Excavation Contractors in Macungie, PA

Excavation contractors in Macungie work in a borough of just 0.99 square miles, founded as Millerstown in 1776, incorporated in 1857 and renamed in 1875. The 2020 census counted 3,257 residents in 1,520 housing units, up 6 percent from 2010. Route 100 runs through town as Main Street, and Norfolk Southern's Reading Line passes through. Most of our work here is on existing lots: drainage, laterals, garages and additions.

Creeks through town

Swabia Creek enters from the west, picks up Mountain Creek and exits to the northeast toward Little Lehigh Creek. In a borough this small, a lot of homes are close to one or the other. That raises groundwater and puts floodplain rules on fill near the banks. Drainage designs here focus on getting roof and yard water to the creek system without eroding banks or flooding a neighbor.

Main Street is a state road

Because Route 100 is Main Street, laterals and driveways on the main road involve PennDOT, not just the borough. PennDOT requires a highway occupancy permit to build or change a driveway, drainage or utility facility in state highway right-of-way. The borough maintains 7.72 of its 9.75 miles of roads, and work on those side streets goes through the borough.

Neighbors to industry

The Allen Organ Company is headquartered in the borough, and Mack Trucks' main plant is next door in Lower Macungie. Residential streets sit close to commercial traffic, which affects when we haul.

Planning a Macungie project

Macungie's 1,468 households are close together, and many homes back onto one of the creeks or onto the railroad. We look at access through alleys and side yards, the location of laterals and how roof water reaches the creek system today. Compact equipment is the default here.

The Valentine Weaver House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and the town's older housing near Main Street mean stone and brick foundations are common. Additions and new porches next to them need footings dug without disturbing the old wall.

Macungie's January average is 29.2 degrees and its July average 73.8. Frozen ground slows digging in winter, but a broken lateral cannot wait, and we can work through cold weather on urgent jobs.

Common Macungie jobs

• Downspout and yard drains toward Swabia Creek
• Sewer and water lateral trenches
• Additions and garage footings
• Small demolition and hauling

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