Christchurch's Excavation Specialists

About us

As leaders in all areas of excavation, James Allison and his team can help with all of your excavation needs. From hill site foundation preparation, to rib raft floors, and retaining walls, Complete Earthworks have the required specialised knowledge to get the job done accurately and efficiently.

Based in Christchurch, Complete Earthworks understands Canterbury’s challenging environment and are already poised to manage post-earthquake landscapes. In order to keep up with the changing environment, James and his team of professional operators use the latest techniques and equipment available.

James is a firm believer that the most important part of any build is the ground works. To ensure his team work to exact standards, they work with leading engineers - so your home, office or factory is built on a solid foundation.

Also, by investing in top quality equipment, CEW have access to a variety of specialist tools and staff for any project. They are committed to safety and ensure their work sites operate at New Zealand’s highest safety standards.

Whether you require a simple site scrape, site clearing, bulk excavation, retaining wall, demolition or a technical foundation preparation, contact James Allison at Complete Earthworks for a free no obligation consultation today.

Our services

Site cleaning

We can assist with the cleaning of your project site, from vegetation clearance, to clean-ups of untidy sites, and re-contouring or shaping your landscape.

Hill site excavation

Having spent many years in Christchurch’s hillside suburbs, we have a strong understanding of our local conditions. From bulk excavations, through to difficult access sites that require staged works with thorough planning procedures, we can accurately complete your hill site excavation project.

Rock breaking

We accommodate to all your rock removal and breaking needs – extending to existing concrete structures or foundations.

Foundation excavation

Alongside our other excavation services, we can provide foundation excavation for the detail your engineering requires.

Ribraft floors

From simple site scrapes requiring shallow build platforms, to TC2 and TC3 geo-grid reinforced hard-filled rafts, we are able to facilitate a variety of piling options.

Retaining walls

Retaining structures go hand-in-hand with a great deal of our hillside work, to which we can offer a number of services for the drilling of piles/postholes, foundation excavation and back-filling.

Local contractors

In order to offer a great range of other services, we work alongside a number of reliable local contractors.

Equipment

We stock a large variety of excavators, compactors, trucks, augers, rock breakers and many more specialist items.

Whether you require a small one-ton excavator or a larger thirty-ton digger, we have access to New Zealand’s latest range of earth moving equipment.

We are also committed to safety and ensure that our work sites operate at the New Zealand’s highest safety standards. Whether you require a simple site scrape, site clearing, retaining wall, demolition or a technical foundation preparation, contact us for a free no obligation consultation today.