Built to spec
Built to your engineered drawings, survey, and the real site conditions, not a one-size-fits-all approach forced to fit.
Harrowgate Group completes dig and dump remediation directly for developers, general contractors, industrial owners, and municipalities across Toronto, the GTA, and Ontario, with the equipment, field controls, documentation, and civil restoration kept under one accountable construction team.
Tell us what you need and we’ll get you a quote. Licensed, insured & WSIB-covered · Free, no-obligation quote & on-site assessment.
Licensed, insured & WSIB-covered · Free, no-obligation quote & on-site assessment.
Built to your engineered drawings, survey, and the real site conditions, not a one-size-fits-all approach forced to fit.
Durable materials and methods chosen for the load, traffic, and environment on site.
Send specs, drawings, or photos and get a free, no-obligation site visit and estimate with no guesswork.
Installation and site work completed in accordance with Ontario requirements.
Dig and dump remediation excavates contaminated soil, separates it by quality, transports it to an authorized receiving facility, and replaces it with approved fill. Harrowgate executes the full field sequence across Toronto and the GTA, maintaining excavation controls, consultant hold points, load traceability, and compacted reinstatement for construction.
Our dig and dump remediation sequence starts with verified site information, controlled work zones, and written acceptance points, then moves through field execution, consultant inspection, records, and restoration. We assign each material, asset, sample area, and load a defined status so crews know what can move, what must remain exposed, and who releases the next step.
We establish excavation limits, haul routes, stockpile cells, decontamination, truck lining or covering requirements, and confirmation sampling access. Material comes out in controlled lifts and separate source areas so one unexpected seam does not reclassify the whole volume. Each truck is tied to a source, material class, destination, and ticket.
Excavation pauses at planned walls and floor for the Qualified Person's samples. When results release the area, we proof the subgrade where specified, place approved fill in compactable lifts, test density, and survey restored grades or foundation bearing elevations.
Our field supervisors keep excavation, water handling, trucking, imported materials, survey, and environmental hold points on the same daily plan. We record quantities, load destinations, unexpected conditions, and completed limits as the work advances. That discipline gives the owner and Qualified Person a clean record of what happened below grade, where it happened, and what remains for acceptance.
Materials and acceptance criteria for dig and dump remediation come from the current Ontario requirements, approved drawings, consultant documents, receiving facilities, and owner standards that apply to the actual site. We check those criteria before procurement or hauling, record field changes, and preserve the evidence required for inspection, environmental review, and future construction.
Ontario Regulation 406/19 governs qualifying excess soil, while soil that is waste remains subject to Ontario waste requirements and facility acceptance. The receiving site decides whether its authorization and criteria fit the actual material. We reconcile surveyed bank volume, truck counts, scale tonnage, and imported fill because none is a perfect substitute for the others. Granular type, gradation, moisture conditioning, lift thickness, and target density come from the geotechnical and civil specifications, including applicable OPSS requirements where referenced.
Ontario Regulation 153/04 governs the assessment and evidence used for many Records of Site Condition. The applicable numerical standard depends on property use, groundwater use, soil texture, depth, and whether the project follows generic or accepted risk based criteria. We execute to the Qualified Person's written criteria and preserve traceability. Ontario Regulation 406/19 and the Rules for Soil Management apply when excavated soil becomes excess soil.
Dig and Dump Remediation fails when field production gets ahead of characterization, isolation, inspection, or documentation. Harrowgate prevents that gap with staged work, clearly marked hold points, segregated materials, daily records, and immediate escalation of changed conditions. The goal is to protect people and operations while avoiding rejected loads, concealed deficiencies, repeat excavation, and schedule loss.
Rejected trucks, mixed piles, insufficient delineation, groundwater inflow, buried tanks, and delayed confirmation data can stop the job abruptly. Over excavation can undermine utilities or neighbouring foundations, while under excavation leaves exceedances at the limit. We use survey marks, machine control where appropriate, distinct stockpile signs, advance facility approvals, forecasted truck bookings, and daily mass balance. A contingency cell and change protocol handle suspect soil without contaminating accepted material or blocking the haul route.
We review the next two weeks of work against approvals, sampling, deliveries, shutdowns, and weather. Daily pre work discussions identify the exact limits and status of each area. Photographs and measurements are taken before concealment, and unresolved items stay visible on the field log until the responsible reviewer provides direction or acceptance.
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We start with confirmed horizontal and vertical limits, soil criteria, access, and receiving approval. We also confirm access, utilities, operating restrictions, consultant responsibilities, notices, and the intended endpoint. Resolving these items before mobilization lets the field team establish controls, receiving routes, hold points, and contingency space instead of making compliance decisions beside an open excavation.
The main drivers are soil tonnage, shoring, water, trucking, facility acceptance, and imported fill. Weather, laboratory turnaround, inspection availability, and working hours can also control production. We build the sequence around the slowest approval or physical constraint and identify parallel tasks that continue without covering work, mixing materials, or compromising a required hold point.
The governing requirements depend on the material, property, equipment, and approval. The work can involve separate source cells, labels, consultant direction, and dedicated load records. We confirm the current project specific criteria with the engineer, Qualified Person, owner, municipality, or TSSA as applicable. A general industry practice never replaces the written requirement that governs the actual site.
Our field record includes planned floor and wall sampling with release before backfill. Entries are tied to dates and work areas so quantities and events can be reconstructed. We reconcile documents during the job, not only at closeout, which gives the owner and consultant time to correct a missing ticket, unclear location, or inconsistent quantity before demobilization.
We use contingency stockpiles and a written change protocol for suspect material. Work pauses until the condition is safe, isolated, and assigned a documented response. The supervisor records what changed, where it occurred, who provided direction, and how material or equipment was controlled, preventing an unexpected discovery from contaminating accepted work or disappearing from the record.
Yes, where the design permits it. We plan wheel cleaning, covered loads, dust suppression, and defined truck routes. The operating boundary, shutdown windows, truck route, emergency access, controls, and daily handback condition are agreed before work starts. Production is staged so facility staff and construction crews do not share uncontrolled access to the work zone.
Closeout should include approved gradation, controlled lifts, moisture conditioning, density tests, and survey. Depending on the project, it can also include photographs, surveys, receiving records, inspection releases, operating logs, test results, redline drawings, and a list of remaining assets. The package supports the owner's consultant and operations team, but professional certifications remain with the appropriately qualified person.
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Commercial and heavy-civil construction delivered for developers, contractors, property managers, and municipalities.
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Harrowgate Group provides dig and dump remediation, delivered and installed with quote-ready support across Toronto and surrounding Ontario communities.
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