Earthworks & Site Prep in Tulum: clearing, rock excavation and compacted fills
Every project in Tulum starts with the platform: clearing, rock, fills and levels done right decide whether floors crack, pools leak and roads sink. Plots sit on thin soil over porous limestone with caves and cenotes nearby, so cavity checks matter more here than anywhere else on the coast; the beach road zone is sand over rock with a high water table.
What We Do
Haulage & Disposal
Spoil removed to authorised sites and reuse of excavated rock as fill where it meets specification.
Rock Excavation
Hydraulic breakers and rock saws for foundations, pools, cisterns, utility trenches and basements.
Cavity Detection
Probing and geophysical surveys where karst voids are suspected, followed by filling or bridging.
Clearing permits in Tulum
Tulum’s urban development plan sets minimum absorption areas on each lot, so hard paving is limited and permeable solutions are often required; clearing jungle needs SEMARNAT authorisation, and near the National Park extra environmental review applies. We confirm these authorisations before any machine enters the site.
Levels and runoff in Tulum
There is almost no storm sewer, so water must be infiltrated on site; permeable paving, swales and infiltration wells are the usual design, always located away from cenotes and septic or treatment systems. Platforms are graded so that rain moves away from buildings toward planned infiltration points.
Traffic and work windows in Tulum
Rainy-season downpours from June to October stop earthworks for days; the busiest tourist months from December to April slow deliveries on the federal highway, so heavy works are best planned for May and November.
What gets built in Tulum
Tulum is building fast: access roads and streets for new subdivisions in Region 15 and La Veleta, private roads to jungle villas and eco-hotels, car parks near the new airport and the Tren Maya station, and many sascab tracks waiting to be paved.
Earthworks Prices (2026) — Tulum
| Work | Detail | Price (MXN) |
|---|---|---|
| Clearing and stripping | Vegetation + 15–30 cm organic soil | $20–$50 / m² |
| Excavation in limestone | Hydraulic breaker, load and stockpile | $320–$730 / m³ |
| Compacted sascab fill | Supplied, 20 cm layers, 95% Proctor | $360–$590 / m³ |
| Spoil haulage | To authorised site, up to 20 km | $100–$200 / m³ |
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Why Clients Choose Recrea for Earthworks
- Designed for karst and sascab: soil and cavity checks before the first truck of base arrives
- Compaction tested by an accredited lab: Proctor and field density reports on every layer
- Drainage first: grades, kerbs and infiltration wells engineered so water never sits on the pavement
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