Soil Stability Construction

Jack and his crew were awesome. From start to finish they were professional, on time & on budget. Highly recommend.

I highly recommend Jack Drew and his company Soil Stability Construction Inc. for any jobs within their specialties. We experienced a landslide after 10-​inches of rain over 3-​days in December 2012. It was an explosive slide involving roughly 130 tons of soil and debris that blocked a moderately trafficked private road below until it was cleared. I retained Rex Upp from Upp Geotechnology (based on numerous recommendations) to do studies leading to specifications for repair. He highly recommended Jack Drew for our job. We had limited access for large earth moving equipment and wanted minimal disturbance and trauma to our lands. They used a Bobcat for careful earth grading and hauling but did much of the work by hand including excavation of 2×4-feet holes for piers that were 18-​feet deep. They did this amazingly by climbing into and descending down the holes using power shovels. They installed soldier pile retaining walls made with 25-​ft, 6×12-inch steel I-​beams and treated fir.
The job proceeded like clockwork and took 3-​weeks as planned with a crew from 3 to 7 men. They were very careful to protect our slate patio and walkway paving using tarps and plywood protection. They went out of their way to be sure that we had the least disturbance possible from the work. Rick the foreman was amazing as well as the rest of crew. They put in full days working effectively every day. Rick is a master on the Bobcat in tight, steep quarters requiring precision control and he worked quickly in spite of his precision control. The job involved clearing/​hauling earth and other debris, grading earth benches to support the fill, installing filter fabric, installing a drain pipe downhill to a dispersion point, backfilling with drain rock, covering over the top with filter fabric, and adding 1-​ft of soil, building small earthen berms to control/​direct surface water into a catch basin connected to the drains, grading/​contouring the land below the slide and seeding and covering with erosion control matting. They even carefully graded our unpaved 200-​ft driveway back to the work site to clean-​up the tracks left and were willing to add work to cover the driveway with pea gravel. Their work was very, very high quality with much attention to detail and exceeded our expectations. Jack Drew makes it a point to check in regularly to assure quality and that we were happy with the progress. Jack also worked in ways to keep the cost as low as possible. It was the most pleasant experience we ever had in a construction project. We recommend them highly! We thank Jack Drew and his people very much!