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Demolition & Dirt Work in Arkadelphia, AR

Serving Arkadelphia · Clark County

One Company for Arkadelphia Demolition and Dirt Work

We handle demolition and dirt work in Arkadelphia, AR, and across Clark County. Arkadelphia sits about 36 road miles south of our base in Hot Springs, roughly a 45 minute drive. That puts the whole town and the rest of Clark County inside the 50 mile radius we work. Estimates here are free, and we come look at the site before we put a number on the job.

Jobs in this part of the radius usually start with a house demolition or a mobile home removal on an older lot. From there the job often moves into excavation and dirt work, lot clearing, grading and site prep. We also build gravel driveways and large block retaining walls, and we take out old concrete slabs and footings. Tracked excavators, a track loader, dump trucks and a lowboy trailer handle the work from standing structure to clean dirt.

What We Do in Arkadelphia

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Why do teardowns come up so often in Arkadelphia?

An F4 tornado hit Arkadelphia on March 1, 1997, at about 2:40 in the afternoon. Sixty blocks of the city took severe damage, and the Clark County Courthouse lost its capstone. Roughly 250 houses, 90 mobile homes and 45 businesses in the Arkadelphia area were damaged or destroyed. The blocks rebuilt after that storm still sit right beside much older housing stock today.

Half the homes in Arkadelphia were built in 1984 or earlier, so plenty of the stock is past forty. Two universities sit in town, and about six in ten occupied homes here are rented. Rental houses wear hard, and owners reach a point where a teardown beats another round of repairs. We take the structure down, haul the debris off and leave a lot a builder can start on.

What is the ground like around Arkadelphia?

Arkadelphia sits on the Ouachita River, and the Caddo River runs about five miles north of town. DeGray Lake covers 13,400 acres about eight miles northwest, dammed on the Caddo by the Corps of Engineers. It was built for flood control, power and the drinking water that Arkadelphia uses. Low ground near all that water holds rain, so drainage and slope shape most dirt work here.

Highway 7 runs through town as North 10th Street and passes between the two university campuses. Interstate 30 runs past Arkadelphia parallel to U.S. Highway 67, and Caddo Valley has its own ramp. Those routes suit dump trucks and a lowboy trailer, so equipment reaches most sites in Clark County. Tight lots downtown take more planning, and we sort that out during the free estimate.

Communities & areas we serve around Arkadelphia: Downtown Arkadelphia, Caddo Valley, Gum Springs, Henderson State University campus area, Ouachita Baptist University campus area, DeGray Lake area.

Arkadelphia ZIP codes served: 71923, 71998, 71999.

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Our Services in Arkadelphia

Demolition and Dirt Work, Same Standard

Residential Demolition in Hot Springs, AR

Residential Demolition

Houses, garages, barns and outbuildings brought down under control, loaded out and hauled off — the lot left clean and usable.

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Excavation & Dirt Work in Hot Springs, AR

Excavation & Dirt Work

Digging, hauling, fill and backfill — dirt moved in, out and around your property by the company that quoted it.

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Grading & Site Prep in Hot Springs, AR

Grading & Site Prep

Lots leveled, pads built, ground shaped to shed water — site prep that the next contractor thanks you for.

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Land & Lot Clearing in Hot Springs, AR

Land & Lot Clearing

Brush, undergrowth and problem trees cleared off, hauled off, and the lot left ready for the pad, the driveway or the for-sale sign.

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Gravel Driveways in Hot Springs, AR

Gravel Driveways

New gravel drives cut and built, tired ones regraded and topped, parking pads that hold — shaped so the rain runs off instead of through.

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Retaining Walls in Hot Springs, AR

Retaining Walls

Large-block retaining walls that hold Hot Springs hillsides — flat ground carved out of slopes, drives protected, the Bankhead specialty.

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Arkadelphia FAQ

Questions From Arkadelphia Property Owners

A few of the questions we hear most around Arkadelphia. Don't see yours? Call us and ask.

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Do I need a permit to demolish a building in Arkadelphia?
Yes. The city code makes it unlawful to start demolition of any building until the Building Official issues a building permit. Each permit runs 180 days from the date of issue. The Arkadelphia Building Department sits at 700 Clay Street, and its phone number is 870-246-9864. We plan every teardown in Arkadelphia around that permit before any machine moves.
Where does the debris from a Clark County teardown go?
Construction and demolition debris goes to the Clark County Class 4 landfill on Round Hill Road. That site accepts construction and demolition waste, appliances, furniture, stumps, limbs and bulky waste. The City of Arkadelphia also runs a transfer station on Hemphill Road. Our dump trucks pull the loads, and haul off is part of the demolition work we quote.
How much does it cost to tear down a house in Arkadelphia?
National figures from HomeAdvisor in 2026 put house demolition at $4 to $17 per square foot. The average job runs about $15,800, and most land between $6,000 and $25,000. Size, access, foundation type and haul distance all move the number. Our price comes from a free on site estimate, and our cost guide breaks the pieces down.
Do you cover Caddo Valley and the rest of Clark County?
Yes. Arkadelphia sits inside the 50 mile radius we work out of Hot Springs. Caddo Valley and Gum Springs are next door in Clark County, and both are inside that radius too. Every Clark County site gets the same free on site estimate. Call (501) 617-1511 and we will set a time to come look.
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