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Black Mountain ExcavationMilliken, ColoradoSince 2020

We move the ground everything else stands on.

Earthwork, underground utilities, and land survey for commercial, energy, and infrastructure projects. Striving for excellence year after year.

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Earthwork • Underground Utilities • Land Survey

Colorado excavation

Black Mountain Excavation is a heavy civil contractor serving Colorado and the surrounding region since 2020. We specialize in commercial earthwork and site development for data centers, utility-scale solar, wind farms, landfill gas-to-energy systems, industrial sites, and large commercial infrastructure.

As a single-source site development contractor, we run every phase under one team: clearing and grading, underground utilities, roads, drainage, and final site preparation. Owners, developers, engineers, and general contractors get one schedule, one point of contact, and less risk.

Built on integrity. Driven by performance. Trusted to deliver.

About Black Mountain
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The record so far

  • Founded2020
  • Completed contracts67
  • Underground utilities1,380miles
  • Road construction409miles
  • Solar job capacity1,788MW
  • Yards moved16million
  • Job injuries0accidents
  • Active employees83
  • Bonding capacity60million
  • Territory9states
  • Insurance claims since 20200
  • Active projects3

Earthwork

Turning terrain into opportunity

  1. 01

    Cut

    Take the high ground down. Every pass is planned to spec, for site stability and proper drainage.

  2. 02

    Load

    High-capacity equipment moves heavy material fast, cutting downtime and keeping production up.

  3. 03

    Place

    Fill the low ground and compact it to grade. GPS guidance means accurate cuts and less waste.

An excavator cuts into the ground, lifts a bucket of soil, and places it on a spoil pile.TopsoilClaySandstoneShaleBedrockBMECUT DEPTH00.0 FT

Earthwork • Underground Utilities • Land Survey

Excavation services

Our services range from substantial earth moving, site engineering, and land survey to the installation of underground utilities, all delivered with modern equipment, precision, and a commitment to staying on schedule.

Discipline

Earth Moving

High-capacity scrapers and pans move heavy material fast. Bulldozers clear and grade, excavators trench and cut, and motor graders finish the slopes.

  • Cut and fill
  • Mass grading
  • Trenching
  • Import, export, and haul
Earthwork & excavation

Discipline

Site Engineering

Clearing, mass grading, roads, stormwater, and erosion control run as one package, with GPS machine control and 3D site models keeping every pass on grade.

  • Machine control and 3D modeling
  • Roads and site access
  • Stormwater and detention
  • Erosion and dust control
Commercial & civil
A BME surveyor holding a GPS rover and data collector while two crew members look on at an open job site

Shot 250.00 ft

Discipline

Land Survey

Our own survey crew maps boundaries, topography, and construction staking with GPS and GNSS, total stations, laser tools, and drone mapping.

  • Boundary surveys
  • Topographic mapping
  • Construction staking
  • Drone surveys and as-builts
Land surveying
Crew working in a trench, fitting a red valve onto a blue water main

Discipline

Underground Utilities

Water, sewer, storm, electrical, and telecommunications, from utility mapping and trenching to backfill, pressure testing, and final inspection.

  • Water and sanitary sewer
  • Storm drainage and detention
  • Electrical conduit and duct banks
  • Fiber and telecom
Underground utilities

Every service, one crew

Underground utilities

Strength below the surface. Reliability above it.

What you don't see matters as much as what you do. Underground utilities quietly power homes, deliver water, carry waste away, and keep people connected.

Every job starts with site surveying and utility mapping to find existing systems and conflicts. Then trenching or boring, installation to the engineered plans, backfill and compaction, and pressure testing, alignment checks, and final inspection.

Underground utilities
Cross-section of underground utilitiesSoil layers below a paved surface, with locate paint marks above each utility, a proposed excavation outline, and electrical conduit, fiber, potable water, and a sloped sewer line running through the ground.Electrical conduitFiber and telecomPotable waterSanitary sewer and storm

APWA uniform color code for marking buried utilities

  • Red: Electric power lines, cables, conduit, and lighting cables
  • Yellow: Gas, oil, steam, petroleum, or gaseous materials
  • Orange: Communication, alarm or signal lines, cables, or conduit
  • Blue: Potable water
  • Green: Sewers and drain lines
  • Purple: Reclaimed water, irrigation, and slurry lines
  • Pink: Temporary survey markings
  • White: Proposed excavation

Why BME

Integrity. Dependability. Loyalty.

The three words on the company seal, and the reason owners, developers, EPC firms, and general contractors keep calling back.

Aerial view of BME's equipment yard: rows of scrapers, tractors, dozers, and pickups lined up
The BME fleet, staged for a job

  • Equipment

    Built for the job

    High-capacity scrapers and pans for large-scale earthmoving, bulldozers for clearing and grading, excavators for trenching and cut and fill, and motor graders for precision slope work.

  • Technology

    GPS on the iron

    Machines run GPS guidance for accurate cuts, less waste, and consistent compaction. Survey crews work with GPS and GNSS, total stations, laser tools, and drone mapping.

  • Professionalism

    One team, start to finish

    Fully licensed, bonded, and insured. One experienced team coordinates every phase, with proactive communication and a commitment to safety, quality, and schedule.

A row of red Case Quadtrac tractors parked side by side on prairie grass

Project case studies

Recent work

All projects

Service area

Based on the Front Range

Proudly based in Colorado, serving clients nationwide. These are the states BME has worked in to date.

  • Colorado
  • Utah
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • Wyoming
  • Kansas
  • Texas
  • New Mexico
  • Oklahoma
  • Nebraska
  • California
Aerial view of the Black Mountain Excavation shop and office, with a row of company pickups parked out front
Home base2705 Center DrMilliken, CO 80543
Map of the United States with the 11 states BME has worked in highlighted, and a marker at Milliken, Colorado.Milliken, CO
Front Range, looking west from the plains

Careers and opportunities

Built for the crew as much as the client

BME was founded on the belief that a company should be built for its employees as much as its clients. We're looking for skilled, dependable people to join a growing team based in Colorado, with safety that brings you home.

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Let’s shape your next project

Tell us about your site, scope, and schedule. Black Mountain Excavation will get back to you with next steps.

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