Excavation in Cairns

Excavation work should be carried out by professionals. Only excavation companies have the skills and experience it takes to plan the project with precision and execute it safely.

The hired excavation company will instruct you specifically on the right way to prepare for the project, which includes scheduling a site inspection. Talk to your contractor about their specific excavation plan.

As the property owner, you can mark utilities if possible, but if the area has more than just dog fences and easy-to-find electric lines, consult your excavation company to help you.

Some of the major risks associated with excavation come via utility lines such as gas, electric or water. 

They include excavation collapse, falling loads, workers’ accidents and more, but experienced companies like ourselves will put all the right measures in place to prevent these risks.

Look for a company with many years of experience, an excellent track record and with a focus on your region. This means they are familiar with excavating in the local soil and climate. 

Yes, though it will depend on the circumstances and the extent of the breakdown. In each case, our engineers will fix or replace it as fast as possible.

At J Newton Excavations, we are highly committed to offering a safe working environment that focuses on preventing injuries, ill health and negative environmental impacts during and after our operations.

Since no two projects are the same, costs will differ based on factors like location, access to the site, size, scope, materials being removed, traffic and security. Our friendly and experienced estimators and excavation engineers will collaborate and come up with a quote at the end of a free and no-obligation site inspection.

Yes, we do both wet and dry machinery hire, earthmoving, earthworks, pool dig-outs, site clean-ups, and construction site maintenance.

Our highly skilled and qualified operators have spent more than 40 years in the earthworks industry.

• We always want to provide flexibility for our customers in Cairns, so we're happy to extend the hire period if the machine you're currently hiring isn't going somewhere else after your existing period ends
• While you’ll be asked how long you would like to hire out the equipment for when you first contact us, we know that circumstances change, so feel free to speak to a member of our friendly team at J Newton Excavations to see if we can extend it for you. 

• Yes. We will deliver and collect all equipment. We service commercial and residential properties throughout Cairns and the surrounding regions, but if you're not within these areas, don’t hesitate to contact us and we’ll let you know whether we can help.

• If you intend to drive an excavator on a public road, we’ll need proof of a valid driving licence. All excavator operators need to be appropriately trained and competent.

• Yes, all our excavation equipment will be supplied with a full tank of fuel. However, we do ask that you fill up the tank upon its return to us.

In the majority of cases, earthmoving is a term used in construction to describe a project which involves transferring large quantities of rubble or soil from one location to another.

This can be for construction purposes, including building and civil engineering, or it may be more domestic, such as removing a large amount of soil for the purpose of landscaping.

Hiring a machine can be both expensive and risky if you don't know what you are doing, but when you come to J. Newton Excavations, you cannot only hire equipment, but also teams to help you manage it, which can make earthmoving much easier, and preferable to trying to do it by hand. Get started today!