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2012 Edition

national industry 238910

Site Preparation Contractors

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in site preparation activities, such as excavating and grading, demolition of buildings and other structures, and septic system installation. Earth moving and land clearing for all types of sites (e.g., building, nonbuilding, mining) is included in this industry. Establishments primarily engaged in construction equipment rental with operator (except cranes) are also included.

The immediate parent of national industry 238910 is international industry 23891: Site Preparation Contractors

Illustrative Examples

  • Blasting, building demolition Foundation digging (i.e., excavation)
  • Concrete breaking and cutting for demolition Foundation drilling contractors
  • Cutting new rights of way Grading construction sites Demolition, building and structure
  • Line slashing or cutting (except maintenance) Dewatering contractors
  • Septic system contractors Dirt moving for construction
  • Trenching (except underwater)
  • Equipment rental (except crane), construction, with operator Underground tank (except hazardous) removal
  • Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors Wrecking, building or other structure

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in:
  • Earth retention or underwater trenching:are classified in Industry 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction;
  • Crane rental with operator:are classified in Industry 238990, All Other Specialty Trade Contractors;
  • Overburden removal as an activity prior to mineral removal from quarries or open pit mines:are classified in Sector 21, Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction;
  • Drilling oil and gas field water intake wells:are classified in U.S. Industry 213111, Drilling Oil and Gas Wells;
  • Dismantling tanks in oil fields:are classified in U.S. Industry 213112, Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations;
  • Construction equipment rental without an operator:are classified in U.S. Industry 532412, Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing;
  • Tree and brush trimming for overhead utility lines:are classified in Industry 561730, Landscaping Services; and
  • Nuclear power plant decommissioning and environmental remediation work, such as the removal of underground steel tanks for hazardous materials:are classified in Industry 562910, Remediation Services.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 238910 - Aerial or picker truck, construction, rental with operator
  2. 238910 - Backfilling, construction
  3. 238910 - Backhoe rental with operator
  4. 238910 - Blast hole drilling (except mining)
  5. 238910 - Blasting, building demolition
  6. 238910 - Blasting, construction site
  7. 238910 - Boring, for building construction
  8. 238910 - Building demolition
  9. 238910 - Bulldozer rental with operator
  10. 238910 - Caisson (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction
  11. 238910 - Cesspool construction
  12. 238910 - Concrete breaking and cutting for demolition
  13. 238910 - Construction equipment (except crane) rental with operator
  14. 238910 - Core drilling and test boring for construction
  15. 238910 - Crawler tractor rental with operator
  16. 238910 - Cutting new rights of way
  17. 238910 - Demolition contractor
  18. 238910 - Demolition, building and structure
  19. 238910 - Dewatering contractors
  20. 238910 - Digging foundations
  21. 238910 - Dirt moving for construction
  22. 238910 - Dismantling engineering structures (e.g., oil storage tank)
  23. 238910 - Drainage system (e.g., cesspool, septic tank) installation
  24. 238910 - Drilled pier (i.e., for building foundations) contractors
  25. 238910 - Drilled shaft (i.e., drilled building foundations) construction
  26. 238910 - Dry well construction
  27. 238910 - Equipment rental (except crane), construction, with operator
  28. 238910 - Excavating, earthmoving or land clearing, mining (except overburden removal at open pit mine sites or quarries)
  29. 238910 - Excavating, earthmoving, or land clearing contractors
  30. 238910 - Excavation contractors
  31. 238910 - Foundation digging (i.e., excavation)
  32. 238910 - Foundation drilling contractors
  33. 238910 - Grading construction sites
  34. 238910 - Grave excavation contractors
  35. 238910 - Ground thawing for construction site digging
  36. 238910 - House demolishing
  37. 238910 - House razing
  38. 238910 - Hydrodemolition (i.e., demolition with pressurized water) contractors
  39. 238910 - Land clearing
  40. 238910 - Land leveling contractors
  41. 238910 - Line slashing or cutting (except maintenance)
  42. 238910 - Machinery, construction (except cranes), rental with operator
  43. 238910 - Mine site preparation and related construction activities, construction contractors
  44. 238910 - Pile driving, building foundation
  45. 238910 - Piling (i.e., bored, cast-in-place, drilled), building foundation, contractors
  46. 238910 - Power shovel, construction, rental with operator
  47. 238910 - Power, communication and pipe line right of way clearance (except maintenance)
  48. 238910 - Right of way cutting (except maintenance)
  49. 238910 - Septic system contractors
  50. 238910 - Septic tank and weeping tile installation
  51. 238910 - Soil compacting
  52. 238910 - Soil test drilling
  53. 238910 - Test boring for construction
  54. 238910 - Trenching (except underwater)
  55. 238910 - Underground tank (except hazardous material) removal
  56. 238910 - Weeping tile installation
  57. 238910 - Wrecking, building or other structure

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 238910
2007 238910
2012 238910
2017 238910
2022 238910

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 1081 - Metal Mining Services
  2. 1241 - Coal Mining Services
  3. 1389 - Oil and Gas Field Services, Not Elsewhere Classified
  4. 1481 - Nonmetallic Minerals Services, Except Fuels
  5. 1629 - Heavy Construction, Not Elsewhere Classified
  6. 1711 - Plumbing, Heating and Air-Conditioning
  7. 1794 - Excavation Work
  8. 1795 - Wrecking and Demolition Work
  9. 1799 - Special Trade Contractors, Not Elsewhere Classified

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 238910, Site Preparation Contractors:

  1. asbesto lead ufi abatement radon mitigation tank remediation
  2. blasting contractor
  3. blasting op all including op performed by sub for insd
  4. blasting operation
  5. blasting rock
  6. caisson or cofferdam work foundation for bldg
  7. caisson or cofferdam work foundation for building
  8. caisson work
  9. clearing of right of way electric power telephone burglar or fire alarm line brush clearing or removal new or existing right of way
  10. coal mining service
  11. coffer dam caisson
  12. construction
  13. contractor equipment crane derrick power shovel and equipment incidental thereto rented to other with operator
  14. contractor equipment crane derrick under 50 ft rented to other with operator
  15. contractor equipment earth moving equipment other than crane derrick and power shovel rented to other with operator cgl
  16. contractor equipment earth moving equipment other than crane derricksand power shovel rented to other with operator
  17. contractor equipment earth moving equipment rented to other with operator
  18. contractor equipment excl automobile rented to other with operator
  19. contractor equipment excluding automobile rented to other with operator
  20. contractor equipment excluding automobile rented to other with operator not otherwise classified
  21. contractor equipment hod or material platform hoist and equipment incidental thereto rented to other with operator
  22. contractor equipment hod or material platform hoist and equipment incidental thereto rented to other with operator cgl
  23. contractor equipment not otherwise classified excluding automobile rented to other with operator cgl
  24. contractor equipment rental
  25. contractor machinery dealer
  26. crane derrick power shovel equipment rented to other with operator
  27. crane derrick power shovel with operator equipment rented to other
  28. demolition wrecking not otherwise classified
  29. derrick crane power shovel equipment rented to other with operator
  30. drilling not oil or gas
  31. drilling not otherwise classified
  32. drilling other than water
  33. employment contractor temporary excavation staff de pa
  34. equipment rented to other other than 7411 7413 with operator
  35. equipment rented to other with operator not otherwise classified c e and i
  36. excavation
  37. excavation contractor no blasting or demolition
  38. excavation excl blasting
  39. excavation high wage ca
  40. excavation include blasting
  41. excavation tier 4
  42. excavation work
  43. foundation preparation work
  44. grading of land
  45. grading of land high wage ca
  46. grading of land not otherwise classified
  47. grading of land not road construction or excavation
  48. grading of land oil and gas
  49. grading of land tier 4
  50. heavy construction not otherwise classified
  51. heavy machinery and equipment rental
  52. land grading service
  53. land leveling grading farm land employee whose regular hourly wage equal or exceed 30 00 per hour
  54. lead asbesto ufi abatement radon mitigation tank remediation
  55. marine wrecking or demolition
  56. masonry including bricklaying stonework tile marble mosaic stuccoing
  57. masonry including bricklaying stonework tile stuccoing
  58. metal mining service
  59. nonmetallic mineral service except fuel
  60. oil and gas field service not otherwise classified
  61. other specialty trade contractor
  62. pile driving
  63. pile driving building foundation only
  64. pile driving sonic method
  65. plumbing heating and air conditioning
  66. power shovel crane derrick equipment rented to other with operator
  67. radon mitigation tank remediation asbesto lead ufi abatement
  68. rock excavation
  69. septic tank installation
  70. septic tank installation service repair
  71. septic tank system installation service or repair
  72. septic tank system installation servicing or repair
  73. shaft sinking
  74. site preparation contractor
  75. special trade contractor not otherwise classified
  76. specialty trade contractor
  77. specialty trade contractor not otherwise classified
  78. specialty trade contractor not otherwise classified naic
  79. stonework exterior only general liability is not available
  80. street or road construction grading
  81. street or road construction rock excavation
  82. street or road construction subsurface work
  83. tank
  84. tank remediation
  85. tank remediation radon mitigation asbesto lead ufi abatement
  86. tile and stone installation interior general liability is not available
  87. tree removal for new right of way electric power telephone burglar or fire alarm line
  88. ufi abatement asbesto lead radon mitigation tank remediation
  89. wrecking and demolition incidental to other operation no explosive used
  90. wrecking and demolition sole operation
  91. wrecking and demolition work
  92. wrecking building or structure
  93. wrecking building or structure not marine
  94. wrecking building or structure not otherwise classified
  95. wrecking demolition not otherwise classified
  96. wrecking dismantling of prefabricated dwelling not exceeding 3 story for reerection
  97. wrecking marine
  98. wrecking marine coverage under admiralty law program i
  99. wrecking marine coverage under admiralty law program ii state act
  100. wrecking marine coverage under admiralty law program ii u act
  101. wrecking marine or structure

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