lot and rigged for the barge.
If you're building a new home, adding a cabin or shop, or fixing up acreage, we can handle land clearing and brush cutting, house site and foundation excavation, driveways and private access roads, culvert crossings and small bridges on your land, septic system installation, perimeter drains and drainage, water and power line trenches, auger holes for posts and footings, ponds, rock blasting, old building teardown, and sand and gravel delivery across Campbell River and Quadra Island.
We regularly barge equipment to Quadra Island, Cortes Island, Read Island, Sonora Island, West Thurlow Island, East Thurlow Island, and other Discovery Islands. If you need excavation in Campbell River, on Quadra Island, in the Comox Valley or anywhere in the Discovery Islands, call 778-785-7333.
Four generations of earthworks experience on Vancouver Island and the Discovery Islands. We know the rock, the rain, and how to get equipment onto your property.
Island lot or cabin with no road access? Our equipment is sized and rigged for the barge, and we serve 10+ islands.
Safe work on your property, with certified blasting operators and licensed powder for rock that's in the way of your house site or driveway.
From bush to build-ready: clearing, driveway, septic, water and power trenches, house pad. One crew, so you're not juggling contractors for your build.
We walk your property with you, talk through your plans, and check access and ground conditions. You get a clear written quote with no surprise line items.
We work with your engineer, builder and building inspector so drainage, setbacks and grades are sorted before we dig.
Equipment in, then clearing, stumping, driveway, trenches, septic and your house pad. We check in regularly so you always know where the job is at.
Final grading, drainage checked, debris cleaned up. Your property is ready for the foundation crew, the builder, or whatever comes next.
Tell us about your property and your plans: clearing a lot, a new driveway, septic, drainage, or a home site. We'll come take a look.
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