Bulk Excavation
Cranbourne.
By The Cubic Metre.
Large-volume digs in Cranbourne: basements, pools, subdivision cut-to-fill and deep site cuts. 20T to 30T excavators paired with our own tandem tippers, so the dig and the cartage run on one timeline instead of waiting on someone else's truck. Cranbourne, Cranbourne East, Cranbourne West, Clyde and Clyde North are core territory, and the growth-corridor estates are where most of our bulk earth goes.
Live job
Bulk dig, Cranbourne corridor
20T - 30T
Bulk Dig Fleet
24-48 hr
Quote Turnaround
100%
Insured & Compliant
Fixed Quotes
No Hidden Costs
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What We Do
Bulk excavation Cranbourne - what's covered.
Bulk excavation is a volume job, so it lives or dies on how fast material leaves the site. We dig and cart with our own gear, which means one program, one contact and no waiting on a truck that never turns up. For the smaller trenching, footings and final trim, see our general earthworks in Cranbourne.
Basement Excavation
Deep residential and commercial basement digs, battered or shored to the engineer's design, with the spoil carted as we go so the hole never stops the program.
Pool Excavation
Pool digs from the shell setout down to final depth, including tight rear-yard access where the machine has to come through the side of the house.
Subdivision & Estate Earth
Bulk earth across multiple lots in the Cranbourne, Clyde and Clyde North estates, worked to the civil drawings and staged around the builder's program.
Cut & Fill
Balancing the site so material is reused on the block instead of carted twice. On a sloping Cranbourne lot this is usually the single biggest cost saving available.
Rock Breaking & Removal
Rock breakers and attachments on the fleet, so rock is a priced variation to the program rather than a stop while a subcontractor is found.
Spoil Cartage & Disposal
Our own tandem tippers, material classified before it leaves, and clean fill placed on another site where we can to bring the tipping cost down.
Tough work. Done right.
Melbourne builders call Apollo back because jobs run on time, sites are left clean, and quotes don't blow out.
On time
No ghosting, no drift
Modern fleet
1.7T - 30T excavators
Ticketed ops
White Card certified
Fixed quotes
No day-rate blowouts
Fully insured
SWMS on request
Any scale
Residential to civil
How It Works
Call or request a quote
Tell us the Cranbourne address, the rough volume and the program.
Free site assessment
We check access, truck turnaround, soil and rock risk.
Fixed quote and booking
Clear price. Locked timeline. Nothing hidden.
Dig, cart, trim
Excavated, spoil carted out, base trimmed to spec.
Recent Work
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Areas We Serve
Bulk excavation across Cranbourne and the south east.
Bulk digs run out of our Mount Waverley yard with the excavators and tippers travelling together. Cranbourne and the growth corridor around it is where most of that work sits: Cranbourne, Cranbourne East, Cranbourne West, Clyde and Clyde North, where the estate lots and new builds keep the bulk earth moving. Sample of suburbs we regularly work in:
Cranbourne
Mount Waverley
Glen Waverley
Box Hill
Doncaster
Blackburn
Ringwood
Croydon
Lilydale
Mitcham
Vermont
Forest Hill
Burwood
Camberwell
Hawthorn
Kew
Balwyn
Clayton
Oakleigh
Mulgrave
Springvale
Dandenong
Noble Park
Keysborough
Berwick
Narre Warren
Pakenham
Officer
Frankston
Carrum Downs
Seaford
Mornington
Mount Eliza
Mount Martha
Rosebud
Sorrento
Related Services
The rest of the job, once the hole is out.
Questions
Frequently asked.
What counts as bulk excavation?
Bulk excavation is any large-volume dig where the volume of material, not the fine detail, drives the job: basements, pools, subdivision cut-to-fill, deep site cuts and big level changes. The measure is cubic metres moved and truck loads carted out. Smaller trenching, footings and final trim work sit under general earthworks.
How much does bulk excavation cost in Cranbourne?
Bulk excavation is priced on volume, access, soil type and where the spoil goes. Cartage and tipping are usually the biggest single line, not the digging, so the classification of the material matters more than the hole. Most Cranbourne residential bulk digs land between $8,000 and $40,000. We quote fixed after a free on-site assessment.
How is the spoil handled and where does it go?
We cart with our own tandem tippers, so the dig and the export are on one timeline rather than waiting on a subcontracted truck. Material is classified before it leaves and taken to a facility licensed to receive that classification. Clean fill can often go to another site, which brings the tipping cost down.
What size machines do you bring to a Cranbourne bulk dig?
Bulk work generally runs 20T to 30T excavators paired with the tipper fleet, which is what makes the volume move in days rather than weeks. Where access is tight we stage it: a smaller machine opens the access and the larger machine follows once there is room to work.
What if you hit rock?
We carry rock breakers and attachments, so rock is a variation to the program rather than a stop. On the site assessment we look at what neighbouring sites turned up and flag the risk before quoting, so a rock clause is priced in rather than sprung on you halfway through.
Can you do bulk excavation on a subdivision or estate site?
Yes. Subdivision and estate bulk earth, cut-to-fill across multiple lots and staged bulk digs are core work for us in the Cranbourne growth corridor. We work to the civil drawings and to the builder's program, staging the export so the site stays workable for the trades behind us.
How long does a bulk excavation take?
A residential basement or pool dig is usually two to five days including cartage. Subdivision and estate bulk earth is quoted per stage and can run weeks, driven by the daily truck movements the site and the roads can actually take. We lock the timeline at quote stage.
Ready to dig in?
Call Kosta directly or send the plans and the rough volume for your Cranbourne site. Fixed quotes, free assessments, honest timelines.