Every project that builds something up starts by tearing something down. Master Construction provides demolition services and excavation across Ventura County, from interior gut jobs and pool removals to full structure teardowns and commercial site grading. Family owned since 1994, our licensed crews (Lic. #1027281) demo safely, haul legally, and leave a site that is truly ready to build on.
Demolition Is a Precision Trade
Good demo is surgical. We protect what stays, cap utilities properly, check for asbestos and lead in older structures before disturbing them, and separate debris for recycling and legal disposal. The difference between a clean demo and a careless one shows up weeks later in your schedule, your budget, and your inspection record.
Excavation has its own discipline. We pothole to verify utility depths before the bucket goes in, not after. Cuts get benched or shored past five feet, spoils are stockpiled where they will not surcharge a neighbor's fence, and engineered fill goes back in lifts with compaction verified, not eyeballed. On tight lots we match the machine to the access, down to a mini excavator that fits through a garden gate.
Our Demolition and Excavation Process
Controlled from first swing to final grade:
- Site assessment. Utilities located, hazards checked, and the demo plan mapped out.
- Permits. Demolition permits and hazardous material clearances handled.
- Disconnect and protect. Utilities capped and neighboring structures protected.
- Demolition. Structures removed safely with the right equipment for the job.
- Excavation and grading. Site cut, filled, compacted, and graded ready for the next phase.
Site Prep That Sets Up the Build
Because we are usually the ones building what comes next, our excavation work anticipates the build instead of complicating it. Footings get cut to plan, grades match the drainage design, and trenching lines up with where plumbing and electrical actually run. Your foundation crew shows up to a site that is ready, not a problem to solve.
Commercial excavation runs through the same crews. As excavating contractors for retail, office, and industrial sites, we cut building pads, parking lot subgrades, and wet and dry utility trenches, and we phase the work so an occupied center keeps its doors open while the ground changes around it.
Ventura County adds its own paperwork, and we carry it. Most cities here, including the City of Ventura's Building & Safety division, want a demolition permit backed by utility release letters, and state diversion rules mean every load gets weighed and ticketed at an approved facility. We keep the tickets and file the diversion report so final inspection is not held up over a missing receipt. Hillside lots in Ojai and the Ventura foothills often trigger grading permits and erosion control, so we plan both into the schedule from day one.
Clearing something in the city of Ventura? Our demolition in Ventura page covers strip-outs, pool removals and the testing older structures require.
- Interior gut demolition
- Full structure teardowns
- Pool & spa removal
- Concrete & driveway removal
- Grading & site preparation
- Trenching for utilities
- Hauling & legal disposal
- Demolition permits
Proudly serving Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, Simi Valley, Moorpark, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Santa Paula, Fillmore, Ojai, Port Hueneme, Somis, and Calabasas, plus all of Ventura & Los Angeles Counties.