238910
238910 Site preparation contractors
Entrepreneurs en préparation de terrains • Canadian industry
What code 238910 includes
This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in site preparation activities, such as excavating and grading, demolition of buildings and other structures, and septic system installation.
Activities & Examples
- blast hole drilling (except mining)
- blasting and trenching, construction site
- building demolition
- construction equipment (except cranes) rental with operator
- digging foundations
- excavating contractors
- foundation drilling contractors
- land clearing, contractors
- pile driving, contractors
- power, communication and pipe lines, rights of way clearance (except maintenance)
- septic tanks and weeping tile, installation
- aerial lift trucks and bucket trucks rental with operator (used by electric utilities or tree trimming)
- backfilling, construction
- backhoes, rental with operator
- blast hole drilling (except mining)
- blasting and trenching, construction site
- blasting, building demolition
- boring for building construction
Exclusions & Cross-References
- construction equipment rental without an operator (See 532410 Construction, transportation, mining, and forestry machinery and equipment rental and leasing (CAN))
- crane rental with operator (See 238990 All other specialty trade contractors (US))
- dismantling tanks in oil fields (See 213118 Services to oil and gas extraction (CAN))
- drilling oil and gas field water intake wells (See 213118 Services to oil and gas extraction (CAN))
- earth retention or underwater trenching (See 237990 Other heavy and civil engineering construction (US))
- line slash maintenance (See 561730 Landscaping services)
- mining blast hole drilling (See 213117 Contract drilling (except oil and gas) (CAN))
- nuclear power plant decommissioning and environmental remediation work, such as the removal of underground steel tanks for hazardous materials (See 562910 Remediation services (US))
- overburden removal (See 213119 Other support activities for mining (CAN))
- rights of way maintenance (See 561730 Landscaping services)
- tree and brush trimming for overhead utility lines (See 561730 Landscaping services)
- underground tank removal containing hazardous material (See 562910 Remediation services (US))
Classification Hierarchy
- Sector 23 — Construction
- Subsector 238 — Specialty trade contractors
- Industry group 2389 — Other specialty trade contractors
- Industry 23891 — Site preparation contractors
- Canadian industry 238910 — Site preparation contractors
International Concordance
- US NAICS 2022: 238910 — Site Preparation Contractors
- ISIC Rev. 4: F4390* — Other specialized construction activities