Excavation · Union, Kentucky
Basement and Site Excavation in Union
Union carries the newest housing stock in Boone County, with a median build year around 2005 and 140 more homes added just since 2020, and the building hasn't stopped: subdivisions keep filling in along US 42, KY 536, and KY 237 while the Union Promenade mixed-use project rises on US 42. For an excavation crew, that translates to a steady run of basement digs, walkout cuts, footers, and pads on lots that were pasture not long ago.
The short answer
Pro Innovations digs basements, footers, and building pads in Union, KY. Every dig here gets planned around the glacial till, fragipan water, and shrink-swell clay under Union's ridges, and our own trucks handle the spoil and stone. The yard is about 15 road miles away near Crittenden. Call 859-910-9272.
What's under those lots is unusual for Northern Kentucky. Union sits at the edge of the glaciated part of Boone County, so its broad ridges are Rossmoyne, a loess cap over old Illinoian glacial till with a slowly permeable fragipan about two feet down. Water perches on that pan through winter and spring, which is why a footer or basement hole here needs its drainage planned before the hole is open, and the county soil survey flags shrink-swell clays in the lower layers as a building foundation limitation, which is why backfill and compaction around a new foundation deserve more care than they usually get. Toward the creeks, the side slopes shift to Faywood and Jessup, clayey ground with limestone 20 to 40 inches down on the Faywood positions.
There's one more thing a contractor working in Union has to respect: the water leaving the site. Union sits inside the Gunpowder Creek watershed, and the city was a named partner in the plan that got the creek off Kentucky's impaired waterways list in 2022 after a decade of stormwater work. Sediment control and detention get real scrutiny here, so we build them into the dig plan rather than treating them as paperwork. From our yard it's roughly 15 road miles, typically I-75 north to exit 178 and west on KY 536.
What makes Union ground different
Glacial till under the ridge
Union's broad ridges are Rossmoyne, loess over old Illinoian till with a fragipan about two feet down. Perched water above the pan is why flat Union yards get soggy, and why we pipe basement and footer drainage to daylight as part of the dig.
Shrink-swell clay
The county soil survey documents shrink-swell clays in the lower layers of these soils as a foundation limitation. Moisture-controlled backfill, compaction in lifts, and grading that keeps water away from the foundation all push back against it.
Gunpowder Creek scrutiny
This watershed came off the impaired list in 2022 after ten years of regional stormwater work, and Union helped get it there. Silt fence, stabilized entrances, and detention aren't extras on our Union digs, they're part of the plan.
The newest homes in the county
A median build year around 2005 and continued custom construction mean most Union excavation is for new work: walkout basements on big lots, pads, trenches, and the finish grades that follow.
Union by the numbers
7,494
Population
2,569
Housing units
2005
Median home built
88%
Owner-occupied
140
Units built since 2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
Excavation work we bring to Union
Excavation in Union: your questions
Do you dig walkout basements in Union, KY?
Yes. Union's big lots and rolling ridges suit walkouts well, and we plan the cut, the drainage, and the backfill together, because the fragipan and the shrink-swell clay under this town punish digs that skip those steps.
What makes excavation in Union different from other Northern Kentucky towns?
The glacial till. Union sits on the glaciated edge of Boone County, so instead of shale ground you get loess over old till with a pan that perches water about two feet down. It digs easily but it holds water, so drainage planning carries the job.
Do you handle erosion and sediment control during a dig in Union?
Always, and in Union it matters more than most places because the Gunpowder Creek watershed is actively protected after coming off the impaired list. We set up controls with the dig, not after somebody complains.
How far is Pro Innovations from Union?
Roughly 15 road miles. We run I-75 north from exit 166 to exit 178, then west on KY 536, so Union sits comfortably inside our everyday working radius.
Working on something in Union?
We're minutes up the interstate. Tell us what the ground needs and we'll come look at it.