North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2002

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2002
Introduction

238910 - Site Preparation Contractors

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

  • Example Activities:

    • Blast hole drilling (except mining)
    • Blasting, building demolition
    • Building demolition
    • Cesspool construction
    • Concrete breaking and cutting for demolition
    • Construction equipment (except cranes), rental with operator
    • Cutting new rights of way
    • Demolition of buildings and structures
    • Digging foundations
    • Dirt moving, for construction
    • Dismantling engineering structures (e.g., oil storage tanks)
    • Drilled pier (i.e., for building foundations) contractors
    • Drilled shaft (i.e., drilled building foundations), construction
    • Equipment rental (except crane), construction, with operator
    • Excavating, earthmoving or land clearing, agricultural
    • Excavating, earthmoving or land clearing, mining (except overburden removal at open pit mine sites or quarries)
    • Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors
    • Excavation contractors
    • Foundation drilling contractors
    • Grading construction sites
    • House demolishing
    • House moving, contractors
    • Hydrodemolition (i.e., demolition with pressurized water), contractor
    • Land clearing
    • Land leveling contractors
    • Pile driving, for building foundations
    • Piling (i.e., bored, cast-in-place, drilled), building foundation, contractors
    • Power, communication and pipe lines, rights of way clearance (except maintenance)
    • Rights of way, cutting (except maintenance)
    • Septic tanks and weeping tile, installation
    • Trenching (except underwater)
    • Underground tank (except hazardous material) removal
    • Underground tank (except hazardous) removal
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