You, your sales representative and an excavator—either one you’ve selected or one supplied by your builder—meet on location to discuss the details of site preparation. You’ll mark out the boundaries of the barn; then work can begin on creating a level, compacted base that will support the new building. The perimeter will be graded to slope down and away for optimum drainage.
The time and amount of excavation work necessary depends upon existing vegetation and/or rocks, the type of soil, ground elevation, fill dirt requirements and weather.
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