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G-001About SDF

We don't compete.
We perform.

SDF Dirtworks & Utilities is a heavy civil contractor headquartered in Burnet, Texas. For more than thirty years we have delivered turnkey site development and underground utilities for demanding construction programs.

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G-002Who We Are

Contractors, not middlemen

SDF was founded by people who ran equipment before they ran companies. That origin still defines us: we estimate from production rates we have personally achieved, commit to dates our own crews can hold, and supervise with people who know what a properly cut subgrade looks like from the seat.

Today that discipline is backed by company-owned equipment, dedicated utility and earthwork divisions, and experienced crews built for demanding field conditions.

General contractors bring us the work that cannot slip. We are the muscle for all of it.

30+
Years of Experience
IN-HOUSE
Crews & Equipment
ANY SIZE
Scope We Can Field
BURNET, TX
Headquarters
G-003Operating Principles

How we run the company

PRINCIPLE 01

Own the iron

We buy our machines, maintain them in our own shops, and dispatch them on our own trucks. Owning the equipment is owning the schedule.

PRINCIPLE 02

Take the job

We do not size the work to the yard. If a scope needs a machine we don't run, we go get it and build the job as drawn.

PRINCIPLE 03

Perform the work

Self-performing means the people cutting grade wear our name. Accountability never leaves the building.

PRINCIPLE 04

Finish early

Every schedule we accept is one we intend to beat. Early turnover is the habit our reputation is built on.

G-004Leadership

The people accountable

Leadership that answers the phone, walks the cut, and signs its name to the schedule.

Shyler Floyd

Chief Operating Officer

Robert Smith

VP, Business Development & Administration

Ben Smith

Director, Project Strategy & Analytics

Quincey Whittington

Business Development Specialist

C-400Why SDF

Thirty years of
earned confidence

01

Preconstruction

Quantities taken off the model, production rates set against real fleet capacity, and constructability reviewed before a number goes on paper.

02

Mobilization

Spreads staged, hauled, and set to work under a single dispatch, so the first cut starts on the date the schedule says it does.

03

Earthwork

Clearing, mass excavation, moisture-conditioned fill, and grade cut to the model under GPS machine control.

04

Underground

Storm, water, sewer, and dry systems installed by our own pipe crews under competent-person supervision.

05

Turnover

Pad certification, surveyed as-builts, and a documented handoff package for the trades that follow.

01

30+ Years Experience

Three decades of heavy civil execution across every soil condition, market cycle, and delivery method in the industry.

02

Field-Ready Support

Company-owned crews and iron are supported by in-house fuel, service, and supervision from mobilization through closeout.

03

Equipped For The Scope

Dealer-maintained, GPS-equipped machines run by our own operators — and when a job needs iron we don't run, we go get it instead of trimming the work.

04

Any Job, Any Size

Scope is never the reason we pass. From single-pad sites to million-yard programs, the work gets staffed and equipped to the schedule it was bid to.

05

Self-Performing

Earthwork, utilities, concrete, and paving executed by SDF crews under SDF supervision. One accountable team.

06

Safety Driven

Behavior-based safety culture with full-time field safety professionals embedded on every major project.

07

Rapid Mobilization

Our lowboys, our operators, our dispatch. Major spreads on site within days of notice to proceed.

08

Experienced Leadership

Project executives who came up through the seat — leadership that reads dirt as well as it reads a schedule.

09

Reliable Scheduling

CPM-integrated production tracking. When we commit to a date, the fleet math behind it has already been done.

10

Relationship Focused

Most of our revenue is repeat business from general contractors who build with us program after program.

Final Sheet · G-999 · General Notes

Let's build something that lasts.

Send us the plans. Within days you'll have a hard number, a mobilization date, and a team that treats your schedule like a contract — because it is one.