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Bulk earthworks, pier footings and tight-access digs around the Hawkesbury.
Residential and rural excavation in Kurrajong Heights, Hawkesbury. elevated ridge-top suburb with dramatic west-facing views. The ridgeline blocks around Kurrajong and East Kurrajong sit on Hawkesbury sandstone shelf. Pool digs and house pads regularly hit rock at 300–600mm. We bring the breaker attachment and factor rock disposal into every quote.
Owner-operated by Jesse Madden. 1.7t through to 14t machines, rock breaker, Kenworth tipper. $20M public liability. Every job quoted after a site walk.
Jesse personally visits every site. Fixed-price where we can, hourly where it makes sense.
The Hawkesbury is a mix of sandstone ridge country on the western side and river-flat alluvial soils through Windsor, Richmond and the eastern flats. Excavation here means being ready for rock one day and soft river silt the next. The ridgeline blocks around Kurrajong and East Kurrajong sit on Hawkesbury sandstone shelf. Pool digs and house pads regularly hit rock at 300–600mm. We bring the breaker attachment and factor rock disposal into every quote.
Five excavators from a 1.7-tonne through a 14-tonne Hyundai. We pick the smallest machine that can safely finish the job — saves you hourly cost and leaves your driveway intact.
Spoil doesn't pile up. Our combo rate gets the machine and a tipper working together, so you're not paying a machine to sit idle while a truck's stuck in traffic somewhere.
Dial Before You Dig lodged before the first bucket goes in the ground. Water, power, Telstra, NBN, gas — we know where they are before we break ground. No hitting a water main on your block.
Most of the Hawkesbury sits on sandstone shelf. We carry rock-breaker attachments for the 8t and 14t machines — hit rock, keep digging, no second contractor needed.
900mm gate? Between two houses? Up a sloping Kurrajong driveway? The 1.7-tonne mini is purpose-built for blocks where a full-size machine won't fit.
Defined scopes get a fixed price. Pool digs, pier-hole sets, site cuts to a nominated RL — locked in before we start. Hourly only where scope is genuinely open-ended.
From a single pier hole to a full site cut with muck-away. If it needs to come out of the ground, we've done it across the Hawkesbury.
Site cuts to RL, batter work, pad preparation, driveway forming. 14-tonne machine and tipper combo for volume.
Concrete, fibreglass or plunge. Clean shell, square corners, correct depth. We coordinate directly with your pool builder.
Auger-bored to your engineer's spec. Houses on slopes, sheds, decks, patios, pergolas. Single holes or full-house sets.
Water, power, stormwater, gas, Telstra, NBN conduit. Clean trench, bedded and backfilled to spec.
Footings, strip footings, slab prep, stair cuts, landscape features. Where mm matters, the mini gets it right.
1.7t mini fits through a 900mm gate. Sloping blocks, townhouses, between-house jobs, rear-yard access.
Hydraulic rock-breaker on the 8t and 14t. Sandstone shelf, concrete removal, old footings, rubble.
Muck-away for clean fill, contaminated spoil, green waste. Tippers on-site. Tipped to licensed sites only. More on dirt removal →
Five excavators plus tippers. We pick the smallest machine that can safely complete the work — smaller is cheaper per hour and leaves less damage to your block.
Tight-access, gates, detail digs, garden work, small trenches.
Residential workhorse. Footings, small pools, stormwater, driveway cuts.
Pool digs, bigger footings, rock-breaker carrier, site cuts on rural blocks.
Hyundai tracked. Bulk earthworks, big pool shells, hard-ground work, rural sites.
Dig and cart in one movement. Best value when spoil needs to leave site.
All rates ex GST. Operator included. Float / mobilisation quoted separately for jobs outside the immediate Hawkesbury.
Bulk earthworks, pier footings and tight-access digs around the Hawkesbury.
Same flow every time. No surprises on day one.
Jesse visits. Measures up, checks access, looks for rock and services. Usually within a week.
Fixed price for defined scopes. Hourly with a cap for open scopes. Variations clearly priced (rock, wet fill, extra cartage).
Dial Before You Dig lodged. Booking slot locked. 30% deposit for bigger jobs.
Driveway protection, silt fencing if needed, utilities marked, access agreed. Neighbours notified if it's tight.
Machine in, straight to levels. Tipper alongside for muck-away. Daily photos so you can see progress even if you're at work.
Site cleaned, spoil gone, access restored. Walk-through with you before we leave. 70% balance on completion.
Everything Madden Earthworks offers in Kurrajong Heights and Hawkesbury.
Kurrajong Heights (2758) is a elevated ridge-top suburb with dramatic west-facing views in the Hawkesbury LGA. The typical ground conditions here are very steep hillside, tight access common, sandstone bedrock, bushfire zone.
The ridgeline blocks around Kurrajong and East Kurrajong sit on Hawkesbury sandstone shelf. Pool digs and house pads regularly hit rock at 300–600mm. We bring the breaker attachment and factor rock disposal into every quote.
We also service nearby Kurrajong, East Kurrajong, Bilpin for excavation. Same operator, same rates — call Jesse for a site walk.
From tight inner-suburb pool digs to bulk rural site prep, we’ve run machines across every corner of the Hawkesbury. Same operator, same day rate, whole job start-to-finish.
Also on neighbouring LGAs case-by-case. For a quote anywhere in Hawkesbury, call Jesse.
Everything short of commercial-scale earthmoving. Bulk site cuts, pool digs, pier holes, trenches for power and water and stormwater, detailed excavation for footings, tight-access jobs where a full-size machine won't fit, and rock breaking. Residential and rural blocks across the entire Hawkesbury.
A 1.7-tonne mini for tight-access and detailed work, a 5.5-tonne for most residential dig jobs, an 8-tonne for bigger footings and pool cuts, and a 14-tonne tracked Hyundai for bulk earthworks. Combos available when you need the machine plus a tipper to cart spoil away in one movement.
Machine-hire rates (operator included, ex GST): 1.7t mini $100/hr, 5.5t $120/hr, 8t $135/hr, 14t $155/hr. Combo rate (machine plus truck) is $150/hr. Fixed-price quotes available for defined scopes — pool digs, site cuts, pier-hole sets. Call for a site quote.
Yes. The 1.7-tonne mini fits through a standard 900mm gate and the 5.5-tonne handles most residential driveways. We work sloping Kurrajong and Bilpin blocks all the time — benched digs, steep access, and walking machines up on tracks when needed.
Every time. DBYD is lodged before any machine goes in the ground on every trenching or services-related job. We also work alongside your plumber, electrician or pool builder to make sure utilities and footings are in the right place the first time.
Yes — we carry rock-breaker attachments for the 8-tonne and 14-tonne machines. A lot of the Hawkesbury sits on sandstone shelf, especially Kurrajong, Kurrajong Heights and Bilpin. We'll quote rock as a variation if it's encountered, but we can keep digging without a second contractor.
Yes. Dirt removal and muck-away is a service we run alongside every excavation job. We have tippers and can cart clean fill, contaminated spoil, or garden waste to the appropriate disposal site. See our dirt removal page →
Regularly. We bore pier holes with an auger attachment — depths and diameters to your engineer's specs. Common on sloping Kurrajong and Bowen Mountain blocks where slab-on-ground isn't viable. We also do bulk pier-hole sets for sheds, decks and patios.
Fully. $20 million public liability, workers comp, machine insurance. Copies of COIs available on request — your builder, pool company or strata will typically want them before we start.
Small jobs (pier holes, a day's trenching, a detail dig) can often be booked inside a week. Bulk earthworks and pool digs usually sit 1–3 weeks out. Emergency water-main breaks or storm work we'll prioritise — call direct.
Fixed-price quote. Free site visit. Jesse personally walks every job before a machine rolls.