[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":370},["ShallowReactive",2],{"equipment-projects-en-caterpillar-305cr":3},[4,98,177,266],{"id":5,"title":6,"beforeAfter":7,"body":8,"cover":52,"date":53,"description":14,"equipment":54,"extension":58,"gallery":59,"location":87,"meta":88,"navigation":89,"path":90,"seo":91,"service":92,"sitemap":93,"slug":94,"stem":95,"summary":96,"__hash__":97},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support.md","Construction groundwork support for a residential build in Chaweng",null,{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":44},"minimark",[11,15,20,23,27,30,34,37,41],[12,13,14],"p",{},"A regular client building a private residence in Chaweng brought us in as ongoing groundwork support throughout the construction process. 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If you're building on Koh Samui and need reliable machinery with experienced operators available across multiple stages, we're set up for exactly that.",{"title":45,"searchDepth":46,"depth":46,"links":47},"",2,[48,49,50,51],{"id":18,"depth":46,"text":19},{"id":25,"depth":46,"text":26},{"id":32,"depth":46,"text":33},{"id":39,"depth":46,"text":40},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fhero.webp","2026-02-10",[55,56,57],"hino-300","caterpillar-305cr","komatsu-pc30-7","md",[60,63,66,69,72,75,78,81,84],{"src":61,"alt":62},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fsite-leveling-with-excavator.webp","Excavator leveling the construction site in Chaweng",{"src":64,"alt":65},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fexcavator-removing-excess-soil.webp","Excavator clearing and removing excess soil from the building site",{"src":67,"alt":68},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fdigging-pile-pit.webp","Digging foundation pile pits on the Chaweng construction site",{"src":70,"alt":71},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fpile-installation-with-crane.webp","Working alongside a crane to position and install foundation piles",{"src":73,"alt":74},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fpile-installation.webp","Foundation pile being set into position at the Chaweng site",{"src":76,"alt":77},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fseptic-tank-installation.webp","Excavating for underground utilities and service lines at the construction site",{"src":79,"alt":80},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fexcavator-view-of-construction-site.webp","View from the excavator cab over the active construction site in Chaweng",{"src":82,"alt":83},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fmobile-refueling-on-site.webp","Mobile refueling truck servicing construction equipment on site",{"src":85,"alt":86},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support\u002Fconstruction-site-and-excavator.webp","Overview of the Chaweng construction site with excavator in operation","Chaweng, Koh Samui",{},true,"\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support",{"title":6,"description":14},"site-preparation",{"loc":90},"chaweng-construction-support","projects\u002Fchaweng-construction-support","Long-term construction groundwork support for a repeat client in Chaweng - site leveling, soil removal, foundation excavation, pile support, utility trenching and drainage.","v0q7GkVqDzvSQyLT97K5BjRVlVal2Q1wJWwDHCXGZPg",{"id":99,"title":100,"beforeAfter":101,"body":107,"cover":142,"date":143,"description":111,"equipment":144,"extension":58,"gallery":145,"location":167,"meta":168,"navigation":89,"path":169,"seo":170,"service":171,"sitemap":172,"slug":173,"stem":174,"summary":175,"__hash__":176},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation.md","Stone relocation and path clearance to a waterfall in Chaweng hills",[102],{"beforeImage":103,"beforeAlt":104,"afterImage":105,"afterAlt":106},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-1.webp","Dense vegetation blocking the path to the waterfall before clearance","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-1.webp","Path cleared, stones placed along the route to the waterfall",{"type":9,"value":108,"toc":138},[109,112,115,119,122,125,128,132,135],[12,110,111],{},"The client's villa sits in the hills above Chaweng, close to a natural waterfall on his property. His vision: clear a proper path through the hillside vegetation to the waterfall, and use large stones already on site to line the route - the first phase of a planned rest area with a feature waterfall he intends to build there.",[12,113,114],{},"Before any machinery moved, we walked the site with the client. He showed us the stones he wanted to use, explained how he imagined the composition, and we agreed on the scope and the result he was looking for. Starting a job like this with a shared picture of the outcome is the only way to do it right.",[16,116,118],{"id":117},"the-work","The work",[12,120,121],{},"The Chaweng hillside is steep and the vegetation was thick. Getting the excavator into position and working safely on the slope required care. One of our crew worked from the excavator arm with a chainsaw to reach trees that couldn't be accessed any other way on that terrain - slow, methodical, but the right approach for the conditions.",[12,123,124],{},"The Caterpillar 305CR lifted and repositioned the large stones up the slope to the elevated area around the villa, then cleared the trees and loaded the debris into the truck for removal. Once the path was open and the bulk of the material was out, the team finished with manual cleanup using rakes - the kind of detail work a machine can't do.",[12,126,127],{},"The client was on site throughout the day, watching the progress and having lunch with the crew. By the end of the day the stones were placed to his satisfaction.",[16,129,131],{"id":130},"result","Result",[12,133,134],{},"One day's work: path cleared, stones lifted and arranged, debris removed. The client confirmed everything matched his vision and the site is ready for the next phase - the construction of the rest area and the artificial waterfall feature.",[12,136,137],{},"If you have a site that needs clearance, earthmoving or landscaping work in the Chaweng hills or elsewhere on Koh Samui, get in touch.",{"title":45,"searchDepth":46,"depth":46,"links":139},[140,141],{"id":117,"depth":46,"text":118},{"id":130,"depth":46,"text":131},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fhero.webp","2026-04-04",[56,55],[146,149,152,155,158,161,164],{"src":147,"alt":148},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fnarrow-path-to-client-villa.webp","Narrow overgrown access path leading to the client's hilltop villa near Chaweng",{"src":150,"alt":151},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fwaterfall-hidden-in-vegetation.webp","Waterfall hidden in the dense vegetation beside the villa - the destination for the stone path",{"src":153,"alt":154},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fselecting-stones-for-composition.webp","Selecting and reviewing large stones to be used in the waterfall composition",{"src":156,"alt":157},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fworker-on-excavator-arm-with-chainsaw.webp","Our worker standing on the excavator arm operating a chainsaw to clear trees on the steep slope",{"src":159,"alt":160},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Floading-debris-into-truck.webp","Loading cleared vegetation and debris into the truck for removal",{"src":162,"alt":163},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Ffinal-cleanup-by-hand-with-rake.webp","Final manual cleanup with rakes after the excavator work was complete",{"src":165,"alt":166},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation\u002Fresult-path-cleared-stones-placed.webp","Result: cleared path to the waterfall with large stones placed along it per the client's vision","Chaweng hills, Koh Samui",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation",{"title":100,"description":111},"excavator",{"loc":169},"chaweng-stone-relocation","projects\u002Fchaweng-stone-relocation","Cleared a path through dense hillside vegetation to a waterfall at a private villa in the Chaweng hills, relocated large stones up the slope and arranged them as the first phase of a planned waterfall rest area - done in one day.","DTrQiL0_wM4_HkSyQOUPQLENoT-1EwrkmPNOQsc2Xf8",{"id":178,"title":179,"beforeAfter":180,"body":191,"cover":237,"date":238,"description":195,"equipment":239,"extension":58,"gallery":241,"location":257,"meta":258,"navigation":89,"path":259,"seo":260,"service":92,"sitemap":261,"slug":262,"stem":263,"summary":264,"__hash__":265},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition.md","House demolition, backfill and site leveling in Lipa Noi",[181,186],{"beforeImage":182,"beforeAlt":183,"afterImage":184,"afterAlt":185},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-1.webp","Plot with the old house and overgrown vegetation before work started","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-1.webp","Plot cleared, filled and leveled - ready for the next construction phase",{"beforeImage":187,"beforeAlt":188,"afterImage":189,"afterAlt":190},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-2.webp","Second view of the site before demolition and clearance","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-2.webp","Same area after backfill - ground level raised by approximately 40 cm",{"type":9,"value":192,"toc":231},[193,196,199,203,206,209,213,216,220,223,225,228],[12,194,195],{},"The client found us through our website and reached out the same day. He liked that we responded quickly and came to assess the scope of work straight away - he knew from that first conversation what the job would cost and how long it would take. That transparency is how we work.",[12,197,198],{},"The plot is in Lipa Noi, on the quieter western side of Koh Samui. It had an old wooden stilt house that needed to come down completely, along with trees and banana palms that had grown around it. After clearing, the client needed the ground level raised by around 40 cm with imported fill and properly leveled for the next construction phase.",[16,200,202],{"id":201},"demolition","Demolition",[12,204,205],{},"The Caterpillar 305CR handled the demolition. The house was a timber structure on concrete stilts - we brought it down section by section, broke up the foundation and sorted the material for removal. Working cleanly matters here: debris left in the ground causes problems later during foundation work.",[12,207,208],{},"The palms on the plot were cut carefully in sections - there are neighbouring properties close by and we had no room for a falling trunk to cause damage. Slow, methodical work, but the right way to do it.",[16,210,212],{"id":211},"clearance-and-removal","Clearance and removal",[12,214,215],{},"All demolished material - timber, concrete, tree matter - was loaded onto the Hino Super FM18 and taken off site. We ran multiple trips over the five days. A clean site handover means no surprises for whoever comes next.",[16,217,219],{"id":218},"backfill-and-leveling","Backfill and leveling",[12,221,222],{},"Around 100 m³ of fill was brought in and spread across the roughly 400 m² plot. The Caterpillar 305CR compacted and leveled the material in passes, building up the level by approximately 40 cm. The final surface was graded with drainage slope taken into account so water runs off rather than pooling.",[16,224,131],{"id":130},[12,226,227],{},"Five days. Demolition, clearance, backfill, leveling - done. The client walked the site and confirmed everything matched what we had agreed. The plot is ready for surveyors, foundation work and the build itself.",[12,229,230],{},"If you have a site in Lipa Noi or anywhere on Koh Samui that needs demolition, clearance or ground preparation, get in touch. We price jobs clearly before we start.",{"title":45,"searchDepth":46,"depth":46,"links":232},[233,234,235,236],{"id":201,"depth":46,"text":202},{"id":211,"depth":46,"text":212},{"id":218,"depth":46,"text":219},{"id":130,"depth":46,"text":131},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fhero.webp","2026-03-20",[56,240],"hino-super-fm18",[242,245,248,251,254],{"src":243,"alt":244},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fhouse-before-demolition.webp","Old stilt house in Lipa Noi before demolition work began",{"src":246,"alt":247},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fexcavator-ready-to-demolish.webp","Caterpillar 305CR excavator positioned and ready to demolish the structure",{"src":249,"alt":250},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fdemolished-foundation.webp","Demolished concrete foundation broken up and ready for removal",{"src":252,"alt":253},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fexcavator-clearing-banana-trees.webp","Excavator clearing banana trees and vegetation from the plot",{"src":255,"alt":256},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition\u002Fresult-leveled-and-filled-plot.webp","Final result - plot raised by 40 cm, leveled and ready for construction","Lipa Noi, Koh Samui",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition",{"title":179,"description":195},{"loc":259},"lipa-noi-house-demolition","projects\u002Flipa-noi-house-demolition","Demolished an old stilt house, cleared trees and palms, removed all debris, brought in fill and raised the plot level by around 40 cm - full site preparation in five days in Lipa Noi, Koh Samui.","q9vbQae4LkfNiWzj5jeqpnbOSKYwJneTedUcukoF26M",{"id":267,"title":268,"beforeAfter":269,"body":290,"cover":336,"date":337,"description":294,"equipment":338,"extension":58,"gallery":341,"location":360,"meta":361,"navigation":89,"path":362,"seo":363,"service":364,"sitemap":365,"slug":366,"stem":367,"summary":368,"__hash__":369},"projects_en\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill.md","Drainage, backfill and leveling on a waterlogged plot in Maenam",[270,275,280,285],{"beforeImage":271,"beforeAlt":272,"afterImage":273,"afterAlt":274},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-1.webp","Waterlogged, overgrown plot in Maenam before any work began","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-1.webp","Same area after drainage work, backfill and leveling",{"beforeImage":276,"beforeAlt":277,"afterImage":278,"afterAlt":279},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-2.webp","Dense vegetation and standing water covering the plot","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-2.webp","Plot cleared, filled and leveled - dry and ready for use",{"beforeImage":281,"beforeAlt":282,"afterImage":283,"afterAlt":284},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-3.webp","Boggy ground and overgrown watercourse before drainage works","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-3.webp","Drainage channel cleared and deepened, area backfilled",{"beforeImage":286,"beforeAlt":287,"afterImage":288,"afterAlt":289},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fbefore\u002Fbefore-4.webp","Fourth view of the plot in its original waterlogged state","\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fafter\u002Fafter-4.webp","Final leveled surface after completing all drainage and fill works",{"type":9,"value":291,"toc":330},[292,295,298,302,305,309,312,315,319,322,324,327],[12,293,294],{},"A 2-rai plot - roughly 3,200 m² - in Maenam. The ground was waterlogged and boggy, with dense vegetation covering most of it and a blocked natural watercourse running through the site. No drainage, nowhere for the water to go. The task: open the drainage, clear the land, bring in fill and raise the level so the plot could be used.",[12,296,297],{},"This was one of the most demanding projects we've taken on. Nearly every piece of equipment we operate was deployed here at some point.",[16,299,301],{"id":300},"drainage-first","Drainage first",[12,303,304],{},"Before any fill could go in, the water had to have somewhere to go. We cleared and deepened the existing drainage channel, restoring the natural watercourse. The critical part was getting the water off the plot entirely: we installed a drainage pipe under the road so the channel could flow through rather than backing up. Until that pipe was in and working, the site couldn't drain.",[16,306,308],{"id":307},"finding-and-moving-the-soil","Finding and moving the soil",[12,310,311],{},"With a project requiring around 1,000 m³ of fill, sourcing the material efficiently mattered. We located a quarry and positioned our Caterpillar 305CR there permanently to load the trucks. The Hino 300 and Hino Super FM18 ran 200 trips between the quarry and the site over the course of the project - a constant loop of loading, hauling and returning.",[12,313,314],{},"Rain extended the timeline to close to a month. A waterlogged site during heavy rain is a different environment to work in: the ground shifts, access becomes difficult and the machinery has to be managed more carefully. We worked around the weather as much as possible and kept moving.",[16,316,318],{"id":317},"spreading-and-leveling","Spreading and leveling",[12,320,321],{},"On site, the Komatsu PC128 and the Kubota tractor worked together - the tractor pushing and spreading the incoming fill across the plot, the excavator leveling and compacting. Raising a boggy plot by enough to make it usable requires consistent passes and attention to where the material settles.",[16,323,131],{"id":130},[12,325,326],{},"The drainage channel flows. The road pipe is in. Approximately 1,000 m³ of fill brought in across 200 truck runs. The plot went from a waterlogged, overgrown bog to a cleared, leveled and draining site ready for its next use.",[12,328,329],{},"Complex drainage and earthworks on difficult terrain anywhere on Koh Samui - get in touch.",{"title":45,"searchDepth":46,"depth":46,"links":331},[332,333,334,335],{"id":300,"depth":46,"text":301},{"id":307,"depth":46,"text":308},{"id":317,"depth":46,"text":318},{"id":130,"depth":46,"text":131},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fhero.webp","2026-02-02",[339,56,55,240,340],"komatsu-pc128us","kubota-l3608",[342,345,348,351,354,357],{"src":343,"alt":344},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fexcavator-cleared-vegetation-exposed-ground.webp","Excavator cleared the dense vegetation, exposing the waterlogged ground beneath",{"src":346,"alt":347},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fclearing-and-deepening-drainage-channel.webp","Clearing and deepening the drainage channel to open the natural watercourse",{"src":349,"alt":350},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fdrainage-pipe-installed-under-road.webp","Drainage pipe installed under the road to allow water to exit the plot",{"src":352,"alt":353},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fcat305-loading-soil-at-quarry.webp","Caterpillar 305CR working at the quarry, loading soil onto our trucks",{"src":355,"alt":356},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Ftractor-pushing-soil-across-plot.webp","Tractor pushing and spreading imported fill across the plot",{"src":358,"alt":359},"\u002Fimages\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill\u002Fpc128-helping-tractor-level-ground.webp","Komatsu PC128 working alongside the tractor to level and compact the fill","Maenam, Koh Samui",{},"\u002Fprojects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill",{"title":268,"description":294},"drainage",{"loc":362},"maenam-drainage-and-fill","projects\u002Fmaenam-drainage-and-fill","Full drainage and backfill project on a 2-rai waterlogged plot in Maenam: vegetation cleared, drainage channel opened and deepened, pipe laid under the road, approximately 1000 m³ of fill brought in over 200 truck runs to raise and level the site.","6eajvWVongMFw9JI8iSmEHrCtJo_T2vc6ZAQ8Msp59U",1781969628971]