[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1299},["ShallowReactive",2],{"projects-list-en":3},[4,87,203,299,379,443,513,587,677,746,806,879,957,1045,1117,1199],{"id":5,"title":6,"beforeAfter":7,"body":13,"cover":55,"date":56,"description":19,"equipment":57,"extension":62,"gallery":63,"location":76,"meta":77,"navigation":78,"path":79,"seo":80,"service":81,"sitemap":82,"slug":83,"stem":84,"summary":85,"__hash__":86},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fbang-rak-waste-removal-and-fill.md","Waste clearance, fill and leveling of a plot in Bang Rak",[8],{"beforeImage":9,"beforeAlt":10,"afterImage":11,"afterAlt":12},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbang-rak-waste-removal-and-fill\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-1.webp","Overgrown roadside plot full of waste before the work began","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbang-rak-waste-removal-and-fill\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-1.webp","The same plot after clearing, fill and leveling - with a new fence line",{"type":14,"value":15,"toc":48},"minimark",[16,20,25,28,32,35,38,42,45],[17,18,19],"p",{},"A plot of 122 square wah - roughly 488 m² - in Bang Rak, opposite the local health centre. The owner wanted to rent the land out, but it couldn't be shown in the state it was in: dense overgrowth with years of accumulated rubbish underneath. The brief: clear everything, raise the level with fill and grade it flat, ready to hand over to a tenant.",[21,22,24],"h2",{"id":23},"day-one-clearing","Day one: clearing",[17,26,27],{},"The 7-tonne Yanmar excavator stripped the overgrowth together with the waste-laden top layer - there's no point separating that kind of sandwich by hand, the bucket takes it all in one pass. The trucks ran it to the landfill: 10 loads of waste and greenery in a day. By evening the plot stood empty.",[21,29,31],{"id":30},"days-two-and-three-soil-down-the-mountain","Days two and three: soil down the mountain",[17,33,34],{},"The fill came from a quarry at Maenam Soi 1 - and that was the trickiest part of the job. The way out is a long, steep descent, and the truck goes down loaded. On runs like that everything comes down to the driver: speed, engine braking, distance. Our drivers know this route well - all 20 runs went without a hitch.",[17,36,37],{},"On site, the usual trio did the work: the truck tips, the Kubota tractor spreads the soil across the plot, the excavator trims along the retaining wall and in the corners the tractor can't reach. That's why the fill and grading took only two days.",[21,39,41],{"id":40},"result","Result",[17,43,44],{},"Three days - and a rubbish-choked wasteland became a clean, raised, level plot behind a new fence line. The owner got land he can show to tenants without apologising for it.",[17,46,47],{},"Need a plot prepared for rental, sale or construction on Koh Samui? Get in touch - we'll quote the volume and timeline before work starts.",{"title":49,"searchDepth":50,"depth":50,"links":51},"",2,[52,53,54],{"id":23,"depth":50,"text":24},{"id":30,"depth":50,"text":31},{"id":40,"depth":50,"text":41},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbang-rak-waste-removal-and-fill\u002Fhero.webp","2026-09-29",[58,59,60,61],"yanmar-vio70","hino-super-fm18","hino-300","kubota-l3608","md",[64,67,70,73],{"src":65,"alt":66},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbang-rak-waste-removal-and-fill\u002Fexcavator-starting-on-waste-and-overgrowth.webp","Excavator starting on the waste and overgrowth at the edge of the plot",{"src":68,"alt":69},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbang-rak-waste-removal-and-fill\u002Fwaste-disposal-at-the-landfill.webp","Disposing of the collected waste at the landfill",{"src":71,"alt":72},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbang-rak-waste-removal-and-fill\u002Ffill-soil-delivered-to-site.webp","Dump truck delivering fill soil to the site",{"src":74,"alt":75},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbang-rak-waste-removal-and-fill\u002Ftractor-spreading-soil-across-the-plot.webp","Tractor spreading the delivered soil while the excavator works along the retaining wall","Bang Rak, Koh Samui",{},true,"\u002Fprojects\u002Fbang-rak-waste-removal-and-fill",{"title":6,"description":19},"site-preparation",{"loc":79},"bang-rak-waste-removal-and-fill","projects\u002Fbang-rak-waste-removal-and-fill","Preparing a 488 m² plot in Bang Rak for rental: waste and overgrowth hauled away in 10 truck runs, fill brought in over 20 runs, the ground raised and leveled. Three days in total - one for clearing, two for fill and grading.","2dLwCvQPRi4lZkndRPJ19kChaV811aK4qIL92MJK5TA",{"id":88,"title":89,"beforeAfter":90,"body":96,"cover":155,"date":156,"description":157,"equipment":158,"extension":62,"gallery":159,"location":193,"meta":194,"navigation":78,"path":195,"seo":196,"service":197,"sitemap":198,"slug":199,"stem":200,"summary":201,"__hash__":202},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling.md","Site leveling and backfill for seven villas in Bo Put",[91],{"beforeImage":92,"beforeAlt":93,"afterImage":94,"afterAlt":95},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-1.webp","The plot before leveling - uneven ground with height differences","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-1.webp","The same plot after leveling and backfill",{"type":14,"value":97,"toc":150},[98,107,110,114,117,120,123,126,130,133,136,139,142,144,147],[17,99,100,101,106],{},"We already knew this plot: a month earlier we had ",[102,103,105],"a",{"href":104},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july","cleared it of overgrowth"," for the same client. Back then the job was to strip everything away and see what was actually under the scrub. Now the next stage was starting - 7 villas are going up on this land, and the site had to be brought to design levels.",[17,108,109],{},"The ground we inherited was uneven: on one side it rose noticeably, on the other it dropped away. A difference like that doesn't work for building - you cut in some places, fill in others, and bring the whole thing into one plane.",[21,111,113],{"id":112},"why-hiring-a-single-excavator-made-no-sense","Why hiring a single excavator made no sense",[17,115,116],{},"The client was in a hurry and arrived with a solution already in mind: rent an excavator for a couple of weeks and be done with it. We suggested working the numbers together first.",[17,118,119],{},"On a job this size, an excavator working alone spends less time digging than it does shuffling material. It cuts the soil, swings round, carries the bucket a few metres, tips it, comes back - and repeats that loop until the earth has crawled from one end of the plot to the other. Every one of those movements is billed by the hour, and very little of it is actual productive work.",[17,121,122],{},"So we proposed something else: three machines as one crew. The excavator does nothing but dig. The dump truck takes the soil and drives it straight to where it's needed - even to the far corner of the site. The tractor follows behind and grades it out. Nobody waits for anybody, and every machine has one clear job.",[17,124,125],{},"The numbers came out like this: three machines for three days was cheaper than one excavator for two weeks. On timing the difference was even starker - the client had a finished site almost immediately instead of half a month later.",[21,127,129],{"id":128},"how-the-work-went","How the work went",[17,131,132],{},"A 7-tonne Yanmar ViO70, a six-wheel Hino 300 dump truck and a Kubota L3608 tractor went out to the site.",[17,134,135],{},"We started on the high ground: stripped off the excess soil and at the same time formed a clean slope along the boundary, so the earth wouldn't creep towards the neighbours over time. Nothing we cut was thrown away - that same soil went straight into the low areas.",[17,137,138],{},"From there the work became a loop with almost no pauses. The excavator loads, the truck carries and tips at the right spot, the tractor spreads and compacts in layers. Across three days the machines were barely ever standing still.",[17,140,141],{},"We paid particular attention to the falls. A perfectly flat pad is a bad idea on Koh Samui: come the rainy season, the water simply sits on the plot. The final grading was done with gentle slopes so the water drains away on its own.",[21,143,41],{"id":40},[17,145,146],{},"Three days - and instead of uneven, broken ground there was a level pad at design height, ready for setting out and for the villa excavations. The client walked the site, everything matched what we had agreed, and he invited us to his next project in Ban Po almost straight away.",[17,148,149],{},"Need a plot leveled for construction on Koh Samui? Get in touch - we'll look at the volume and put together a combination of machines that doesn't have you paying for hire days you don't need.",{"title":49,"searchDepth":50,"depth":50,"links":151},[152,153,154],{"id":112,"depth":50,"text":113},{"id":128,"depth":50,"text":129},{"id":40,"depth":50,"text":41},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling\u002Fhero.webp","2026-07-17","We already knew this plot: a month earlier we had cleared it of overgrowth for the same client. Back then the job was to strip everything away and see what was actually under the scrub. Now the next stage was starting - 7 villas are going up on this land, and the site had to be brought to design levels.",[58,60,61],[160,163,166,169,172,175,178,181,184,187,190],{"src":161,"alt":162},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling\u002Fplot-overview-before-leveling.webp","Overview of the plot in Bo Put before leveling work began",{"src":164,"alt":165},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling\u002Fclient-explaining-scope-on-site.webp","Client walking the site with us to confirm the target levels",{"src":167,"alt":168},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling\u002Fexcavator-digging-soil.webp","Yanmar ViO70 excavator cutting soil on the plot",{"src":170,"alt":171},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling\u002Fcut-slope-and-soil-excavation.webp","Soil excavation and the cut slope formed along the plot boundary",{"src":173,"alt":174},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling\u002Ftruck-unloading-soil-on-plot.webp","Dump truck unloading soil at the required point on the plot",{"src":176,"alt":177},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling\u002Fexcavator-digging-tractor-spreading-soil.webp","Excavator digging while the tractor spreads soil across the site",{"src":179,"alt":180},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling\u002Fexcavator-and-tractor-working-together.webp","Excavator and tractor working as a pair",{"src":182,"alt":183},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling\u002Fleveling-the-plot.webp","Leveling the plot after the fill was spread",{"src":185,"alt":186},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling\u002Fview-from-excavator-cab.webp","View from the excavator cab during the work",{"src":188,"alt":189},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling\u002Fplot-view-from-road.webp","View of the plot from the road",{"src":191,"alt":192},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling\u002Ffinal-leveled-plot.webp","Finished leveled plot, ready for construction","Bo Put, Koh Samui",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling",{"title":89,"description":157},"land-leveling",{"loc":195},"bo-put-site-leveling","projects\u002Fbo-put-site-leveling","Leveling and backfill of a plot in Bo Put for a development of 7 villas. The client planned to hire one excavator for two weeks - we proposed an excavator, dump truck and tractor crew instead, finished in 3 days and came out cheaper.","1DpivfnYx2KysntSgQUqskP3oqgCpimb9Mu-JVe4sWo",{"id":204,"title":205,"beforeAfter":206,"body":227,"cover":265,"date":266,"description":231,"equipment":267,"extension":62,"gallery":269,"location":193,"meta":291,"navigation":78,"path":104,"seo":292,"service":293,"sitemap":294,"slug":295,"stem":296,"summary":297,"__hash__":298},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july.md","Site clearance in Bo Put, Chaweng - Koh Samui",[207,212,217,222],{"beforeImage":208,"beforeAlt":209,"afterImage":210,"afterAlt":211},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-1.webp","Dense vegetation covering the plot before clearance","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-1.webp","Plot cleared and leveled after day one",{"beforeImage":213,"beforeAlt":214,"afterImage":215,"afterAlt":216},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-2.webp","Overgrown section with large trees and palms","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-2.webp","Same section cleared, stumps removed, ground exposed",{"beforeImage":218,"beforeAlt":219,"afterImage":220,"afterAlt":221},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-3.webp","Trees and palms covering the plot before work started","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-3.webp","Area fully cleared and ready for leveling",{"beforeImage":223,"beforeAlt":224,"afterImage":225,"afterAlt":226},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-4.webp","Plot perimeter overgrown before work started","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-4.webp","Perimeter cleared, clean ground level achieved",{"type":14,"value":228,"toc":261},[229,232,235,239,242,245,248,252,255,258],[17,230,231],{},"The client - a developer with an active construction portfolio on the island - called us at 9 in the morning. By 11 we were on site together, walking the plot and agreeing on the scope. That evening we mobilised the machinery. Work started the next morning, and three days later the site was clear.",[17,233,234],{},"The plot is in Bo Put, close to the temple เจดีย์ศรีสุคตคีรี (เจดีย์เขาหัวจุก) in the Chaweng area. It was heavily overgrown - large trees and palms with deep root systems, uneven ground throughout. The kind of site where you need the right combination of machines and a crew that works at pace.",[21,236,238],{"id":237},"how-the-work-was-done","How the work was done",[17,240,241],{},"Before mobilising, we assessed the site and made a deliberate call on equipment. The tractor would handle the bulk of the clearing - pushing, dragging and moving vegetation across the plot. A compact excavator was enough for the large stumps and root extraction; there was no need for a full-size machine. That decision saved the client money on equipment hire, and it meant we could deliver the Yanmar B32 on the same Hino 300 truck that was already working the site - no separate low-loader required.",[17,243,244],{},"The Kubota L3608 tractor worked continuously, dragging felled logs and pushing material into loading position. The Hino 300 ran trips to haul everything off site between deliveries.",[17,246,247],{},"Some of the stumps were exceptional in size - one was bigger than the driver standing next to it. Getting those out cleanly without damaging the surrounding ground takes patience and the right angle of attack with the bucket.",[21,249,251],{"id":250},"three-days-clean-result","Three days, clean result",[17,253,254],{},"Day one: felling, initial clearing, start on the large stumps.\nDay two: stump extraction, trees and palms cleared, rough leveling.\nDay three: final leveling, cleanup, waste removal complete.",[17,256,257],{},"The client walked the site at the end of day three and confirmed everything was done to spec. He also proposed continuing the collaboration into the construction phase - the kind of outcome that comes from working fast and keeping the site in order throughout.",[17,259,260],{},"Site clearance in Bo Put, Chaweng or anywhere on Koh Samui at this pace is possible when the crew knows what they're doing and the machinery matches the job. If you need a plot cleared, get in touch - we can usually mobilise within 24 hours.",{"title":49,"searchDepth":50,"depth":50,"links":262},[263,264],{"id":237,"depth":50,"text":238},{"id":250,"depth":50,"text":251},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fhero.webp","2026-07-10",[268,61,60],"yanmar-b32",[270,273,276,279,282,285,288],{"src":271,"alt":272},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fplot-before-clearance.webp","Overgrown plot in Bo Put before clearance work began",{"src":274,"alt":275},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fexcavator-cab-view-during-work.webp","View from the excavator cab during active site clearance",{"src":277,"alt":278},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fdigging-out-large-tree-stump.webp","Excavator digging out a massive tree stump from the plot",{"src":280,"alt":281},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fgiant-stump-bigger-than-driver.webp","A tree stump larger than the driver - scale of the vegetation on site",{"src":283,"alt":284},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Ftractor-pulling-log.webp","Kubota tractor pulling a large felled log across the cleared area",{"src":286,"alt":287},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Floading-trees-and-stumps-into-truck.webp","Loading felled trees and stumps into the Hino 300 truck for removal",{"src":289,"alt":290},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july\u002Fcleared-plot-result.webp","Final result - clean, level plot in Bo Put ready for construction",{},{"title":205,"description":231},"land-clearing",{"loc":104},"site-clearance-bo-put-july","projects\u002Fsite-clearance-bo-put-july","Full site clearance in Bo Put near Chaweng, Koh Samui. Felled trees, extracted giant stumps, cleared palms and vegetation, leveled the ground - ready for construction in three days.","vo2r0WQi-zmFqPhUDj--_hwrTY4GqkpQJU0MYt3YMQ4",{"id":300,"title":301,"beforeAfter":302,"body":303,"cover":344,"date":345,"description":307,"equipment":346,"extension":62,"gallery":347,"location":369,"meta":370,"navigation":78,"path":371,"seo":372,"service":373,"sitemap":374,"slug":375,"stem":376,"summary":377,"__hash__":378},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-and-site-leveling.md","Septic tanks, utilities and site leveling in Maenam",null,{"type":14,"value":304,"toc":339},[305,308,312,315,318,322,325,328,331,333,336],[17,306,307],{},"A project in Maenam on a property where the villa construction was already finished. What remained was the sewer connection, the septic tanks, and getting the grounds in order - fill brought in and the surface leveled.",[21,309,311],{"id":310},"working-in-tight-spaces","Working in tight spaces",[17,313,314],{},"The defining feature of this site was the space. The villas were built, the landscaping partly done, trees already in the ground. Bringing large machinery in here means damaging something, guaranteed.",[17,316,317],{},"We used a compact 3-tonne Yanmar. It fits between the buildings, works right up against walls and needs no room to turn. Everything that had to be dug was dug, without touching a single structure or planting.",[21,319,321],{"id":320},"sequence-of-works","Sequence of works",[17,323,324],{},"The tanks and septic units went in first - before anything was covered over. Then we cut the trenches for the pipework and utilities, laid them and checked the runs.",[17,326,327],{},"With everything in place, the fill started arriving. Our dump truck ran the loop: load, deliver, unload on site. The excavator spread the fill, buried the utilities and brought the overall ground level up.",[17,329,330],{},"The final stage was grading - the surface brought level, with water runoff taken into account.",[21,332,41],{"id":40},[17,334,335],{},"Two to three days and the site was done: septic tanks installed, utilities laid and buried, ground level raised and the surface graded. The work moved fast enough that we never got round to taking \"before\" photos.",[17,337,338],{},"Need a septic tank, utility trenching or fill and leveling on Koh Samui? Get in touch - we work on finished properties where the buildings and landscaping must not be touched.",{"title":49,"searchDepth":50,"depth":50,"links":340},[341,342,343],{"id":310,"depth":50,"text":311},{"id":320,"depth":50,"text":321},{"id":40,"depth":50,"text":41},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-and-site-leveling\u002Fhero.webp","2026-07-03",[268,60],[348,351,354,357,360,363,366],{"src":349,"alt":350},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-and-site-leveling\u002Fexcavator-working-between-villas.webp","Compact excavator working in the tight space between finished villas",{"src":352,"alt":353},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-and-site-leveling\u002Fbackfilling-the-septic-tank.webp","Backfilling the installed septic tank with soil",{"src":355,"alt":356},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-and-site-leveling\u002Floading-soil-onto-our-truck.webp","Loading fill onto our dump truck for delivery to the site",{"src":358,"alt":359},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-and-site-leveling\u002Ftruck-unloading-soil-at-the-property.webp","Dump truck unloading the imported fill on the client's property",{"src":361,"alt":362},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-and-site-leveling\u002Fraising-the-ground-level-with-fill.webp","Raising the ground level with imported fill using the excavator",{"src":364,"alt":365},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-and-site-leveling\u002Fleveling-the-ground.webp","Final grading of the ground across the site",{"src":367,"alt":368},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-and-site-leveling\u002Four-excavator-operator.webp","Our excavator operator at work","Maenam, Koh Samui",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-and-site-leveling",{"title":301,"description":307},"drainage",{"loc":371},"maenam-septic-and-site-leveling","projects\u002Fmaenam-septic-and-site-leveling","Septic tank installation, sewer and utility trenching, backfill and site leveling in Maenam. Worked with a compact excavator in tight spaces between finished villas - completed in 2-3 days.","i16qqGmpPb9flIxs8KyeM7GHc8jn5o5PnuQIOwQbWjs",{"id":380,"title":381,"beforeAfter":382,"body":388,"cover":421,"date":422,"description":392,"equipment":423,"extension":62,"gallery":424,"location":434,"meta":435,"navigation":78,"path":436,"seo":437,"service":293,"sitemap":438,"slug":439,"stem":440,"summary":441,"__hash__":442},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fplai-laem-waste-removal.md","Waste clearance and removal from a plot in Plai Laem",[383],{"beforeImage":384,"beforeAlt":385,"afterImage":386,"afterAlt":387},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fplai-laem-waste-removal\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-1.webp","Plot covered in construction and household waste","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fplai-laem-waste-removal\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-1.webp","The same plot after clearance and grading",{"type":14,"value":389,"toc":417},[390,393,396,400,403,406,409,411,414],[17,391,392],{},"The client came to us with a simple brief: the plot is covered in waste, make it go away. Construction offcuts, old household items, weeds growing over the top of it all - the usual story for land nobody has dealt with for a while.",[17,394,395],{},"Jobs like this tend to get put off: the volume looks small, but clearing it by hand is slow and unpleasant work. With machinery it takes a shift.",[21,397,399],{"id":398},"how-we-did-it","How we did it",[17,401,402],{},"A compact Yanmar excavator and a six-wheel dump truck came onto the plot in the morning.",[17,404,405],{},"The excavator beats hand-clearing here: the bucket picks up mixed rubbish together with the layer of topsoil it has sunk into, and loads it straight into the truck. The truck ran to the landfill and back - several trips across the day.",[17,407,408],{},"Once the plot was empty, we went over the surface with the excavator and graded it out. It's a small thing that matters: clearance leaves holes and heaps behind, and if you don't touch them the plot looks little better than it did before.",[21,410,41],{"id":40},[17,412,413],{},"One day - and instead of a dump site, a clean, level plot. All the waste went to the landfill and was disposed of properly, not dropped off \"somewhere\". The client signed the job off the same evening.",[17,415,416],{},"Need waste removed or a plot cleared on Koh Samui? 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The excavator was already on site, no delivery needed - we wrapped up the first job and moved straight across.",[17,457,458],{},"That's a pattern we see regularly: once a crew is working in an area and the neighbours can see the pace and quality of the work, they want to use the same team. It saves time for everyone.",[21,460,462],{"id":461},"what-needed-to-come-out","What needed to come out",[17,464,465],{},"The plot was heavily cluttered. Trees and root systems were the main task for the excavator. But the unusual element here was the wires - a large, tangled mass of cables had accumulated on the site, twisted through the vegetation. Getting those out cleanly without damaging the surrounding area required care.",[17,467,468],{},"The brief was rough clearance: large trees, root extraction, debris piles and the wire mass. The goal was to hand the site to the client's construction team in a state where they could begin their prep work.",[21,470,472],{"id":471},"one-day","One day",[17,474,475],{},"The Komatsu PC128 worked through the site systematically. Trees felled, roots extracted, debris and wire loaded out. By the end of the day the plot was clear.",[17,477,478],{},"The client's builders were on site the following morning. That turnaround - from cluttered to construction-ready in a single working day - is what makes a project like this worthwhile for everyone involved.",[17,480,481],{},"If your plot needs a rough clearance before construction begins, get in touch. If we're already working nearby, we can often start the same day.",{"title":49,"searchDepth":50,"depth":50,"links":483},[484,485],{"id":461,"depth":50,"text":462},{"id":471,"depth":50,"text":472},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fnathon-site-clearance-june\u002Fhero.webp","2026-06-15","This job came from proximity. 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The client's construction team moved in the same day.","iHcJXvCxKzZzDlhgQcO1WAyLaalGG0DfzCaN7O_1DhI",{"id":514,"title":515,"beforeAfter":516,"body":522,"cover":561,"date":562,"description":526,"equipment":563,"extension":62,"gallery":564,"location":504,"meta":580,"navigation":78,"path":453,"seo":581,"service":373,"sitemap":582,"slug":583,"stem":584,"summary":585,"__hash__":586},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fnathon-pool-excavation.md","Pool pit excavation in Nathon, Koh Samui",[517],{"beforeImage":518,"beforeAlt":519,"afterImage":520,"afterAlt":521},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fnathon-pool-excavation\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-1.webp","Plot before excavation - ground level, no pit","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fnathon-pool-excavation\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-1.webp","Completed pool pit excavated to specified dimensions",{"type":14,"value":523,"toc":556},[524,527,531,534,538,541,544,546,553],[17,525,526],{},"The client needed a pool pit dug on their plot in Nathon, close to Coconut Museum Samui on the western side of the island. We discussed the dimensions and depth together before starting - the pit had to be right first time, so the brief was agreed and confirmed before the excavator moved.",[21,528,530],{"id":529},"getting-onto-the-site","Getting onto the site",[17,532,533],{},"Before any digging could happen, we had to sort access. Overhead wires ran across the approach to the plot and the clearance wasn't enough for the truck and excavator to pass underneath. Our crew removed the wires temporarily to open up the route, then moved the machinery in without issue.",[21,535,537],{"id":536},"excavation","Excavation",[17,539,540],{},"The Komatsu PC128 dug the pit to the agreed dimensions. Rain on the first day slowed the work - wet ground and safety on the slopes of an open pit both require more care. The job ran across two days as a result, but the excavation came out to spec.",[17,542,543],{},"The Hino 300 ran continuous trips hauling the spoil off site as it came out of the ground. A clean site at every stage is part of how we work.",[21,545,41],{"id":40},[17,547,548,549,552],{},"The pit was handed over at the correct dimensions and depth. During the job, a neighbour on the adjacent plot saw the work in progress and asked if we could handle their site as well. 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Two days including rain delays - excavation done to spec, spoil hauled off site.","mif2pMKtuX7Ad1iBjT4HMsLmSepuw8aogQaaJa_AG2A",{"id":588,"title":589,"beforeAfter":302,"body":590,"cover":647,"date":648,"description":594,"equipment":649,"extension":62,"gallery":650,"location":369,"meta":669,"navigation":78,"path":670,"seo":671,"service":373,"sitemap":672,"slug":673,"stem":674,"summary":675,"__hash__":676},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway.md","Septic tank, tree removal and driveway concreting in Maenam",{"type":14,"value":591,"toc":640},[592,595,598,602,605,608,612,615,619,622,626,629,632,634,637],[17,593,594],{},"A client in Maenam Soi 3 came to us with three jobs at once: install a septic tank, remove a few unwanted trees from the garden, and concrete the driveway so he could drive in properly.",[17,596,597],{},"His garden is mature and well kept - coconuts, mangoes, limes and other fruit trees. Half the difficulty of this project was exactly that: the work had to be done carefully, without touching anything that mattered.",[21,599,601],{"id":600},"the-right-machine-for-a-tight-space","The right machine for a tight space",[17,603,604],{},"Bringing a large excavator in here was out of the question. We used a 3-tonne Yanmar B32 - it fits between the trees, turns in its own footprint and doesn't destroy what took years to grow.",[17,606,607],{},"The concrete septic rings were collected from the supplier and brought in by truck. Some of the material - the PVC pipes - we delivered on our tuk-tuk: a run to the builders' market and back is faster that way than sending the truck.",[21,609,611],{"id":610},"the-septic-tank","The septic tank",[17,613,614],{},"We dug the pit for the rings, set them to level and connected the pipework. Everything was installed so the system lasts and stays accessible for servicing.",[21,616,618],{"id":617},"the-trees","The trees",[17,620,621],{},"The unwanted trees were dug out with their root systems - leave the roots in place and you get voids that settle later. The neighbouring fruit trees were left untouched.",[21,623,625],{"id":624},"the-driveway","The driveway",[17,627,628],{},"Here we chose to check rather than assume. Before pouring any new concrete, we opened up the driveway with the excavator to see what was under the old surface. The base turned out to be weak - pour straight on top of that and the surface cracks within a couple of seasons.",[17,630,631],{},"We laid a beam underneath and properly reinforced the base. The result takes not only a car but a loaded truck - the client won't have to come back to this again.",[21,633,41],{"id":40},[17,635,636],{},"All three jobs closed in one visit: the septic system works, the garden is intact, and the driveway is concreted with strength to spare.",[17,638,639],{},"Need a septic tank, drainage or a concrete driveway on Koh Samui? Get in touch - we work in tight garden plots where care matters.",{"title":49,"searchDepth":50,"depth":50,"links":641},[642,643,644,645,646],{"id":600,"depth":50,"text":601},{"id":610,"depth":50,"text":611},{"id":617,"depth":50,"text":618},{"id":624,"depth":50,"text":625},{"id":40,"depth":50,"text":41},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway\u002Fhero.webp","2026-05-12",[268,60],[651,654,657,660,663,666],{"src":652,"alt":653},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway\u002Fremoving-tree-from-garden.webp","Compact excavator carefully digging out a tree in the client's garden",{"src":655,"alt":656},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway\u002Floading-concrete-rings-at-supplier.webp","Loading concrete septic rings onto the truck at the supplier's yard",{"src":658,"alt":659},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway\u002Fdelivering-pvc-pipes-by-tuk-tuk.webp","Delivering PVC pipes from the builders' market on our tuk-tuk",{"src":661,"alt":662},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway\u002Fdigging-pit-for-concrete-rings.webp","Digging the pit for the septic rings in the tight space of the garden",{"src":664,"alt":665},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway\u002Flowering-concrete-ring-into-pit.webp","Lowering a concrete ring into the prepared pit",{"src":667,"alt":668},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway\u002Fconcreting-the-driveway.webp","Concreting the driveway with a reinforced base for heavier loads",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway",{"title":589,"description":594},{"loc":670},"maenam-septic-tank-and-driveway","projects\u002Fmaenam-septic-tank-and-driveway","Installed a septic tank, removed unwanted trees from a fruit garden and concreted the driveway in Maenam Soi 3. We used a 3-tonne Yanmar excavator to protect the garden, and reinforced the driveway to take trucks - not just cars.","BowwbJzTp-U1fllx4YxZajeUSMfrPzChHvvL8Zjqq8Q",{"id":678,"title":679,"beforeAfter":302,"body":680,"cover":718,"date":719,"description":684,"equipment":720,"extension":62,"gallery":721,"location":737,"meta":738,"navigation":78,"path":739,"seo":740,"service":197,"sitemap":741,"slug":742,"stem":743,"summary":744,"__hash__":745},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance.md","Land clearing for villa construction in Hua Thanon",{"type":14,"value":681,"toc":713},[682,685,689,692,695,699,702,705,707,710],[17,683,684],{},"A plot in the south of the island had been sitting unused for years. Palms, trees, dense undergrowth and uneven sand mounds had taken over the land completely, making it impossible to start construction without a full clearance first. The job was to strip the site back to bare, level ground.",[21,686,688],{"id":687},"how-we-approached-it","How we approached it",[17,690,691],{},"Plots like this one - overgrown, with deep-rooted palms and trees near boundary walls - need the right combination of machines. We brought two excavators: the Yanmar B32 for the open areas and heavy roots, and the Yanmar VIO70 for work along the boundary wall. The VIO70's zero tail swing lets it operate right up to the edge without risk of hitting the concrete - something a standard excavator can't do safely.",[17,693,694],{},"Running both machines in parallel meant we could clear a substantial plot in two days rather than four.",[21,696,698],{"id":697},"what-the-work-involved","What the work involved",[17,700,701],{},"The trees and palms were felled, tipped and the root systems dug out completely - leaving roots in the ground causes problems later when the soil settles. Bushes and undergrowth were stripped, scattered sand mounds leveled and any pits or hollows filled. The Hino 300 ran continuous trips to haul everything off site for proper disposal.",[17,703,704],{},"Working on sloped terrain in the south of the island also meant paying attention to how the cleared ground would drain - we shaped the surface with a slight natural slope to prevent water pooling once the vegetation was gone.",[21,706,41],{"id":40},[17,708,709],{},"Two days, two excavators, one truck. The plot went from overgrown jungle to a clean, flat, workable surface. The client was satisfied with both the result and how the job was managed - clean site, no damage to the boundary wall, waste fully removed.",[17,711,712],{},"Land clearance done properly at this stage saves significant time and cost later. A site that's clean, level and draining correctly gives every subsequent trade - surveyors, foundation crews, builders - the best possible starting point.",{"title":49,"searchDepth":50,"depth":50,"links":714},[715,716,717],{"id":687,"depth":50,"text":688},{"id":697,"depth":50,"text":698},{"id":40,"depth":50,"text":41},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance\u002Fhero.webp","2026-04-28",[268,58,60],[722,725,728,731,734],{"src":723,"alt":724},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance\u002Ftwo-excavators-working.webp","Two excavators clearing the overgrown plot in Hua Thanon simultaneously",{"src":726,"alt":727},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance\u002Fdigging-out-palm-roots.webp","Excavator digging out palm tree roots to fully clear the plot",{"src":729,"alt":730},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance\u002Fexcavator-working-near-concrete-wall.webp","Yanmar VIO70 zero-tail-swing excavator working close to the concrete boundary wall",{"src":732,"alt":733},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance\u002Fexcavator-operators-lunch-break.webp","Excavator operators on a lunch break during the site clearance in Hua Thanon",{"src":735,"alt":736},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance\u002Fcleared-site-ready-for-construction.webp","Fully cleared and leveled plot in Hua Thanon - ready for villa layout and construction","Hua Thanon, Koh Samui",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance",{"title":679,"description":684},{"loc":739},"hua-thanon-villa-site-clearance","projects\u002Fhua-thanon-villa-site-clearance","Two-day land clearance on an overgrown plot in Hua Thanon. Removed trees, palms and roots, cleared undergrowth, leveled sand mounds and hauled all waste off site.","R4DgfgC4CqXW-XBmvJWqKE9TbsOy-SXeI_B-22FF6Zo",{"id":747,"title":748,"beforeAfter":302,"body":749,"cover":781,"date":782,"description":753,"equipment":783,"extension":62,"gallery":784,"location":796,"meta":797,"navigation":78,"path":798,"seo":799,"service":800,"sitemap":801,"slug":802,"stem":803,"summary":804,"__hash__":805},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-steel-arch-delivery.md","Steel arch and metalwork delivery for a residential build in Chaweng",{"type":14,"value":750,"toc":776},[751,754,758,761,765,768,770,773],[17,752,753],{},"Steel and metalwork deliveries on Koh Samui come with a specific challenge: the pieces are often large, rigid and custom-made, which means any damage in transit means delays and extra costs for the client. This job was delivering a set of semicircular steel arches - fabricated for the entrance door and window openings of a private villa under construction in Chaweng.",[21,755,757],{"id":756},"loading-and-transport","Loading and transport",[17,759,760],{},"The arches vary in size, and the largest - the door arch - needed careful positioning on the truck bed to avoid any stress on the curve. We loaded everything onto the Hino 300, distributed the weight properly and secured each piece before moving. The route to the Chaweng site is straightforward, but oversized metalwork still requires a steady hand and attention to securing points at every stop.",[21,762,764],{"id":763},"delivery-and-unloading","Delivery and unloading",[17,766,767],{},"The truck arrived at the building site on schedule. Unloading was done carefully alongside the wall where the arches were going in, keeping the crew's work as short as possible. From pickup to drop-off the job wrapped up in a couple of hours.",[21,769,41],{"id":40},[17,771,772],{},"All arches arrived intact, on time and ready to go straight into installation. No bends, no scratches, no waiting around. For a construction site where trades are lined up and timelines are tight, that's what a reliable delivery looks like.",[17,774,775],{},"We handle regular material deliveries for construction projects across Koh Samui - steel, concrete elements, building supplies and oversized loads that need careful handling. If you need a truck with an experienced crew on your site, get in touch.",{"title":49,"searchDepth":50,"depth":50,"links":777},[778,779,780],{"id":756,"depth":50,"text":757},{"id":763,"depth":50,"text":764},{"id":40,"depth":50,"text":41},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-steel-arch-delivery\u002Fmetal-delivered.webp","2026-04-15",[60],[785,788,790,793],{"src":786,"alt":787},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-steel-arch-delivery\u002Floading-door-arch.webp","Loading semicircular steel arch for entrance door onto Hino 300 truck",{"src":781,"alt":789},"Steel arches and window frames delivered to the construction site in Chaweng",{"src":791,"alt":792},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-steel-arch-delivery\u002Funloading-arches-at-site.webp","Unloading steel arch elements next to the building site in Chaweng",{"src":794,"alt":795},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-steel-arch-delivery\u002Fhouse-after-arch-installation.webp","House exterior in Chaweng after semicircular steel arch installation","Chaweng, Koh Samui",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-steel-arch-delivery",{"title":748,"description":753},"truck",{"loc":798},"chaweng-steel-arch-delivery","projects\u002Fchaweng-steel-arch-delivery","Delivered custom semicircular steel arches for the entrance door and window openings to a private villa build in Chaweng, Koh Samui. Loaded, transported and unloaded without damage - job done in a couple of hours.","iXo9hIkePJiqgMb8PGVH9501GSIY0-S7_u2I3etobM4",{"id":807,"title":808,"beforeAfter":302,"body":809,"cover":847,"date":848,"description":813,"equipment":849,"extension":62,"gallery":851,"location":870,"meta":871,"navigation":78,"path":872,"seo":873,"service":800,"sitemap":874,"slug":875,"stem":876,"summary":877,"__hash__":878},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fcrocodile-transport-phuket.md","Crocodile transport from Koh Samui to Phuket",{"type":14,"value":810,"toc":842},[811,814,817,821,824,827,831,834,836,839],[17,812,813],{},"We've hauled steel, poured concrete, moved construction equipment around the island. We've transported cattle and pigs for local farms. But this was a first for us - and quite possibly a first for any transport company on Koh Samui: a live crocodile shipment from the island to Phuket.",[17,815,816],{},"Samui Crocodile Farm needed a batch of their animals relocated. They called us.",[21,818,820],{"id":819},"preparation","Preparation",[17,822,823],{},"Unusual cargo means unusual paperwork. Before anything moved, we obtained all required permits for live animal transport. The documentation has to be in order for a consignment like this - no shortcuts.",[17,825,826],{},"The farm's team handled the animals on their end: each crocodile was wrapped in a cover and properly secured so nothing could shift during the journey. Our job was to keep them cool and get them there in one piece. Both trucks were covered with tarpaulins to block direct sunlight and hold a manageable temperature inside.",[21,828,830],{"id":829},"the-run","The run",[17,832,833],{},"Loading happened at night - cooler air is easier on the animals and the roads are clear. We caught the first ferry off the island and drove through to Phuket in the early morning, well before the heat of the day. Steady pace, no unnecessary stops, crew attentive the whole way.",[21,835,41],{"id":40},[17,837,838],{},"Every crocodile arrived in the same condition it left Samui. No incidents, no escapes, no damage. The client confirmed receipt and the animals were handed over as agreed.",[17,840,841],{},"We've moved cattle and pigs before - but crocodiles were a first. We may well be the only transport company on Koh Samui that can say that. If you have cargo that doesn't fit the usual category, get in touch - we're open to the conversation.",{"title":49,"searchDepth":50,"depth":50,"links":843},[844,845,846],{"id":819,"depth":50,"text":820},{"id":829,"depth":50,"text":830},{"id":40,"depth":50,"text":41},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fcrocodile-transport-phuket\u002Fhero.webp","2026-04-10",[850,59],"hino-ranger-4d",[852,855,858,861,864,867],{"src":853,"alt":854},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fcrocodile-transport-phuket\u002Ftrucks-arrived-for-night-loading.webp","Trucks arrived at Samui Crocodile Farm for night loading",{"src":856,"alt":857},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fcrocodile-transport-phuket\u002Flarge-crocodile-on-cart.webp","Large crocodile on a cart being prepared for loading",{"src":859,"alt":860},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fcrocodile-transport-phuket\u002Fcargo-secured-and-ready.webp","Crocodiles secured and wrapped, ready for transport to Phuket",{"src":862,"alt":863},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fcrocodile-transport-phuket\u002Fcrocodiles-loaded-in-truck.webp","Crocodiles loaded in the truck bed covered with tarpaulin",{"src":865,"alt":866},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fcrocodile-transport-phuket\u002Fsamui-crocodile-farm-team-farewell.webp","Samui Crocodile Farm team saying goodbye to their animals before the trip",{"src":868,"alt":869},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fcrocodile-transport-phuket\u002Four-team-photo-with-cargo.webp","Our team posing with the unusual cargo before departure","Koh Samui → Phuket",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fcrocodile-transport-phuket",{"title":808,"description":813},{"loc":872},"crocodile-transport-phuket","projects\u002Fcrocodile-transport-phuket","Unusual cargo: Samui Crocodile Farm commissioned us to transport a batch of crocodiles from Koh Samui to Phuket. Permits in hand, trucks covered with tarpaulins, night loading - every crocodile delivered safely.","AYxbE6eYGziSEHkRZ50pRKVYskDW_NHaOHWEzK9NnoQ",{"id":880,"title":881,"beforeAfter":882,"body":888,"cover":921,"date":922,"description":892,"equipment":923,"extension":62,"gallery":925,"location":947,"meta":948,"navigation":78,"path":949,"seo":950,"service":951,"sitemap":952,"slug":953,"stem":954,"summary":955,"__hash__":956},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation.md","Stone relocation and path clearance to a waterfall in Chaweng hills",[883],{"beforeImage":884,"beforeAlt":885,"afterImage":886,"afterAlt":887},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-1.webp","Dense vegetation blocking the path to the waterfall before clearance","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-1.webp","Path cleared, stones placed along the route to the waterfall",{"type":14,"value":889,"toc":917},[890,893,896,900,903,906,909,911,914],[17,891,892],{},"The client's villa sits in the hills above Chaweng, close to a natural waterfall on his property. His vision: clear a proper path through the hillside vegetation to the waterfall, and use large stones already on site to line the route - the first phase of a planned rest area with a feature waterfall he intends to build there.",[17,894,895],{},"Before any machinery moved, we walked the site with the client. He showed us the stones he wanted to use, explained how he imagined the composition, and we agreed on the scope and the result he was looking for. Starting a job like this with a shared picture of the outcome is the only way to do it right.",[21,897,899],{"id":898},"the-work","The work",[17,901,902],{},"The Chaweng hillside is steep and the vegetation was thick. Getting the excavator into position and working safely on the slope required care. One of our crew worked from the excavator arm with a chainsaw to reach trees that couldn't be accessed any other way on that terrain - slow, methodical, but the right approach for the conditions.",[17,904,905],{},"The Caterpillar 305CR lifted and repositioned the large stones up the slope to the elevated area around the villa, then cleared the trees and loaded the debris into the truck for removal. Once the path was open and the bulk of the material was out, the team finished with manual cleanup using rakes - the kind of detail work a machine can't do.",[17,907,908],{},"The client was on site throughout the day, watching the progress and having lunch with the crew. By the end of the day the stones were placed to his satisfaction.",[21,910,41],{"id":40},[17,912,913],{},"One day's work: path cleared, stones lifted and arranged, debris removed. The client confirmed everything matched his vision and the site is ready for the next phase - the construction of the rest area and the artificial waterfall feature.",[17,915,916],{},"If you have a site that needs clearance, earthmoving or landscaping work in the Chaweng hills or elsewhere on Koh Samui, get in touch.",{"title":49,"searchDepth":50,"depth":50,"links":918},[919,920],{"id":898,"depth":50,"text":899},{"id":40,"depth":50,"text":41},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fhero.webp","2026-04-04",[924,60],"caterpillar-305cr",[926,929,932,935,938,941,944],{"src":927,"alt":928},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fnarrow-path-to-client-villa.webp","Narrow overgrown access path leading to the client's hilltop villa near Chaweng",{"src":930,"alt":931},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fwaterfall-hidden-in-vegetation.webp","Waterfall hidden in the dense vegetation beside the villa - the destination for the stone path",{"src":933,"alt":934},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fselecting-stones-for-composition.webp","Selecting and reviewing large stones to be used in the waterfall composition",{"src":936,"alt":937},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fworker-on-excavator-arm-with-chainsaw.webp","Our worker standing on the excavator arm operating a chainsaw to clear trees on the steep slope",{"src":939,"alt":940},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Floading-debris-into-truck.webp","Loading cleared vegetation and debris into the truck for removal",{"src":942,"alt":943},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Ffinal-cleanup-by-hand-with-rake.webp","Final manual cleanup with rakes after the excavator work was complete",{"src":945,"alt":946},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fresult-path-cleared-stones-placed.webp","Result: cleared path to the waterfall with large stones placed along it per the client's vision","Chaweng hills, Koh Samui",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation",{"title":881,"description":892},"excavator",{"loc":949},"chaweng-stone-relocation","projects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation","Cleared a path through dense hillside vegetation to a waterfall at a private villa in the Chaweng hills, relocated large stones up the slope and arranged them as the first phase of a planned waterfall rest area - done in one day.","DTrQiL0_wM4_HkSyQOUPQLENoT-1EwrkmPNOQsc2Xf8",{"id":958,"title":959,"beforeAfter":960,"body":971,"cover":1017,"date":1018,"description":975,"equipment":1019,"extension":62,"gallery":1020,"location":1036,"meta":1037,"navigation":78,"path":1038,"seo":1039,"service":81,"sitemap":1040,"slug":1041,"stem":1042,"summary":1043,"__hash__":1044},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition.md","House demolition, backfill and site leveling in Lipa Noi",[961,966],{"beforeImage":962,"beforeAlt":963,"afterImage":964,"afterAlt":965},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-1.webp","Plot with the old house and overgrown vegetation before work started","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-1.webp","Plot cleared, filled and leveled - ready for the next construction phase",{"beforeImage":967,"beforeAlt":968,"afterImage":969,"afterAlt":970},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-2.webp","Second view of the site before demolition and clearance","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-2.webp","Same area after backfill - ground level raised by approximately 40 cm",{"type":14,"value":972,"toc":1011},[973,976,979,983,986,989,993,996,1000,1003,1005,1008],[17,974,975],{},"The client found us through our website and reached out the same day. He liked that we responded quickly and came to assess the scope of work straight away - he knew from that first conversation what the job would cost and how long it would take. That transparency is how we work.",[17,977,978],{},"The plot is in Lipa Noi, on the quieter western side of Koh Samui. It had an old wooden stilt house that needed to come down completely, along with trees and banana palms that had grown around it. After clearing, the client needed the ground level raised by around 40 cm with imported fill and properly leveled for the next construction phase.",[21,980,982],{"id":981},"demolition","Demolition",[17,984,985],{},"The Caterpillar 305CR handled the demolition. The house was a timber structure on concrete stilts - we brought it down section by section, broke up the foundation and sorted the material for removal. Working cleanly matters here: debris left in the ground causes problems later during foundation work.",[17,987,988],{},"The palms on the plot were cut carefully in sections - there are neighbouring properties close by and we had no room for a falling trunk to cause damage. Slow, methodical work, but the right way to do it.",[21,990,992],{"id":991},"clearance-and-removal","Clearance and removal",[17,994,995],{},"All demolished material - timber, concrete, tree matter - was loaded onto the Hino Super FM18 and taken off site. We ran multiple trips over the five days. A clean site handover means no surprises for whoever comes next.",[21,997,999],{"id":998},"backfill-and-leveling","Backfill and leveling",[17,1001,1002],{},"Around 100 m³ of fill was brought in and spread across the roughly 400 m² plot. The Caterpillar 305CR compacted and leveled the material in passes, building up the level by approximately 40 cm. The final surface was graded with drainage slope taken into account so water runs off rather than pooling.",[21,1004,41],{"id":40},[17,1006,1007],{},"Five days. Demolition, clearance, backfill, leveling - done. The client walked the site and confirmed everything matched what we had agreed. The plot is ready for surveyors, foundation work and the build itself.",[17,1009,1010],{},"If you have a site in Lipa Noi or anywhere on Koh Samui that needs demolition, clearance or ground preparation, get in touch. We price jobs clearly before we start.",{"title":49,"searchDepth":50,"depth":50,"links":1012},[1013,1014,1015,1016],{"id":981,"depth":50,"text":982},{"id":991,"depth":50,"text":992},{"id":998,"depth":50,"text":999},{"id":40,"depth":50,"text":41},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fhero.webp","2026-03-20",[924,59],[1021,1024,1027,1030,1033],{"src":1022,"alt":1023},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fhouse-before-demolition.webp","Old stilt house in Lipa Noi before demolition work began",{"src":1025,"alt":1026},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fexcavator-ready-to-demolish.webp","Caterpillar 305CR excavator positioned and ready to demolish the structure",{"src":1028,"alt":1029},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fdemolished-foundation.webp","Demolished concrete foundation broken up and ready for removal",{"src":1031,"alt":1032},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fexcavator-clearing-banana-trees.webp","Excavator clearing banana trees and vegetation from the plot",{"src":1034,"alt":1035},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fresult-leveled-and-filled-plot.webp","Final result - plot raised by 40 cm, leveled and ready for construction","Lipa Noi, Koh Samui",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition",{"title":959,"description":975},{"loc":1038},"lipa-noi-house-demolition","projects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition","Demolished an old stilt house, cleared trees and palms, removed all debris, brought in fill and raised the plot level by around 40 cm - full site preparation in five days in Lipa Noi, Koh Samui.","q9vbQae4LkfNiWzj5jeqpnbOSKYwJneTedUcukoF26M",{"id":1046,"title":1047,"beforeAfter":302,"body":1048,"cover":1080,"date":1081,"description":1052,"equipment":1082,"extension":62,"gallery":1083,"location":1108,"meta":1109,"navigation":78,"path":1110,"seo":1111,"service":800,"sitemap":1112,"slug":1113,"stem":1114,"summary":1115,"__hash__":1116},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fchong-mon-steel-delivery.md","Regular steel structure deliveries to a construction site in Chong Mon",{"type":14,"value":1049,"toc":1076},[1050,1053,1056,1060,1063,1066,1070,1073],[17,1051,1052],{},"We've worked with this client for a long time. The brief doesn't change: pick up steel structures from the supplier and get them to the construction site on time, every time. No complications, no delays, no excuses.",[17,1054,1055],{},"The project was a new build in Chong Mon - one of the quieter parts of the island, but the site was active and on a tight schedule. Steel structures needed to arrive when the crews were ready to work with them, not before and definitely not after.",[21,1057,1059],{"id":1058},"how-the-runs-work","How the runs work",[17,1061,1062],{},"We use two trucks depending on what's being moved. The Hino Super FM18 - a 10-wheel heavy truck - handles the larger and heavier loads. The Hino Ranger 4D, a 6-wheel dump truck with a crane behind the cab, takes the smaller batches and is useful when unloading needs a lift rather than a forklift. Sometimes both trucks run on the same day, sometimes only one. We match the truck to the load.",[17,1064,1065],{},"At the supplier warehouse, a forklift handles loading. Our drivers know the routine - they arrive, the steel goes on, we secure everything and move. At the site, unloading is coordinated with the construction team so the material lands exactly where it needs to be.",[21,1067,1069],{"id":1068},"why-they-keep-calling-us","Why they keep calling us",[17,1071,1072],{},"Punctuality. Construction schedules on Koh Samui are tight, and a late steel delivery holds up every trade waiting on it - welders, builders, the whole crew stands around. Our client books us because when we confirm a delivery, it happens. That track record is why a one-time job turned into a regular contract, and why we're still running these deliveries.",[17,1074,1075],{},"We carry steel, prefabricated elements, construction materials and other heavy or oversized loads to sites across Koh Samui. If you need reliable truck deliveries for your project, get in touch.",{"title":49,"searchDepth":50,"depth":50,"links":1077},[1078,1079],{"id":1058,"depth":50,"text":1059},{"id":1068,"depth":50,"text":1069},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchong-mon-steel-delivery\u002Fhero.webp","2026-03-05",[59,850],[1084,1087,1090,1093,1096,1099,1102,1105],{"src":1085,"alt":1086},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchong-mon-steel-delivery\u002Floading-steel-with-forklift.webp","Loading steel structures onto the truck using a forklift at the supplier warehouse",{"src":1088,"alt":1089},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchong-mon-steel-delivery\u002F10-wheel-truck-ready-for-departure.webp","10-wheel Hino Super FM18 loaded with steel and ready for departure to Chong Mon",{"src":1091,"alt":1092},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchong-mon-steel-delivery\u002F6-wheel-truck-waiting-for-loading.webp","6-wheel Hino Ranger 4D waiting at the warehouse for the next load",{"src":1094,"alt":1095},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchong-mon-steel-delivery\u002Ftruck-with-steel-arrived-at-site.webp","Truck with steel structures arrived at the new construction site in Chong Mon",{"src":1097,"alt":1098},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchong-mon-steel-delivery\u002Funloading-truck-at-site.webp","Unloading steel materials from the truck at the Chong Mon construction site",{"src":1100,"alt":1101},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchong-mon-steel-delivery\u002Floading-steel-frames-at-yard.webp","Loading steel purlins and beams onto the truck at the supplier's yard",{"src":1103,"alt":1104},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchong-mon-steel-delivery\u002Funloading-steel-frames-at-site.webp","Unloading steel frame sections at the site in Chong Mon",{"src":1106,"alt":1107},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchong-mon-steel-delivery\u002Fbuilders-receiving-the-delivery.webp","The construction crew taking delivery of the steel on site","Chong Mon, Koh Samui",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fchong-mon-steel-delivery",{"title":1047,"description":1052},{"loc":1110},"chong-mon-steel-delivery","projects\u002Fchong-mon-steel-delivery","Ongoing steel structure deliveries for a long-term client's construction project in Chong Mon, Koh Samui - regular runs, on schedule every time, using both 6-wheel and 10-wheel trucks depending on the load.","2kefUQMLyqh2cz4FDSfjKFAzDstpUaqAH9nxu6b66ZU",{"id":1118,"title":1119,"beforeAfter":302,"body":1120,"cover":1159,"date":1160,"description":1124,"equipment":1161,"extension":62,"gallery":1163,"location":796,"meta":1191,"navigation":78,"path":1192,"seo":1193,"service":81,"sitemap":1194,"slug":1195,"stem":1196,"summary":1197,"__hash__":1198},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support.md","Construction groundwork support for a residential build in Chaweng",{"type":14,"value":1121,"toc":1153},[1122,1125,1129,1132,1136,1139,1143,1146,1150],[17,1123,1124],{},"A regular client building a private residence in Chaweng brought us in as ongoing groundwork support throughout the construction process. We worked alongside the main contractor across multiple stages, typically in half-day and full-day shifts, handling everything that required machinery.",[21,1126,1128],{"id":1127},"site-leveling-and-earthworks","Site leveling and earthworks",[17,1130,1131],{},"We started by bringing the plot to a working level - cutting high spots, redistributing material and hauling surplus soil off site with the Hino 300. The Caterpillar 305CR handled the bulk earthmoving while the Komatsu PC30-7 worked in tighter areas around the perimeter and between structures.",[21,1133,1135],{"id":1134},"foundation-excavation-and-pile-support","Foundation excavation and pile support",[17,1137,1138],{},"Once the slab area was established, we excavated pile positions to the specified depths. We then worked alongside the crane team to position and install foundation piles, pipes and other structural elements - providing the excavation, clearance and ground support that made their work possible.",[21,1140,1142],{"id":1141},"utilities-and-drainage","Utilities and drainage",[17,1144,1145],{},"We dug the trenches for underground services - water, drainage and sewage lines. The site had waterlogging in places, so we also dewatered low-lying areas, graded the ground for proper runoff and installed the necessary underground infrastructure. The plot was left with a clean, dry working surface and functioning drainage before handover to the next trades.",[21,1147,1149],{"id":1148},"what-we-bring-to-a-construction-site","What we bring to a construction site",[17,1151,1152],{},"We're not a general contractor, but we cover the groundwork that runs through the full build cycle - excavation, earthmoving, foundation support, utility trenching and drainage. If you're building on Koh Samui and need reliable machinery with experienced operators available across multiple stages, we're set up for exactly that.",{"title":49,"searchDepth":50,"depth":50,"links":1154},[1155,1156,1157,1158],{"id":1127,"depth":50,"text":1128},{"id":1134,"depth":50,"text":1135},{"id":1141,"depth":50,"text":1142},{"id":1148,"depth":50,"text":1149},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fhero.webp","2026-02-10",[60,924,1162],"komatsu-pc30-7",[1164,1167,1170,1173,1176,1179,1182,1185,1188],{"src":1165,"alt":1166},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fsite-leveling-with-excavator.webp","Excavator leveling the construction site in Chaweng",{"src":1168,"alt":1169},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fexcavator-removing-excess-soil.webp","Excavator clearing and removing excess soil from the building site",{"src":1171,"alt":1172},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fdigging-pile-pit.webp","Digging foundation pile pits on the Chaweng construction site",{"src":1174,"alt":1175},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fpile-installation-with-crane.webp","Working alongside a crane to position and install foundation piles",{"src":1177,"alt":1178},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fpile-installation.webp","Foundation pile being set into position at the Chaweng site",{"src":1180,"alt":1181},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fseptic-tank-installation.webp","Excavating for underground utilities and service lines at the construction site",{"src":1183,"alt":1184},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fexcavator-view-of-construction-site.webp","View from the excavator cab over the active construction site in Chaweng",{"src":1186,"alt":1187},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fmobile-refueling-on-site.webp","Mobile refueling truck servicing construction equipment on site",{"src":1189,"alt":1190},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fconstruction-site-and-excavator.webp","Overview of the Chaweng construction site with excavator in operation",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support",{"title":1119,"description":1124},{"loc":1192},"chaweng-construction-support","projects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support","Long-term construction groundwork support for a repeat client in Chaweng - site leveling, soil removal, foundation excavation, pile support, utility trenching and drainage.","v0q7GkVqDzvSQyLT97K5BjRVlVal2Q1wJWwDHCXGZPg",{"id":1200,"title":1201,"beforeAfter":1202,"body":1223,"cover":1269,"date":1270,"description":1227,"equipment":1271,"extension":62,"gallery":1272,"location":369,"meta":1291,"navigation":78,"path":1292,"seo":1293,"service":373,"sitemap":1294,"slug":1295,"stem":1296,"summary":1297,"__hash__":1298},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill.md","Drainage, backfill and leveling on a waterlogged plot in Maenam",[1203,1208,1213,1218],{"beforeImage":1204,"beforeAlt":1205,"afterImage":1206,"afterAlt":1207},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-1.webp","Waterlogged, overgrown plot in Maenam before any work began","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-1.webp","Same area after drainage work, backfill and leveling",{"beforeImage":1209,"beforeAlt":1210,"afterImage":1211,"afterAlt":1212},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-2.webp","Dense vegetation and standing water covering the plot","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-2.webp","Plot cleared, filled and leveled - dry and ready for use",{"beforeImage":1214,"beforeAlt":1215,"afterImage":1216,"afterAlt":1217},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-3.webp","Boggy ground and overgrown watercourse before drainage works","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-3.webp","Drainage channel cleared and deepened, area backfilled",{"beforeImage":1219,"beforeAlt":1220,"afterImage":1221,"afterAlt":1222},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-4.webp","Fourth view of the plot in its original waterlogged state","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-4.webp","Final leveled surface after completing all drainage and fill works",{"type":14,"value":1224,"toc":1263},[1225,1228,1231,1235,1238,1242,1245,1248,1252,1255,1257,1260],[17,1226,1227],{},"A 2-rai plot - roughly 3,200 m² - in Maenam. The ground was waterlogged and boggy, with dense vegetation covering most of it and a blocked natural watercourse running through the site. No drainage, nowhere for the water to go. The task: open the drainage, clear the land, bring in fill and raise the level so the plot could be used.",[17,1229,1230],{},"This was one of the most demanding projects we've taken on. Nearly every piece of equipment we operate was deployed here at some point.",[21,1232,1234],{"id":1233},"drainage-first","Drainage first",[17,1236,1237],{},"Before any fill could go in, the water had to have somewhere to go. We cleared and deepened the existing drainage channel, restoring the natural watercourse. The critical part was getting the water off the plot entirely: we installed a drainage pipe under the road so the channel could flow through rather than backing up. Until that pipe was in and working, the site couldn't drain.",[21,1239,1241],{"id":1240},"finding-and-moving-the-soil","Finding and moving the soil",[17,1243,1244],{},"With a project requiring around 1,000 m³ of fill, sourcing the material efficiently mattered. We located a quarry and positioned our Caterpillar 305CR there permanently to load the trucks. The Hino 300 and Hino Super FM18 ran 200 trips between the quarry and the site over the course of the project - a constant loop of loading, hauling and returning.",[17,1246,1247],{},"Rain extended the timeline to close to a month. A waterlogged site during heavy rain is a different environment to work in: the ground shifts, access becomes difficult and the machinery has to be managed more carefully. We worked around the weather as much as possible and kept moving.",[21,1249,1251],{"id":1250},"spreading-and-leveling","Spreading and leveling",[17,1253,1254],{},"On site, the Komatsu PC128 and the Kubota tractor worked together - the tractor pushing and spreading the incoming fill across the plot, the excavator leveling and compacting. Raising a boggy plot by enough to make it usable requires consistent passes and attention to where the material settles.",[21,1256,41],{"id":40},[17,1258,1259],{},"The drainage channel flows. The road pipe is in. Approximately 1,000 m³ of fill brought in across 200 truck runs. The plot went from a waterlogged, overgrown bog to a cleared, leveled and draining site ready for its next use.",[17,1261,1262],{},"Complex drainage and earthworks on difficult terrain anywhere on Koh Samui - get in touch.",{"title":49,"searchDepth":50,"depth":50,"links":1264},[1265,1266,1267,1268],{"id":1233,"depth":50,"text":1234},{"id":1240,"depth":50,"text":1241},{"id":1250,"depth":50,"text":1251},{"id":40,"depth":50,"text":41},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fhero.webp","2026-02-02",[490,924,60,59,61],[1273,1276,1279,1282,1285,1288],{"src":1274,"alt":1275},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fexcavator-cleared-vegetation-exposed-ground.webp","Excavator cleared the dense vegetation, exposing the waterlogged ground beneath",{"src":1277,"alt":1278},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fclearing-and-deepening-drainage-channel.webp","Clearing and deepening the drainage channel to open the natural watercourse",{"src":1280,"alt":1281},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fdrainage-pipe-installed-under-road.webp","Drainage pipe installed under the road to allow water to exit the plot",{"src":1283,"alt":1284},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fcat305-loading-soil-at-quarry.webp","Caterpillar 305CR working at the quarry, loading soil onto our trucks",{"src":1286,"alt":1287},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Ftractor-pushing-soil-across-plot.webp","Tractor pushing and spreading imported fill across the plot",{"src":1289,"alt":1290},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fpc128-helping-tractor-level-ground.webp","Komatsu PC128 working alongside the tractor to level and compact the fill",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill",{"title":1201,"description":1227},{"loc":1292},"maenam-drainage-and-fill","projects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill","Full drainage and backfill project on a 2-rai waterlogged plot in Maenam: vegetation cleared, drainage channel opened and deepened, pipe laid under the road, approximately 1000 m³ of fill brought in over 200 truck runs to raise and level the site.","6eajvWVongMFw9JI8iSmEHrCtJo_T2vc6ZAQ8Msp59U",1792387870156]