When the job needs a larger excavator
- A plot to strip, clear or reduce in level
- Drainage runs and sewer connections deeper than a mini digger reaches
- Old foundations, rubble or hardstanding to break out and load
- Muck-away lorries waiting to be loaded
- Banks, ditches or a temporary haul road to form
Excavator hire in Swansea
The operator clears and reduces building plots, digs drainage runs and loads spoil on sites across the east of the city, including the industrial land around Llansamlet, Morriston and SA1.
Much of that ground has an industrial or mining past. The dig can meet slag, old foundations or mixed fill, and occupied estates run their own inductions and permits to dig.
Get a quote in SwanseaSwansea ground and sites that shape excavator work
Copper smelting left slag tips around Landore and Hafod. Excavated material there may need testing before a tip accepts it, so keep tested and untested spoil apart.
Trial pits or boreholes that will reach coal seams or old workings need a Mining Remediation Authority permit first. The application asks for a site plan showing the number and depth of excavations.
Plots on Swansea Enterprise Park and around SA1 carry gas mains, power cables and drains serving neighbouring premises. Wales & West Utilities asks for 10 working days' notice of work near its pipes.
Areas of Swansea we cover
- Llansamlet and Birchgrove SA7
- Morriston SA6
- Clydach SA6
- Landore and Hafod SA1
- Bonymaen SA1
- SA1 Waterfront and St Thomas SA1
- Fforestfach SA5
- Penllergaer SA4
- Gorseinon SA4
What the excavator is used for
Digging out large volumes for reduced levels, basements and building plots.
Drainage and service trenches dug to the depths and falls on your drawings.
Removing vegetation, rubble and old foundations ahead of a build.
Loading muck-away lorries or dumpers as the dig proceeds.
Shaping banks, ditches and temporary haul roads to your levels.
How an excavator hire is planned
- Send the drawings
Share drawings or a description of the excavation, with the depths and volumes.
- Check the route and ground
Describe the road to site, where a lorry can unload and whether the machine will sit on firm ground or a slope.
- Dig to the setting-out
The operator digs to the levels marked on site or given by your site lead.
What the price depends on in Swansea
- The machine size the access, depth and reach call for
- The length of the hire
- Transport of the machine to and from the site
- The volume and depth of the excavation
- Any lifting planned, which needs its own planning
- Testing and separate handling of spoil from former industrial land
- Site inductions and permits to dig on occupied industrial estates
Excavator with operator in Swansea: questions
Can spoil from a Lower Swansea Valley site go to an ordinary tip?
That depends on what testing shows. Material containing slag or other industrial residues may be classed as hazardous waste, which limits where it can go.
Do trial pits in Llansamlet need a coal mining permit?
They do if they will enter coal or old mine workings. A desk study or the authority's map shows whether seams are likely at the planned depth.
Who gets the utility plans for an Enterprise Park site?
The hirer or principal contractor, who directs the dig. Share the plans and any markings with the operator on the first morning.
Excavator needed on a Swansea site?
Send the site address, the work, the dig depth and any ground investigation or coal mining report. Include site induction and permit-to-dig rules for industrial estates.
This service is carried out by Copperworks Plant Hire, a Dragon Multi-Trade brand.