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.
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 fleet can hold, and supervise with people who know what a properly cut subgrade looks like from the seat.
Today that discipline is backed by a company-owned fleet, 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.
How we run the company
Own the iron
We buy our machines, maintain them in our own shops, and dispatch them on our own trucks. Fleet ownership is schedule ownership.
Owe no one
SDF operates debt-free. No lender sits between our commitments and our clients. Financial strength is a production tool.
Perform the work
Self-performing means the people cutting grade wear our name. Accountability never leaves the building.
Finish early
Every schedule we accept is one we intend to beat. Early turnover is the habit our reputation is built on.
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
Thirty years of
earned confidence
Preconstruction
Quantities taken off the model, production rates set against real fleet capacity, and constructability reviewed before a number goes on paper.
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.
Earthwork
Clearing, mass excavation, moisture-conditioned fill, and grade cut to the model under GPS machine control.
Underground
Storm, water, sewer, and dry systems installed by our own pipe crews under competent-person supervision.
Turnover
Pad certification, surveyed as-builts, and a documented handoff package for the trades that follow.
30+ Years Experience
Three decades of heavy civil execution across every soil condition, market cycle, and delivery method in the industry.
Nationwide Reach
Crews and iron mobilize to any state. Remote sites get the same fleet depth and supervision as metro work.
Owned, Not Rented
Company-owned, dealer-maintained, GPS-equipped. We never wait on a rental counter to make schedule.
Debt-Free
Zero leverage on the balance sheet. Our financial strength is your schedule insurance — we fund mobilization, not interest payments.
Self-Performing
Earthwork, utilities, concrete, and paving executed by SDF crews under SDF supervision. One accountable team.
Safety Driven
Behavior-based safety culture with full-time field safety professionals embedded on every major project.
Rapid Mobilization
Our lowboys, our operators, our dispatch. Major spreads on site within days of notice to proceed.
Experienced Leadership
Project executives who came up through the seat — leadership that reads dirt as well as it reads a schedule.
Reliable Scheduling
CPM-integrated production tracking. When we commit to a date, the fleet math behind it has already been done.
Relationship Focused
Most of our revenue is repeat business from general contractors who build with us program after program.
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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.