Where we work
All 39 cities and towns in Rhode Island: 8 cities and 31 towns, across five counties. No part of the state is more than about an hour away.
Listing every town is easy and means nothing on its own. What actually matters is that the ground is not the same from one end of Rhode Island to the other, and the price of a job follows the ground. So here is what changes, county by county.
Rhode Island counties have no government of their own. They are geography, and geography is exactly what we are talking about, so they are the right way to split this up.
In the lists below, the 8 cities are set in bold. Everything else is a town.
Providence County
16 of 39 municipalities
The most built-up part of the state and the most rural part sit in the same county. In the cities the work is tight: narrow lots, existing pavement to protect, neighbors close enough to hear the machine. Northwest of the cities the ground changes. Glacial till over shallow bedrock means ledge shows up in a lot of holes, and a test hole before the price is set saves an argument later.
Cities and towns
- Burrillville
- Central Falls
- Cranston
- Cumberland
- East Providence
- Foster
- Glocester
- Johnston
- Lincoln
- North Providence
- North Smithfield
- Pawtucket
- Providence
- Scituate
- Smithfield
- Woonsocket
Kent County
5 of 39 municipalities
Kent County runs from the bay inland, and the job changes with it. Near the water the lots are older and mostly flat, so the work is drainage, driveways and additions on ground that has already been built on once. Further west the parcels get larger and wooded, and clearing and access come before anything else can start.
Cities and towns
- Coventry
- East Greenwich
- Warwick
- West Greenwich
- West Warwick
Washington County
9 of 39 municipalities
South County sits on glacial outwash, so sand and gravel are common and water moves through the ground faster than it does up north. That makes grading and drainage a question of where the water goes next, not just where it leaves the lot. Coastal parcels add setbacks and wetland lines that have to be respected on the ground, not just on the plan.
Cities and towns
- Charlestown
- Exeter
- Hopkinton
- Narragansett
- New Shoreham
- North Kingstown
- Richmond
- South Kingstown
- Westerly
Newport County
6 of 39 municipalities
Most of this county is on Aquidneck Island, plus Little Compton and Tiverton across the water. Bedrock is close to the surface in a lot of places, and lots run small with stone walls and mature trees that the owner wants left standing. Access is usually the first thing to solve, before anything gets dug.
Cities and towns
- Jamestown
- Little Compton
- Middletown
- Newport
- Portsmouth
- Tiverton
Bristol County
3 of 39 municipalities
The smallest county in the smallest state. Three towns, dense older neighborhoods, and lots where the machine has to fit between a house and a property line with room to spare. Work here is planned around what the site will actually allow, and often that means smaller equipment and more hand grading than a wide open parcel needs.
Cities and towns
- Barrington
- Bristol
- Warren
Not on the list
If you are just over the line in Massachusetts or Connecticut, call anyway. Whether we take it depends on how far the machine has to travel and what the job is, and we would rather tell you no on the phone than leave you waiting on a quote that is not coming.
Tell us what you are building
Send the details and we will come back with a scope and a price. If it is not work we do, we will say so and point you at someone who does.