Grading, base compaction and drainage sloping for a new or rebuilt driveway on a Greenacres lot, done with a Bobcat T740 and 60" grapple at $1,385/day with an operator. Free estimates.
We build the ground your driveway sits on. The Bobcat T740 cuts and levels the path to a consistent width and line, compacts the subgrade so it does not rut under vehicles, and crowns or cross-slopes the pad so rain runs off instead of toward the garage or a neighbor. The machine and operator are $1,385 per day. Base and finish material, whether limerock, shell, gravel or a paved surface, is priced separately, so call for a quote on those.
Most Greenacres lots are suburban: a single-family house, a short run from the street, a swale or sidewalk crossing at the curb. That is a small, precise job, and getting the slope right matters more than moving a lot of dirt.
Greenacres runs its own Development & Neighborhood Services Building Division from City Hall at 5800 Melaleuca Lane, with an ePermit portal, and it is separate from unincorporated Palm Beach County. A driveway apron or curb cut touches the public right-of-way, so check what the city needs before the first cut. We call 811 before anything digs.
The housing stock is mostly concrete block from roughly 1970 to 1999 in communities such as Cresthaven, Lucerne Lakes and Sherwood Lakes, with newer 2000s neighborhoods like Royal Palm Estates toward the western edge. Many of those driveways are 30 or 40 years old: cracked, settled, and sloped toward the house. Tearing out and re-grading the base is usually the real fix, not a new surface over the same ground. Many of these communities also have HOA or association rules on driveway materials and widths, so get approval before work starts.
Greenacres sits a few miles inland, but this is low South Florida ground, and a driveway that sheds water toward the slab will show it in the wet season. Check your address against the current wind-speed and flood maps; we do that before we scope anything.
If the path has brush or a fence line in the way, see lot clearing. If it sits low and needs raising, see fill dirt in Greenacres. We can bundle them into one mobilization. For permits beyond the city, the permits and regulations guide covers the basics.
Bell Engineering and Construction Corporation is run by a Florida Certified General Contractor, CGC1528750, and an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm, #NAT-F122701-2. A state certification lets the owner contract in any Florida county. Every job carries a written one-year workmanship warranty, and estimates are free.
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Our Bobcat T740 with a 60-inch grapple is $1,385 per day, including an operator, for the grading, compaction and drainage work. Base and finish materials are priced separately, so call for a quote. Estimates are free.
We build the base: grading the path, compacting it and sloping it to drain. The finish surface, whether limerock, shell, gravel or a paved surface, is sourced and priced separately. Call and we will talk through options for your lot.
Often. Greenacres has its own Building Division at 5800 Melaleuca Lane with an ePermit portal, separate from unincorporated Palm Beach County, and a curb cut or apron touches the public right-of-way. Confirm the requirements for your address before work starts.
If it has cracked, settled or slopes toward the house, the base is the problem and a new surface over the same ground will fail the same way. Re-grading and compacting the base first is the usual fix. We look at it before recommending anything.
Many Greenacres communities have association rules on driveway materials and widths. Get approval before work starts. We can work from what your association approves.
Yes. If there is brush, a tree or a fence line in the way, or the path sits low and needs fill, we can bundle clearing, fill and grading into one mobilization.