RG Excavating Digging Deep For Clients
RG Excavating is Southern Vancouver Island’s one-stop excavation company
VICTORIA – RG Excavating was founded by Rob Grant in 1992.
Rob bought one Komatsu 200 size excavator and operated it himself as an owner/operator.
RG Excavating machinery and team members on the job
In his first few years he did mainly residential work for a number of builders including Limona Construction. From 1994–97 Rob worked a lot for the Department of Highways on the Thetis Lake interchange for 20 months and then at Transfer Beach in Ladysmith for 8 months.
Rob also did a lot of the house demolitions for highways projects through the BC Purchasing Commission. Once the government work was completed Rob went to larger more commercial projects and started to grow his company, buying more machines and adding more employees, as he was no longer operating, since managing and estimating became a full-time job.
Over the next 20 years RG grew relationships with Campbell Construction, Abstract Developments, Axiom Builders, Townline Construction and Bosa Developments.
RG was a family run business with Rob running the day to day operations and his wife Kim running the office end of things. Rob and Kim were hands-on and felt they could do everything themselves, and as the company grew, so did the workload.
In 2017 they were approached by a group of four individuals wanting to buy RG. Rob and Kim never did have a retirement plan, but this was their opportunity. Kim is now retired and Rob continues as the general manager of RG. They were both supposed to be retired by now, but with COVID putting travel plans on hold, Rob decided to stay on longer. Two of their sons work for RG, with Jeff running the day to day operations and John being one of the main operators. When Rob retires, Jeff will take over as General Manager.
They offer site preparation to demolition and specialize in boulder walls, seawalls and breakwaters
Some of the larger projects RG is currently working on are Hudson Walk for Townline which is a six story underground parking structure for a new condominium building, and an excavation for three towers of mixed use rental and condos for sale at Dockside Green for Bosa Developments.
They are also doing Hazmat and demolition of the Tally Ho pub and lounge for Townline Construction the on Douglas Street, then excavating for a low cost housing building for the Cool-Aid Society.
RG has 14 full time employees between operators, labors and superintendents.
“We pride ourselves and being fair and building lasting relationships with our customers,” Rob says.
