Most Riviera Beach grading calls are about water, not looks: a low sandy lot that holds a puddle for days after a summer storm, a yard that slopes toward the house instead of away from it, or a pad that has to sit level before a slab, shed or driveway goes on it. Our Bobcat T740 with a 60in grapple cuts high spots, fills low ones and shapes a fall toward where the water is meant to go, at $1,385/day with operator. We do not price grading by the acre. How many days a lot takes depends on how far off level it starts, so the free estimate is where that number is settled.
Planning a clear-and-grade on a bigger parcel? Our land clearing cost guide covers the per-acre side, and the Bell Land Services hub lists every service.
Name the job before we arrive and the estimate is faster and more exact.
1 · Drainage regrading
Cutting a fall into a flat lot so rain leaves the yard instead of sitting on it. Older Riviera Beach blocks were platted flat and low, and a few inches of shaping changes where the water goes.
2 · Level pads
A compacted, level pad for a shed, slab, carport or driveway base, left clean for the next trade rather than mulched over.
3 · Fill spreading and leveling
Fill that has already been delivered gets spread and shaped to grade. We run the machine and the grade; ordering the fill is covered on our
fill dirt and excavation page.
4 · Access and driveway runs
A firm, shaped run for trucks and equipment to reach the back of a lot without rutting, ahead of a build or after storm traffic has torn the ground up.
Four local questions come up before the first pass, and raising them early keeps a job from stopping halfway.
1 · The City, not the county
Riviera Beach is an incorporated city with its own building and zoning departments. That is a different desk from the Palm Beach County Building Division that covers unincorporated areas, so a grading or fill question here starts with the City. We ask about your address before the machine is booked.
2 · Stormwater and drainage
Grading that moves water onto a neighbor, a city street or a canal bank is a drainage matter, not a yard matter. City stormwater rules apply on city streets and rights-of-way, and a lot beside a canal answers to whichever drainage body maintains it. Larger sites can also reach South Florida Water Management District stormwater rules.
3 · Low, coastal ground
Much of Riviera Beach, Singer Island included, sits low and sandy, with a high water table. Grading there is about giving water somewhere to go, and it is judged on a wet day rather than a dry one.
4 · Gopher tortoises and mangroves
The gopher tortoise is a state-protected species in Florida, and an active burrow on a vacant lot stops work until the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has been consulted. Mangroves along the Intracoastal are protected by state law and are not ours to move.
The Bobcat T740 with 60in grapple is $1,385/day with operator. That is the price of the machine and operator; we do not publish a per-lot or per-acre grading figure, because starting grade, access, whether fill has to be spread and the weather all differ on every lot. Estimates are free, and every job carries a written one-year workmanship warranty.
Bell Land Services is part of Bell Engineering and Construction Corporation, operating continuously since February 2009: Florida Certified General Contractor CGC1528750 (active, verifiable on myfloridalicense.com) and an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm, #NAT-F122701-2. A state certification means we may contract in any Florida county, Riviera Beach included, and we hold the Palm Beach County business tax receipt. We have no named Riviera Beach grading project to show you and will not invent one.
Design awards: CSS Design Awards Special Kudos 2026 · Web Design Awards Winner 2026
If your lot sits inside an association, a regraded yard or new pad can need architectural-review sign-off, and the people who run that process are our property management team in Riviera Beach. It is the next page to read if the question is who approves the work, not who does it.
