U.S. Census Bureau

2007 NAICS Definition


238910  Site Preparation Contractors

 

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in site preparation activities, such as excavating and grading, demolition of buildings and other structures, and septic system installation.  Earth moving and land clearing for all types of sites (e.g., building, nonbuilding, mining) is included in this industry.  Establishments primarily engaged in construction equipment rental with operator (except cranes) are also included.

 

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

• Earth retention or underwater trenching--are classified in Industry 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction;

• Crane rental with operator--are classified in Industry 238990, All Other Specialty Trade Contractors;

• Overburden removal as an activity prior to mineral removal from quarries or open pit mines--are classified in Sector 21--Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction;

• Drilling oil and gas field water intake wells--are classified in U.S. Industry 213111, Drilling Oil and Gas Wells;

• Dismantling tanks in oil fields--are classified in U.S. Industry 213112, Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations;

• Construction equipment rental without an operator--are classified in U.S. Industry 532412, Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing;

• Tree and brush trimming for overhead utility lines--are classified in Industry 561730, Landscaping Services; and

• Nuclear power plant decommissioning and environmental remediation work, such as the removal of underground steel tanks for hazardous materials--are classified in Industry 562910, Remediation Services.

 

2007 NAICS

2002 NAICS

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 Index Entries for this Industry

238910

238910

234990

 Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator

238910

238910

235930

 Backfilling, construction

238910

238910

234990

 Backhoe rental with operator

238910

238910

234990

 Blast hole drilling (except mining)

238910

238910

235940

 Blasting, building demolition

238910

238910

234990

 Blasting, construction site

238910

238910

235930

 Boring, for building construction

238910

238910

235940

 Building demolition

238910

238910

234990

 Bulldozer rental with operator

238910

238910

235930

 Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction

238910

238910

235110

 Cesspool construction

238910

238910

235940

 Concrete breaking and cutting for demolition

238910

238910

234990

 Construction equipment (except crane) rental with operator

238910

238910

235990

 Core drilling and test boring for construction

238910

238910

234990

 Crawler tractor rental with operator

238910

238910

234990

 Cutting new rights of way

238910

238910

235940

 Demolition contractor

238910

238910

235940

 Demolition, building and structure

238910

238910

235990

 Dewatering contractors

238910

238910

235930

 Digging foundations

238910

238910

235930

 Dirt moving for construction

238910

238910

235940

 Dismantling engineering structures (e.g., oil storage tank)

238910

238910

235110

 Drainage system (e.g., cesspool, septic tank) installation

238910

238910

235930

 Drilled pier (i.e., for building foundations) contractors

238910

238910

235930

 Drilled shaft (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction

238910

238910

235110

 Dry well construction

238910

238910

234990

 Equipment rental (except crane), construction, with operator

238910

238910

21M

 Excavating, earthmoving or land clearing, mining (except overburden removal at open pit mine sites or quarries)

238910

238910

235930

 Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors

238910

238910

235930

 Excavation contractors

238910

238910

235930

 Foundation digging (i.e., excavation)

238910

238910

235930

 Foundation drilling contractors

238910

238910

235930

 Grading construction sites

238910

238910

235930

 Grave excavation contractors

238910

238910

235930

 Ground thawing for construction site digging

238910

238910

235940

 House demolishing

238910

238910

235940

 House razing

238910

238910

235940

 Hydrodemolition (i.e., demolition with pressurized water) contractors

238910

238910

234990

 Land clearing

238910

238910

234990

 Land leveling contractors

238910

238910

234990

 Line slashing or cutting (except maintenance)

238910

238910

234990

 Machinery, construction (except cranes), rental with operator

238910

238910

213M

 Mine site preparation and related construction activities, construction contractors

238910

238910

235930

 Pile driving, building foundation

238910

238910

235930

 Piling (i.e., bored, cast-in-place, drilled), building foundation, contractors

238910

238910

234990

 Power shovel, construction, rental with operator

238910

238910

234990

 Power, communication and pipe line right of way clearance (except maintenance)

238910

238910

234990

 Right of way cutting (except maintenance)

238910

238910

235110

 Septic system contractors

238910

238910

235110

 Septic tank and weeping tile installation

238910

238910

234990

 Soil compacting

238910

238910

235990

 Soil test drilling

238910

238910

235990

 Test boring for construction

238910

238910

234990

 Trenching (except underwater)

238910

238910

235940

 Underground tank (except hazardous material) removal

238910

238910

235110

 Weeping tile installation

238910

238910

235940

 Wrecking, building or other structure