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Summit Excavation & Remediation
Aerial view of reclaimed prairie and wetland in North Dakota

Reclaim the Land.Restore the Future.

We restore impacted ground across North Dakota. Remediation, reclamation and 24/7 spill response, from Minot since 2012.

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Every acre has potential.

Summit isn't just an excavation contractor. We restore land, solve problems and create opportunity, built on the belief that impacted ground can always have a productive future.

Every project starts with the same goal: restore the land's potential, not just for today, but for the generations that follow.

How we work

Aerial view of an excavator opening up the impacted ground at the edge of a pond, thick grass all around.
Before
Salt scar around a pasture pond — before. Impacted ground around a pond dug out, backfilled and grown back in thick.

Site 1 of 4

Do it right below the surface, not just where people can see it.

That's the Summit Standard. Here's what it looks like on a remediated well site.

TopsoilSubsoilClayBrine-impacted soilPush-probe samplesExcavated to the limits the data setTo disposal3,745 tons

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Investigate

Probe the ground to map where the impact is and how deep it goes.

18,609 tons of contaminated soil hauled off North Dakota farmland.

Well-site remediation and reclamation for Terracon, the NDIC Oil & Gas Division and the North Dakota Natural Resource Trust, funded through the federal IIJA program, the State of North Dakota and private operators.

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Tons of contaminated material removed, by project, largest first
ProjectTons removed
NDIC 2021 Bid Package #5Lando–Antler area, Fall 2021
43% of total
7,964
Aarhus 4-12R1-1Sherwood, July 2026
20% of total
3,745
Schwartz 1B2-3Antler, June 2026
15% of total
2,829
Amanda Kunkel 2R23-1Glenburn, May 2026
13% of total
2,425
Susan Anderson 1R17-4Grano, August 2026
5% of total
883
Nelson State 1B41-2Glenburn, June 2026
4% of total
763
Total18,609

Credentials and clients

Credentials

  • A+ BBB ratingBetter Business Bureau, Minot
  • USDOT #2393017Registered motor carrier, FMCSA

Recent clients

  • Terracon
  • NDIC Oil & Gas Division
  • State of North Dakota
  • North Dakota Natural Resource Trust
  • City of Tioga

What we do

Remediation, reclamation and the earthwork around them, handled by the same team from the first probe to the last seed.

All services

Remediation & response

Find the impact, contain it and take it out of the ground.

Reclamation

Rebuild the soil profile and bring the land back to productive use.

Excavation & civil

Precise earthwork for pipelines, sites and roads, all year.

Summit crew taking soil samples with a track-mounted probe rig
Direct-push sampling with our track-mounted probe rig.
Summit dozer grading a site
GPS machine control on every machine. No guesswork on topsoil depth.

How we work

Six things every Summit crew holds to, on every site.

  • Own the outcome

    Success isn't the day work is finished. It's the day the land performs the way it was supposed to.

  • Respect the land

    Every decision considers what that ground needs to become useful and productive again.

  • Do it right

    There's a difference between getting a job done and doing it right. Summit doesn't take shortcuts.

  • Find a way

    Difficult projects need experience and resourcefulness. When conditions change, Summit adapts.

  • Earn trust

    Trust is earned through communication, accountability, quality work, and doing what we say we'll do.

  • Never stop improving

    Summit remains a student of the industry, learning from every project and raising the standard.

Have ground that needs to come back?

Tell us where the site is and what happened. We'll walk it with you and put a bid together.

Request a bidCall (701) 838-7599