Services

Soil types and topography in the Hudson Valley can greatly impact moisture levels and runoff on properties. With 20 years of expertise, our team can evaluate problem areas such as wet yards, driveway washouts, wet basements, and saturated leach fields. We design solutions such as French drains, drainage swales, footing drains, and re-grading. We have experience with designing, constructing and rehabilitation of residential and commercial properties, as well as municipal drainage systems.

We design, estimate, and offer construction services for rough grading of undeveloped properties. This can include excavation for foundations, structures, utility trenches, drainage, and septic installations. We also offer clearing and grubbing for commercial, municipal, and residential projects.

Commercial and residential excavation can include rock removal, cuts and fills, import/export of material, unclassified excavation, structural fill, rough and fine grading. We utilize the latest technology for estimating your site plan and executing the project with accuracy.

In addition to native landscape restoration, Dillon & Semenovich Inc. offers design and installation of traditional and modern landscape areas. We evaluate each project location to select plantings which will suit individual aesthetic appeal, functionality, as well as consider environmental impacts of the location for appropriate plant selection. We can incorporate landscaping into new or existing hardscapes such as walkways, patios and retaining walls. Whether you desire a modern Zen-like Garden, or a four-season cottage garden we consider plant shapes, textures and colors throughout every season. We offer landscape services for Commercial, municipal, and residential projects.

Design and installation of Native Landscape Habitats can be an important component of any project. For residential clients, this includes native trees and shrubs in both formal and informal landscape gardens, wooded areas, property borders and meadows. For our commercial and municipal clients, we offer wetlands restoration, streambank restoration and stabilization, wildlife meadow restoration using seed mixtures, hydroseeding, plugs, live stakes, as well as installation of native trees and shrubs. We can furnish and install custom blended soil mixtures and complete construction of rain gardens and bio-retention basins.

Turn your property into a retreat, whether you desire a large natural pond on a vast property, a small koi pond or babbling waterfall in your backyard oasis. We offer site excavation for ponds, selective tree removal and planting, dam construction, overflow construction, as well as design and installation of smaller water features which are often incorporated into a larger landscape design. Aquatic plants and water features provide aesthetic appeal, as well as provide habitat for wildlife.

We design, construct, as well as replace failing septic systems. An evaluation of your property, including topography, moisture levels and soil types will allow us to design a properly functioning leach field. We have experience in septic tank replacement, leach field construction, and pump chamber systems. We offer engineering services and can obtain permits and approvals from local municipalities and health departments.

Do you need engineering and construction for development of residential and commercial properties? We can assist any property owner with Site Use Permits, Building Permits, and provide development and construction services from start to finish. This can include surveying, engineering, permitting, clearing, earthwork and excavation.

Since our inception in 2016, Dillon & Semenovich Inc. is particularly known for its stonework construction and historic stonewall reconstruction. We are experts in constructing free standing stonewalls and pillars in various medium, from bluestone “Colonial Wall” to natural fieldstone or cobbles, to cut stone. We have reconstructed numerous failing retaining walls in both residential and municipal projects throughout the Hudson Valley and are familiar with the various historic styles of walls in the region. We construct dry stack (dry laid) walls, mortar wall construction, retaining walls, as well as design and install drainage systems for retaining walls. We employ practices and materials which are DOT approved and/or period correct, depending on your application and desired result. We also offer construction of retaining walls using segmental block systems and can design a retaining wall to increase usable space on any property. We do this by either extending an area with fill on a downslope or cutting into an upslope.

We offer a wide variety of styles and materials to design and construct walkways and patios, including pavers, bluestone, flagstone, and concrete. Dillon & Semenovich Inc. offers services to residential, commercial, and municipal clients. We also offer eco-friendly alternatives such as permeable pavers, and permeable paving including Organic-Loc for Green Construction/ LEED Construction projects. We can recommend and install a product for your budget. Our strict installation procedures and methods will ensure you will have an area that stands the test of time. Whether its natural flagstone or thermal bluestone, we’ll help you find the right material for your dream project.