Skip to content
Groundstone

About

The land side of residential development.

Groundstone works on the land side of residential development. A developer or builder brings us a site, sometimes just an address, and we tell them what it can become: how many lots the code allows, where the roads go, how much dirt moves, and what it costs to build.

When the deal goes ahead, we carry it through design and permitting with licensed partner firms, price it from measured quantities, build the horizontal work under one schedule, and turn over finished lots. For sponsors who need it, we help line up the loan and the equity. We work across Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee.

Two crew members with a compact track loader on a cleared site, a pushed-over tree behind them

How a project moves through Groundstone

Every project runs the same six stages, and each stage has a gate. Nothing advances on a date or a percentage. It advances when the gate is cleared.

  1. 01

    Intake and screening

    A conceptual number with its exclusions attached, a red-flag scan for rock, fill, sewer depth, and fees, and the three biggest unknowns named.

    GatePursue, pass, or price the unknowns. No contract is written off a conceptual number.

  2. 02

    Due diligence and feasibility

    Geotech borings, environmental assessment, survey and title, utility availability and depth, and the jurisdiction's fees and acceptance rules in writing.

    GateEvery unknown that moves cost is quantified. Sewer outfall is confirmed feasible.

  3. 03

    Design and entitlement

    The engineer of record produces the plan set. Entitlements, preliminary plat, and the NPDES permit are secured. Phases are drawn so each one can be accepted on its own.

    GateApproved entitlements, a permittable plan set, and phase lines that hold water.

  4. 04

    Preconstruction and procurement

    Detailed takeoff by phase, every quote checked for freight and lead time, long-lead items ordered, contract terms and bonding settled before notice to proceed.

    GateEstimate clears margin, bonding is committed in writing, and long-leads have purchase order dates.

  5. 05

    Construction

    A critical-path schedule with real predecessors, two-week look-aheads, daily productivity tracked against plan, and testing as the work goes in.

    GateA phase is done when it passes inspection, not when the calendar says so.

  6. 06

    Turnover and acceptance

    Utility acceptance, final plat recorded, punch list closed, as-builts delivered, erosion control converted to permanent, final lien waivers in hand.

    GateA lot is a lot when the plat is recorded and the punch list is done. Money moves then.

After turnover, the actual quantities and costs go back into the estimate so the next project is bid off real numbers.

Where we work

Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. 24 projects on the board today, from a first screen to site work complete.

Projects

  • AL

    Alabama

    13 projects on the board

  • GA

    Georgia

    10 projects on the board

  • TN

    Tennessee

    1 project on the board

Safety

The schedule only holds if the crew is whole.

Horizontal work is trenches, moving iron, and open excavations next to public roads. Groundstone runs safety as part of the production plan, not as a binder in the job trailer. These are the practices on every site.

Three crew members in a sewer trench setting pipe on crushed stone bedding, a level laid across the pipe

  • Pre-task plan every morning

    Each crew walks the day's work before equipment starts: what is being built, what can hurt someone, and who is doing what.

  • Locates before the bucket goes in

    Every excavation is preceded by utility locates and a walk of the marks. Existing lines are exposed by hand before machine digging near them.

  • Trench protection past five feet

    Any excavation deeper than five feet is shored, shielded, or sloped to the soil classification before a person enters it. Spoil stays back from the edge.

  • Spotters and separation

    Reversing equipment has a spotter. Ground personnel and iron have separate lanes, and the lanes are marked.

  • Equipment checked each shift

    Operators inspect their machine at the start of every shift and tag it out if it fails. Nothing with a defect runs that day.

  • Erosion control is the work, not the afterthought

    Stormwater and sediment controls go in first and are inspected as part of the daily routine, so the permit stays clean and the site stays stable.

  • Stop-work authority for everyone

    Any person on site can stop the work if something looks wrong. The task restarts when it is fixed, not when the schedule needs it.

Send us a site.

An address, a boundary, or a full plan set. We come back with a layout and a number, or with the questions that decide whether it is worth one.

Send us a site

Careers

Field roles open as jobs start: operators, grade checkers, pipe crews and superintendents who can hold a schedule. Send a resume to support@groundstone.group.