Do you do site & pad construction in Stanton, TX?

Yes. Stanton is about 20 miles northeast of our Midland yard, straight up I-20, and site & pad construction is work we run regularly across Martin County. I-20 and SH-137 carry the haul routes through Stanton; farm and lease access runs off Martin County roads.

Martin County • 20 mi from Midland

Site & Pad Construction in Stanton, TX

Site prep and pad construction that gets the ground ready to build.

Site & Pad Construction is one of the most-requested services Rangefinder Excavation provides around Stanton, TX. Ag terrace work and field drainage stay in steady demand around Stanton, alongside lease road and pad construction tied to Martin County oilfield activity.

Before a slab gets poured or a building goes up, the ground has to be right — graded to spec, compacted to bear the load, and draining the way the engineer designed it. Rangefinder Excavation handles site and pad construction across the Permian Basin, from commercial building pads to oilfield well pad construction.

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Aerial view of a large graded and compacted commercial building pad along a Permian Basin highway frontage

What's Included

Site clearing and rough grading to plan
Building pad excavation and compaction
Well pad construction and access road grading
Commercial lot grading and drainage shaping
Cut-and-fill balancing to minimize haul-off costs
Final grade shot and documented for your engineer's sign-off

Why Stanton Property Owners Call Us

A pad built on properly compacted base carries loaded rigs and haul trucks without rutting or pumping
Grade shot to your plan tolerances, so the slab or the location sits where the engineer drew it
Fall built in from the start, so the first heavy rain runs off the pad instead of sitting on it
Cut-and-fill balanced on site where the ground allows it, which is the difference between hauling material in and moving it across

Ground conditions — Stanton, TX

Sandy loam farm ground over caliche across Martin County — easy digging up top, with a hard layer underneath that sets how deep a cut can practically go.

Rain sheets across flat cotton ground instead of channeling, so terraces and graded waterways end up doing the work that natural fall does elsewhere.

What site & pad construction looks like around Stanton

Stanton is about 20 miles northeast of our Midland yard, straight up I-20. I-20 and SH-137 carry the haul routes through Stanton; farm and lease access runs off Martin County roads.

Work we get called for in Martin County

Ag terraces rebuilt on contour across Martin County cotton ground
Graded waterways and field drainage on flat farm ground
Lease roads, well pads and culvert installs on county-road approaches

Access & permits

TxDOT's Odessa district covers I-20 and SH-137 frontage; Martin County Road & Bridge and the City of Stanton handle county roads and in-town work.

How a site & pad construction job runs

Same four steps whether the job is in Stanton or anywhere else we work: review plans and stake the site, clear and rough grade, compact to spec, final grade and drainage.

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Site & Pad Construction in Stanton — Common Questions

Do you do site & pad construction in Stanton, TX?: Yes. Stanton is about 20 miles northeast of our Midland yard, straight up I-20, and site & pad construction is work we run regularly across Martin County. I-20 and SH-137 carry the haul routes through Stanton; farm and lease access runs off Martin County roads.
What affects a site & pad construction job around Stanton?: Sandy loam farm ground over caliche across Martin County — easy digging up top, with a hard layer underneath that sets how deep a cut can practically go. Rain sheets across flat cotton ground instead of channeling, so terraces and graded waterways end up doing the work that natural fall does elsewhere.
Do I need a permit for site & pad construction near Stanton?: It depends on whether the work touches a public road. TxDOT's Odessa district covers I-20 and SH-137 frontage; Martin County Road & Bridge and the City of Stanton handle county roads and in-town work. We will tell you which one applies before we price it.

More general questions about site & pad construction are answered on the site & pad construction page.