Excavation, grading and land development
Dirt work for Houston's builders.
Clearing, excavation, building pads, ponds and drainage across the Houston area. Family owned in Crosby since 1978.
K.G.W. Corporation was founded in 1978 and has been run by the King family ever since. All three generations are still involved in the business today. The company is fully insured for general liability, workers' compensation, inland marine and automotive.
Scope of work
One contractor, start to finish.
KGW takes a site from standing timber to a compacted pad with drainage that works. Because it is all in-house, there is one crew, one schedule and one number to call when something changes.
Clearing and grubbing
Trees, brush and stumps removed, roots pulled, and the site left clean and ready to grade.
Small lots to large acreage
Leveling and excavation
Cut, fill and grade to plan, on ground that runs from sand to Gulf Coast clay.
Residential and commercial sites
Site preparation and building pads
Structural pads built to elevation and compacted so the slab that follows sits on ground that will hold.
Built to engineered elevation
Soil compaction and stabilization
Ground that will not hold made into ground that will, by compaction or by mixing something into it.
Subgrades, pads and haul roads
Home building pads
Pads for custom builders and tract homebuilders, drained so the finished house stays out of standing water.
Single lots and full sections
Culvert installation
Driveway and roadside culverts set on grade so water leaves the property the way it is supposed to.
Driveway and roadside
Pond and lake construction
Retention basins, stock ponds and lakes, dug, shaped and keyed so they hold water and hold their banks.
Retention basins to lakes
Demolition
Structures, slabs, pools and foundations taken down and hauled off, leaving a clean lot behind.
Structural and horizontal
Asphalt roads and parking lots
Base, grade and asphalt for drives, private roads and parking areas that take truck traffic.
Drives, roads, parking
Concrete driveways
Tear-out and pour for driveways and approaches, formed, reinforced and finished.
Tear-out and pourThree generations of Kings, still on the job.
K.G.W. Corporation started in 1978 and has never left the family. Honesty, hard work and straight answers are what built the reputation, and word of mouth from builders is still where most of the work comes from. Every generation has run equipment, not just the office.
Jimmy King
Founder and C.E.O.Fifty years on heavy equipment. Still runs a dozer and hauls logs when the job calls for it.
Kenny King
C.O.O.Two decades on front-end loaders and excavators. Based in Crosby, where the company started.
Three generations of the King family, on the job together.
How a job runs
No surprises between the quote and the handover.
Walk the site
We meet you on the lot, look at access, drainage and what is actually in the ground, and talk through what the job needs.
Price the work
A written quote against a defined scope, so you know what is included and what would be extra before anything starts.
Move dirt
Our own crews and our own equipment. One schedule, and one number to call if something on your end changes.
Hand it over
Cleared, cut to grade, compacted and draining, ready for the next trade to start.
Builders who keep calling back.
Brickland Homes has used KGW for all of the site work for approx 10 years. They do great work on time, and on budget and are a pleasure to work with. I would highly recommend them for your next project.
Excellent work, very professional and experienced. Honest, reasonable pricing with no surprises at the end. It really opened up the land and took less than 2 days!
Excellence in motion. Personable, experienced help, all things done as agreed, for a reasonable price w no “additional cost” surprises at the end. A job well done.
I use KGW Corp. to clear lots, excavate lots, build structural pads, and prepare lots for proper drainage throughout the building process. I use them because they are able to complete all of these tasks at a very high level of quality.
Great company! Kenny and crew always do an awesome job for me!
I felt very confident in KGW Corporation, and they did a great job, at a fair price and very quickly. I would recommend them.
Tell us about the site.
Two ways in, depending on how far along you are. Either one reaches the office in Crosby, not a call centre.