Ground Solutions

Name

Ground Solutions

Legal name

Ground Solutions

Website

https://groundsolutionsco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ground Solutions, founded in 2003 in Northern Colorado as Bedrock Slingers, provides specialized material delivery and placement services using proprietary slinger trucks, blower trucks, and hydrovac equipment, serving residential, commercial, municipal, energy, industrial, and mining customers across eight western US states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Loveland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Material Placement Services: Ground Solutions provides material delivery and placement services for aggregate, sand, soil, mulch, and other materials using specialized slinger trucks and blower trucks. Services include turnkey options where they purchase, deliver, and install materials. Pricing is project-based based on material type, quantity, and placement requirements.
2. Hydrovac Excavation Services: Non-destructive excavation services using hydrovac technology for utility daylighting, potholing, slot trenching, and infrastructure work. Charged based on project scope and duration.
3. Playground Construction Services: Turnkey playground construction and resurfacing including site work, grading, demolition, equipment installation, concrete curbing, drainage systems, and surface material installation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Ground Solutions delivers and places bulk materials—aggregate, gravel, topsoil, sand, mulch, engineered wood fiber, and other landscape/construction materials—on customer job sites using a specialized fleet of conveyor (slinger) trucks, pneumatic blower trucks, end-dump and tandem haul trucks, and hydrovac excavation equipment. The company provides turnkey service covering material procurement, transportation, precise placement, and optional laser grading, serving residential, commercial, municipal, energy, industrial, mining, and quarry customers across eight western US states.

Product overview

Ground Solutions is a material placement and construction services company operating under multiple brands. The primary brand is Ground Solutions, with Bedrock Slingers serving as the conveyor-truck sub-brand. The core portfolio includes rock slinger trucks (Bedrock Slingers) using telebelt conveyor technology for aggregate placement, and blower trucks using pneumatic hose systems for fine materials (mulch, soil, sand, EWF). Supporting services include material hauling/logistics, hydrovac excavation, and conveyor aggregate delivery. The company also partners with sister companies Bedrock Drains & Waterproofing (perimeter drainage and waterproofing) and On-Demand Concrete (site-mixed concrete delivery). All services are delivered using specialized truck fleets and serve markets including residential, commercial, municipal, energy, industrial, landscape, mining and quarry operations across eight western states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bedrock Slingers: Conveyor aggregate delivery trucks using stone slinger technology for gravel, topsoil, dirt, sand, and wood chips placement.

Products and services

• Bedrock Slingers (Rock Slinger Trucks) Conveyor-based aggregate delivery trucks using high-speed telebelt systems to place gravel, rock, sand, topsoil, dirt, and wood chips. Over-the-road units carry 25 yards of material; all-terrain slingers feature a 6-yard hopper with constant-rate conveying, four-wheel remote drive, and off-road tires for slopes and tight access. Up to 200 tons per hour placement capacity.
• Blower Truck Service Pneumatic blower truck service that places mulch, bark, soil, sand, engineered wood fiber (EWF), and landscape materials through hoses extending up to 500 feet. Fleet includes Express Blower TM-70 (2 units), Express Blower EB-90, and Peterson BT60C trucks, with placement rates up to 70 cubic yards per hour.
• Material Hauling & Logistics Material procurement and delivery service using end-dump trucks (27-ton/40 cubic yard capacity) and tandem trucks (15-ton/20 cubic yard capacity). Handles aggregate, soil, mulch, compost, and playground materials; does not haul concrete debris.
• Hydrovac Services Non-destructive excavation service using pressurized water and powerful vacuum systems to safely expose underground utilities and infrastructure. Uses heated water for frozen ground conditions and operates 365 days a year. Applications include utility daylighting, potholing, slot trenching, and frac tank cleaning.
• Conveyor Placement / Aggregate Delivery Conveyor-based material placement service using remote-controlled telebelt trucks for precise delivery of gravel, topsoil, sand, wood chips, and other materials. Includes optional laser-grading crews for concrete slab preparation; can place and grade up to 500 tons per day or 25,000 square feet on larger projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Place and grade up to 500 tons per day or 25,000 square feet on larger projects
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bedrock Drains & WaterproofingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company providing perimeter drain and waterproofing services. Ground Solutions refers customers requiring perimeter drainage systems, damp-proofing, waterproofing, and radon systems to Bedrock Drains & Waterproofing. Available through dedicated navigation link on Ground Solutions website.
• On-Demand ConcretecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company providing site-mixed concrete delivery services. CDOT-approved mixes, ASTM C6850 compliant batching. Ground Solutions refers customers needing concrete delivery to On-Demand Concrete for site-mixed concrete - any job, any size, any type.
• Blayde IndustriesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBlayde Industries has been acquired and is now part of Ground Solutions. Existing Blayde customers are being welcomed to the Ground Solutions service and professionalism standards.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Granite Construction: Large diversified heavy civil contractor with material placement, site preparation, and infrastructure capability. Competes with Ground Solutions on large-scale site-prep and aggregate placement scopes at the upper end of project size.
• Sterling Infrastructure: Heavy civil and specialty services contractor operating across transportation, water, and building sectors. Competes indirectly for site-prep, material placement, and grading scopes, though at much larger scale and broader scope.
• Apex Companies: Multi-discipline site services firm offering hydrovac, environmental, and infrastructure-related services. Overlaps with Ground Solutions on non-destructive excavation and material/utility placement work.
• Clean Harbors: National environmental and industrial services company with a large hydrovac and industrial cleaning division. Overlaps with Ground Solutions' hydrovac and material handling services across energy, industrial, and municipal customers.

Direct peers

• Stone Slinger Services (regional operators): Network of regional stone-slinger and conveyor aggregate placement operators across the US and Canada using telebelt technology similar to Ground Solutions' Bedrock Slingers fleet. Comparable in offering, customer base, and business model.
• Badger Daylighting: The largest dedicated hydrovac excavation services provider in North America. Directly competes with Ground Solutions' hydrovac offering for utility daylighting, potholing, and slot trenching, while operating a far larger fleet and broader geographic footprint.
• Pete Lien & Sons: Multi-state aggregate, construction materials, and site-services provider in the Rocky Mountain and Plains regions. Adjacent competitor in aggregate supply and placement services with comparable Colorado/Wyoming geography.

Others

• On-Demand Concrete (Sister Company): Sister/related entity providing CDOT-approved site-mixed concrete delivery. Not a direct competitor but a complementary platform partner that shares customer relationships and enables multi-trade site-prep bundling.

Emerging players

• Express Blower: Manufacturer of the pneumatic blower trucks (TM-70, EB-90) in Ground Solutions' fleet and, in some regions, also operates service work. Closely comparable on equipment and end-applications (mulch, soil, EWF, sand placement via hose).

Regional players

• HydroTech Hydrovac: Regional hydrovac and industrial cleaning service operators in the Mountain West and broader US. Direct functional peers for non-destructive digging, slot trenching, and utility daylighting services that Ground Solutions provides.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/GroundSolutionsCO
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bedrock-slingers
• Instagraminstagram.com/bedrockslingerscolorado/?hl=en

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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