Dirt project consulting
We advise on material selection, rough quantities, truck and load strategy, site access, drainage and grading logic, structural fill decisions, and the order the work should happen in, before the first load is ordered.
Address, rough dimensions, photos, plans, or scope notes. Text or the form below.
Material, quantity, truck plan, and sequence: where jobs usually go wrong.
A practical recap by text or email before you order, hire, or approve scope.
Dirt project consulting is paid, practical advice before you buy fill material or hire trucks. We look at your site, plans, or photos and tell you which material fits the job, roughly how many yards to order, what trucks to use, how they get in and out, and what order the work should happen in. Consults start at $150, and site plan takeoffs are included with the $1,500/month Ongoing Dirt Advisor plan.
Need quantities from a plan set? See earthwork takeoffs from your site plans.
Who this is for
Pool fill-ins, yard leveling, drainage fixes, house pads, retaining wall backfill.
Site prep, pads, utility backfill, structural and select fill coordination.
New facilities and expansions, run by owners who don’t buy dirt every week.
Bridge approaches, embankments, road base and subgrade work, large haul programs.
What we help with
These are the decisions that set what a dirt job costs. We make them with you before anything is ordered.
Why hire us before ordering
A consult costs less than one wasted truckload. Every mistake below shows up as extra loads, idle equipment, damaged property, or work done twice, and every one is cheapest to catch before the first truck is dispatched.
Organic topsoil under a slab or clay where you needed drainage leads to settling, ponding, and paying to dig it back out.
Forgetting compaction or using the wrong depth means extra trips at full price, or a leftover pile you pay to haul away.
Tandems on a 2,000-yard job or end dumps on a residential street. Production drops and the per-yard cost climbs.
Cracked driveways, cut-up lawns, trucks that can’t turn around, and loads dumped in the wrong spot.
Fill placed before utilities, or topsoil spread before final grade. Every redo is paid twice.
One outside check before ordering is the cheapest point to catch overbuying, wrong loads, or unnecessary rework.
The math, done before you order
Ordering the 104 yards in the pool math leaves you short a load or two mid-job. Ordering 160 “to be safe” is a pile you pay to haul away. A consult gets the number, the trucks, and the access checked before you order.
Illustrative numbers. Your pool’s shape, depth, and access change them. More in our pool removal guide.
What you get
Not a report that sits in a folder. A practical answer to what to order, how much, on what trucks, and in what order.
Packages
Flat prices for consults and the monthly advisor. Commercial one-off projects are quoted to scope after a short intake.
Best for homeowners and fast second opinions
$150one-time
Short call · One follow-up question by text
Best for residential projects: pool fill-ins, house pads, drainage, grading, wall backfill
$500residential
Intake review + working call · Follow-ups through ordering
Best for developers, manufacturing projects, heavy civil and bridge teams
$1,500per month
Recurring access · As needed across the project
Best for commercial and industrial jobs that need a one-off plan, not a monthly advisor
Custom quote
Scoped to the project · Agreed up front
Heavy civil & bridge work
We’ve worked alongside bridge-development and infrastructure teams on the part of the job that runs on trucks and yards: getting the right fill to the right place in the right order without overspending. Your engineer sets the spec. We help you execute it efficiently.
Matching material to the spec the engineer of record set, and finding supply that actually meets it within haul range.
Truck type, cycle times, staging, and route constraints, planned before the first truck shows up.
Practical checks on cut/fill and import numbers so you don’t over-order or run short mid-pour.
Field-experience input on the judgment calls that drive cost, made alongside your engineer, not instead of them.
Ordering lifts, stockpiles, and deliveries so crews and equipment aren’t waiting on dirt.
Catching poor assumptions early, when they’re still a conversation and not a change order.
Book a consultation
We reply the same business day with the right package and a time to talk.
Consults by phone and text anywhere. Hands-on delivery experience in Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Denver and the Front Range, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa Bay.
Text us the address, rough dimensions, photos, or plans. Most people get a useful answer in the first reply.
Text (469) 253-2403or call (469) 253-2403 · Mon–Sat 7am–5pm
FAQ
Anyone about to spend real money on dirt: homeowners, contractors, developers, industrial site owners, and heavy civil or bridge teams. If you’re about to order material, hire trucks, or approve a sitework scope, it’s for you.
Yes. Many clients use us as a second opinion on the contractor’s material, quantity, or haul plan before signing off. We give practical input. We’re not there to take over the job.
Yes. Text photos, plan sheets, or scope notes to (469) 253-2403, or tell us in the form and we’ll ask for them. Photos with a tape measure in frame help.
On consults, we give rough quantity guidance from your dimensions, plans, or photos, including compaction allowance, so you order close to right. Ongoing Dirt Advisor clients and commercial custom projects get full takeoffs from their site plans. Either way these are planning and ordering quantities, not a stamped survey. Where a number has to hold up contractually, your surveyor or engineer of record has the final say.
Included with the Ongoing Dirt Advisor plan and available on commercial custom projects. Email your site plans (PDF or CAD) to support@filldirtnearme.net, or text them if they’re small. We run cut/fill and material takeoffs in takeoff software and send back quantities by material, with notes on truck counts and sequencing.
Usually anywhere something gets built on it or it has to carry load: slabs, pads, footings, driveways, and wall backfill. Regular fill works for low spots and general grading. When a geotechnical report or engineer specifies material, that spec wins. We help you source and plan around it.
Yes, on the practical side: fill coordination, haul strategy, quantity checks, and sequencing. We are not the engineer of record and don’t provide geotechnical or structural design. We help teams execute the dirt scope efficiently and avoid overspend.
Site plan takeoffs are included with the Ongoing Dirt Advisor plan at $1,500/month, which suits developers and contractors with steady work. A one-off commercial takeoff is quoted to scope once we see the plan set.
Yes. Upload grading plans as PDF or CAD with the form on this page. We run cut/fill and material takeoffs in takeoff software and send back quantities by material, with truck counts and haul sequence notes.
Divide the delivered yards by the truck size: about 10–12 yards per tandem, 14–16 per tri-axle, and around 18 per end dump. Delivered yards should include compaction allowance, usually 15–25% over the in-place volume. Access decides which trucks you can use, so we check it before we count loads.
Consults by phone and text anywhere. Our delivery experience is local to Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Denver and the Front Range, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa Bay, and that’s where our material and trucking advice is sharpest.
Ask when you book. It depends on the package and the size of the order that follows.
Yes. Owner-side review for new facilities and expansions is one of the most useful places for a second opinion, because owners usually can’t easily check a dirt scope on their own.
That’s the $150 Quick Consult. Text the address, what you’re doing, and what you’ve been told to (469) 253-2403, and we’ll tell you whether it sounds right.
From people who move dirt every day, and have since 2010. If the plan holds up, we’ll tell you. If it doesn’t, you’ll know before it costs you.
Fill Dirt Near Me provides practical dirt, trucking, and sitework planning advice based on supply and delivery experience. We are not a licensed engineering or geotechnical firm, are not the engineer of record, and do not provide engineered designs, compaction specifications, or stamped plans. Where a project requires them, those come from your licensed engineer.
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