Variant of NAICS 1997 - Labour Force Survey (LFS) Industries

• 1 - Goods-Producing Sector
• 5 - Construction
• 23 - Construction
• 232 - Trade Contracting
• 2321 - Site Preparation Work
• 23211 - Site Preparation Work

232110 - Site Preparation Work

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in site preparation activities, such as agricultural land clearing; land drainage and reclamation; demolition of buildings and other structures; excavating and grading; cutting of rights-of-way; pile driving; concrete breaking for roads; water well drilling; septic system installation; and house moving. Establishments primarily engaged in equipment rental with operator (except cranes) are also included.

• Example Activities:

  • Blasting and explosive service, excavation
  • Brush clearing or cutting, general contractors
  • Cesspool construction, contractors
  • Concrete breaking for streets and highways, contractors
  • Cutting of rights-of-way contractor
  • Demolishing buildings and structures
  • Dismantling of engineering structures, such as oil storage tanks
  • Equipment rental with operator (except cranes)
  • Excavating contractors
  • Grading, construction site
  • Heavy machinery operations (construction), rental with operator
  • House demolishing contractors
  • House moving services
  • Land clearing, contractors
  • Land drainage contractor
  • Land leveling, irrigation, contractors
  • Land reclamation contractor
  • Pile driving, contractors
  • Rock removing, construction site
  • Septic tanks and weeping tile, installation
  • Shoring, construction
  • Site preparation, construction
  • Sound barriers (earth mounds), construction
  • Trenching, construction site
  • Underpinning, construction
  • Water well drilling (except water intake wells in oil and gas fields)
  • Water well pumps and well piping systems, installation