Underground Utilities
We install water mains, sanitary sewer, storm sewer and power and communications conduit for subdivisions and commercial sites. Each run goes from open trench to compacted backfill, ready for the inspector.
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Keizer fills the ground between the Willamette River and I-5, with Salem along its south edge. Census figures show fewer than one in ten homes here were built in 2010 or later. In a town this built up, a new building site usually sits beside live utility lines and busy streets. The ground changes across town too, from river silt and sand to terrace silt loam that holds winter water.
Keizer is part of our service area, about 20 road miles from Dallas, Oregon, where our shop and yard sit. Turner Excavation is an excavation contractor serving the Mid-Willamette Valley, and we work for builders and developers on larger sites. We take a parcel from rough ground to a ready site, with the underground utility installation done before the paving. If you need an excavation contractor in Keizer, call or text (503) 507-2919.
Tell us about the project and where the site is. We look at the job and put a free estimate in writing.
The federal soil survey for Marion County splits Keizer into two kinds of ground. On the river side, it maps silt loam and sandy loam the Willamette laid down, with gravel in spots. Those soils drain well, but this is old floodplain.
The city's flood display at Keizer Rapids Park marks the floods of 1861, 1890, 1943, 1964 and 1996. FEMA's maps still put some low ground near the river in the 100-year floodplain. Building or filling there needs the city's floodplain development permit, with elevations from a land surveyor or engineer.
On the east side toward I-5, the survey maps Woodburn and Amity silt loams on older terraces. They sit above the floodplain but hold water. From late fall into spring, the survey puts a wet layer about one to two feet down. Where water sits on a building site, our storm drainage and French drain work carries it off.
Keizer Public Works issues the permits for work in the street. Any excavation or fill in the public right-of-way needs a right-of-way permit. Work that changes traffic needs a traffic plan with the application.
Erosion control has its own city permit, run by Public Works. The city's design standards carry a chapter on erosion control, next to the ones for streets and pipe. Sites of 5 acres or more also need DEQ's 1200-C construction stormwater permit.
Building permits inside city limits run through the City of Keizer and Marion County Building Inspection, which share the work. Dividing land into four or more parcels in a calendar year is a subdivision under the Keizer Development Code. The city answers which permits your parcel needs, and our subdivision and lot development work follows the approved plans.
Keizer became a city in 1982, and the 1990s brought a wave of new homes. Census figures put the typical home's build year at about 1981. More homes date from the 1970s than from any other decade.
City plans make Keizer Station a mixed-use center for commerce and industry. The district covers about 225 acres along both sides of Chemawa Road and Lockhaven Drive, in four planned areas. The city also plans for redevelopment along the River Road and Cherry Avenue corridors.
Our commercial site work covers demolition, the pad, utilities to the building and the parking lot base. Our paving and concrete subcontractors place the curbs and asphalt under our management. North of the city limits, we take on grading and drainage for farms and nurseries in rural Marion County.
Keizer runs its own water system. Fifteen deep wells draw from the Troutdale Aquifer under the city. About 125 miles of pipe carry that water. Public Works also keeps about 80 miles of storm pipe, with its catch basins and manholes.
New public lines follow the city's Design Standards and Construction Specifications. Projects with public improvements go through plan review at Public Works first. We build to the approved plans and work with the city's inspectors as the pipe goes in.
Oregon law requires notice to the Oregon Utility Notification Center two to 10 full business days before any dig. Call 811 or file online. Public utilities do not mark private lines, like a power feed to an outbuilding. A long private run needs a private locate too.
Communities and areas we serve around Keizer: River Road, Chemawa Road, Lockhaven Drive, Keizer Station, Cherry Avenue, Verda Lane, Wheatland Road, Cummings Lane, Clear Lake, Keizer Rapids Park, Claggett Creek Park, Chalmers Jones Park.
Keizer ZIP codes served: 97303, 97307.
Keizer is part of our service area. We look at the job first, then put a free estimate in writing.
(503) 507-2919 We install water mains, sanitary sewer, storm sewer and power and communications conduit for subdivisions and commercial sites. Each run goes from open trench to compacted backfill, ready for the inspector.
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We turn raw land into finished, buildable lots for builders and developers. Every underground utility goes in before the streets, and each lot is left graded for its builder.
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We clear and grade commercial sites, build the pad and run the utilities to the building. We bring the parking lot to base rock, and our paving and concrete subcontractors finish it.
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Excavator land clearing for building sites and development parcels, with the stumps and roots pulled out. We strip and stockpile the topsoil, then rough grade the ground for the next stage.
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Mass grading and cut and fill for subdivisions, commercial sites, farms and nurseries. We move the soil to the grades on the plan and compact the fill in layers.
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Trenching for water lines, power conduit and drain lines across acreage and commercial sites. Every run starts with an Oregon 811 locate request and ends in compacted backfill.
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French drains, curtain drains, catch basins and culverts for building sites, subdivisions, farms and nurseries. We build each system on a steady fall to an outlet, to the engineer's plan where there is one.
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We build subdivision streets and private roads from the subgrade up, with the utilities under them laid first. Our concrete and paving subcontractors pour the curbs and lay the asphalt, under our management.
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Long gravel driveways, farm and nursery access roads, equipment yards and construction entrances for builders and landowners. We grade the road and set the culverts, then build up the base rock to carry trucks.
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We handle foundation excavation and build compacted building pads for homes on acreage, shops, barns and commercial buildings. Footings are cut to the engineer's plan, and every pad is graded to drain.
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Directional drilling carries water services and power and communications conduit under roads, paved drives, parking lots and creeks. The pipe pulls back through the bore, and the surface above it stays in place.
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We take down old structures and break out the concrete and asphalt under them. Our dump trucks haul the debris off, and we grade the site for the next build.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Keizer. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Tell us where the land is and what the project needs, and send the plans if you have them. Call or text (503) 507-2919 or use the form, and we will set a time to look at the job.
Tell us about the project and where the site is. We look at the job and put a free estimate in writing.