Dirt work on flat Delta clay
MSU Extension says the Delta's heavy clay gets called buckshot because it dries into small round crumbs on top. It also takes in water slowly, and drainage is one of the big management problems in the Delta. Around Ruleville that means a pad has to sit high enough and shed water the right way, and a yard needs somewhere for the rain to go. We haul in fill, spread it and shape it. We grade yards and check them with a laser level so the fall is real, not guessed.
Not all of it is open field. There are tree lines, ditch banks, old homesites grown up in brush, and wooded tracts that get used for hunting. B&M clears lots and tracts out of thick timber and pushes the timber up in windrows. If you want to keep the good trees, we can select clear instead. We also cut lanes and trails wide enough for a truck and trailer, so you can reach a stand, a pond or the back of the place.
Parking lots in town
North Sunflower Medical Center is a 95-bed rural hospital in Ruleville, and a lot like that sees steady traffic and needs its accessible parking done right. Ruleville Central Elementary, Ruleville Middle School and Thomas E. Edwards, Sr. High School have lots too, and so do the churches and stores around town. Straight Line Services stripes new or sealed asphalt, lays out how traffic should move, and marks fire lanes and no-parking zones.
If your lot has accessible stalls, the ADA sets the count. A lot with 1 to 25 spaces needs at least one accessible space, 26 to 50 needs two, and the number climbs from there. At least one of every six accessible spaces has to be van accessible. Access aisles are at least 60 inches wide and have to be marked so nobody parks in them. We lay all of that out and stripe it.
Before we start
Inside city limits, ask Ruleville City Hall what the city wants for building or site work. Outside town, check with Sunflower County. If a job disturbs an acre or more of ground, MDEQ construction stormwater rules apply. The state has one track for 1 to less than 5 acres and another for 5 acres and up. We will talk through what your job size means before anything gets moved.
Mississippi law says nobody starts digging until 811 has been notified, so buried lines get marked first. On burning, Mississippi Forestry Commission permits cover forestry and agricultural burns. For land clearing debris, MFC points people to local ordinances and MDEQ guidelines, and a county burn ban can shut burning down. We sort that out with you before the first tree goes down.
