Trenching & Footings
Accurate trenching and footing excavation for plumbing, electrical and structural foundations — cut to depth, cut to line.
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Precision excavation and earthmoving across Adelaide. Site cuts, trenching, footings, pool digs and pier holes — dug clean, dug level, dug on time.
Digslab Excavation started with one goal — reliable, professional and genuinely affordable excavation for Adelaide. Hundreds of projects later, that hasn't shifted an inch.
Owner-operated · Adelaide based
Footing depths, pier diameters, pool profiles, finished levels. We work to your engineer's drawings and we leave the site the way we'd want ours left.
4, 6 and 9 tonne excavators, skid steers, augers, rock breakers, tippers and compaction gear — hired wet, with an operator who knows the ground.
See the full fleetFrom our Netley yard we cover the metro and the hills — Glenelg, Norwood, Burnside, Prospect, Port Adelaide, Gawler, Mount Barker and everywhere between.
Metro · Hills · Northern & Southern suburbs
Tell us about your site and we'll tell you exactly what it takes — machine, hours and price. No guesswork, no surprise invoices.
Book a machineSix core services covering everything from a single pier hole to a full residential site cut — plus a fleet you can hire by the hour or by the day.
Accurate trenching and footing excavation for plumbing, electrical and structural foundations — cut to depth, cut to line.
DetailsPrecise site levelling and preparation, creating a stable, even base for residential, commercial or civil projects.
DetailsDetailed pool digs worked to exact dimensions and soil conditions, so your installer walks onto a hole that's ready.
DetailsAugered holes and pier holes drilled to precise depths and diameters — perfect for footings, poles and structural supports.
DetailsQuick, efficient removal of soil, rubble and debris — leaving sites clean and ready for the next stage of work.
DetailsBasement and cellar excavations carried out with accuracy, keeping structures safe and compliant with local regulations.
DetailsNo stock photos. These came off Adelaide jobs we dug — footings set out to the engineer's drawings, walls cut clean, sites left ready for the next trade.
More jobs, more dirt — we post them as we go.
See more on InstagramWe're a friendly, straight-talking crew. You'll get a real person on the phone, a clear price before we start, and a machine that turns up when we said it would.
Call or message and you'll speak to someone who's been on the tools, not a call centre. Questions before you book are free.
You get the rate, the estimated hours and what's included before a machine leaves the yard. No creeping variations.
Levels checked, depths verified, edges clean. The next trade shouldn't have to fix our work before they start theirs.
Your build runs to a program. We book realistic windows and we turn up inside them — or we ring you before you have to ring us.
Dial-before-you-dig on every job, service location, correct shoring and battering, and machines maintained to spec.
Spoil, rubble and debris carted off and disposed of properly, so you're not left with a pile you didn't ask for.
Call, email, or send the booking form with your site address and what you need dug. Photos and plans help.
We'll recommend the right machine for the job and get a clear, itemised quote back to you.
Machine and operator on site in your booked window. Services located, levels set, work done to your drawings.
Spoil removed, site swept and handed back ready for the next trade. You get one clear invoice.
Fill this in and we'll come back with the right machine, realistic hours and a clear price. Anything you added from the Services page comes through with it.
Ring the yard. If we're in a machine we'll call you straight back.