Land clearing, grading, and hillside site work across Cedar Rock — sloped country-club ground on the Brushy Mountain foothills northeast of Lenoir.
Walked and priced on site · no pressure
Platinum Construction & Crane works throughout Cedar Rock and Caldwell County from our base in Granite Falls. Lot clearing, driveways, grading, retaining walls, and full site development from an owner-operated crew — the person who prices your Cedar Rock job is the same person running the machine when work starts.
Cedar Rock is a small village northeast of Lenoir that climbs the northern slopes of the Brushy Mountains, sitting around 1,171 feet. The ground is the region's Cecil and Pacolet red clay over saprolite, getting steeper and stonier as it rises into the foothills.
This is sloped ground — the village surrounds the Cedar Rock Country Club — so grade and depth to rock drive the plan, and hillside lots need their drainage and retaining detailed. We walk every Cedar Rock job before we price it, because on this terrain the next lot over behaves differently.
Cedar Rock sits off the main highways northeast of Lenoir; US-321 and NC-18 through Lenoir are the connections toward Granite Falls, Hickory, and beyond. We plan equipment access before the trailer rolls, because a hillside country-club lot doesn't have the room a main road does.
Cedar Rock is an upscale country-club residential village on sloped ground, so our work here is hillside residential — lot clearing, driveways, grading, retaining walls, and slope stabilization — plus storm cleanup. One owner-run crew handles all eight services from first cut to final grade.
Cedar Rock is right in our home county, so there is no travel charge and no cost for the estimate. Call (828) 764-3306 and we will come walk the property, talk through what the ground actually needs, and put a clear written price in your hands. For storm damage or a washout that cannot wait, we run 24/7 emergency response with a typical 1–2 hour arrival across our radius.
Cedar Rock incorporated in 1997 — the smallest and youngest of Caldwell County's municipalities — as a village around the Cedar Rock Country Club, established in 1965. It sits on the northern slopes of the Brushy Mountains northeast of Lenoir, with a 2020 population of about 300.
On the Brushy Mountain slopes, retaining and slope stabilization come up as often as flat grading — so we read the grade and the rock before we put a number on the job.
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"I had this company to come out and cut down some trees. They done it in a timely manner were more than professional. They left no mess behind and made sure I was happy with it before they left. I will be using them again and would 100% recommend them."
"Great job at a fair price. Showed up exactly when promised and did a great job. Highly recommended"
We're a local, owner-run crew working out of Granite Falls, and Cedar Rock is well inside our normal range. Have a look at the rest of our work or get a free estimate — no travel charge, no pressure.
Questions we hear most from Cedar Rock homeowners and businesses. Don't see yours? Call (828) 764-3306.
No. Cedar Rock is right in our home county, a short drive from our Granite Falls yard, and on-site estimates are always free.
Yes. Cedar Rock sits on the Brushy Mountain slopes, so slope grading, retaining walls, and stabilization are core work here. We read the grade and depth to rock on site before we price it.
Yes. On hillside ground, driveway cut and drainage are the whole job — done wrong they wash. We detail both before the machines roll.
All eight: grading and excavation, land clearing, concrete, demolition, retaining walls, emergency and storm cleanup, site development, and crane service.
We work across a 40-mile radius of Hickory from our Granite Falls base. Here are other communities near Caldwell County.
Based in Granite Falls, we're about 25 minutes west on I-40 from Cedar Rock. Free on-site estimates across Caldwell County and the surrounding Foothills.