Websites for civil contractors

Websites for civil contractors, earthmoving crews and plant hire businesses that show the fleet, the capability and the ground you cover. Fixed price, and built for the engineers, builders and site supervisors who hire you.

What customers look for

Civil clients hire on capability. A project manager or council officer wants to see your machines, your crews on real sites and the kinds of jobs you've delivered before they invite you to quote. For plant hire the first question is simpler: what size is the machine, and is it free tomorrow?

After that they look at the paperwork side: insurances, safety systems, tickets and how long you've been operating. Put that alongside clear specs and a direct number, and the calls you get come from people ready to book rather than people fishing for a price.

EarthmovingExcavationDirectional drillingVacuum excavationTipper & truck hireCrane hireSite preparationDrainage & civil plumbing

Searches we build for

We build your pages around what site supervisors and project managers search for:

  • "excavator hire Ballina"
  • "tipper hire near me"
  • "vacuum excavation Northern Rivers"
  • "crane hire Lismore"
  • "earthmoving contractor"

Our work

Sites we've built for civil contractors

Website & video

Field Directional Drilling

Civil contractor · Ballina · 2025

Directional drilling, vacuum excavation and civil plumbing, presented for engineers and project managers.

One-page website

Ballina Tippers

Tipper hire · Ballina · 2025

A quick-turnaround one-page site for tipper truck hire, with the fleet specs and both direct numbers up front.

Website, copy & SEO

Bauer Cranes

Crane hire · Ballina · 2025

Crane hire from 2.8T to 55T, with the fleet, the crew and a page for each town from Tweed Heads to Grafton.

First website

Earthworks Landscaping

Landscaping and civil · Ballina · 2020

A first website for a family business of 35 years: civil works, landscaping supplies and water truck delivery.

Case study

How we built it for Field Directional Drilling

Field Directional Drilling is a family-owned civil business that has worked across the Northern Rivers for more than 30 years, for engineers, project managers, councils and utility providers. The site had to show the scale of the business and make technical services easy to follow.

We gave each service its own page: directional drilling, vacuum excavation, civil plumbing, earthworks, butt welding and service location. Custom video backgrounds show the equipment and crews on real sites, a project portfolio lets clients scan for relevant experience, and the office number sits in the header on every page.

Read the Field Directional Drilling case study →

Packages · prices + GST

Pick your package

Job 001Live in 5 days

The One-Pager

$1,000+ GST
One page, the basics

For a new business that needs to be findable and look legit.

  • One scrolling page, mobile-first
  • Tap-to-call button & contact form
  • AI search basics: business schema, clean headings
  • Linked to your Google profile
  • Service pages
  • Google Business Profile setup
  • Town pages for Google
Most tradies pick this
Job 002Live in 7 days

The Full Kit

$2,500+ GST
Works out at $500 a page

For established trades who want Google sending them calls.

  • 5 pages: Home, Services, Projects, About, Contact
  • Every word written for you
  • Service-area page for your suburbs
  • Full schema & FAQ answers to help you rank in AI search
  • Licence, insurance & reviews up front
  • Quote form that takes photos
  • Enquiry tracking: calls, forms, Google Analytics & Search Console
Job 003Live in 2 to 3 weeks

Local SEO Build

$5,000+ GST
Rank in every town you work

For trades ready to own Google across their whole area.

  • Everything in the Full Kit
  • Google Business Profile set up & tuned
  • A page for each core service (up to 6)
  • A page for each town you cover (up to 8)
  • Keyword research for your trade & area
  • Schema on every page, internal linking
  • Listed on 10 Aussie business directories

Questions from civil contractors

My work comes from tenders and repeat clients. Why do I need a website?

Because the people assessing your tender will look you up. A site that shows your fleet, your past projects and how long you've been operating backs up the paperwork and makes you look like the safe pick. It also catches the smaller private jobs that never go to tender.

Yes. We write up each machine with the details hirers care about, like capacity, payload or reach, so they can tell whether it suits the job before they call. It cuts the back and forth, and the enquiries that do come in are easier to book.

Put the essentials up front: your insurances, licences and tickets, and your safety procedures if you have them documented. Civil clients often need those boxes ticked before they can engage you, and seeing them on the site moves you further up the shortlist.

Usually one site with a clear section for each service. Someone after vacuum excavation isn't looking for tipper hire, so each service needs explaining on its own terms. The Full Kit lays them out on one Services page, and the Local SEO Build gives up to 6 core services a page each.

You do. Both are registered to your business, along with the website itself. There's no lock-in, so if you change providers down the track you keep the lot.

Yes. The One-Pager at $1,000 + GST is live in 5 days and suits a hire business that mainly needs the fleet, the area and a phone number in front of people. If you want Google bringing in work across several services and towns, The Full Kit or the Local SEO Build is the better fit.

Google reviews

What our clients say

The Tradie Agency is run by The Design Space, our studio in Ballina. Clients rate us 5.0 stars from 40 reviews on Google.

5 out of 5 stars

Working with Ben and his team at The Design Space to build our website has been stress-free and enjoyable. … We received our first enquiry the first week it went live and couldn't be happier!

Undercover Safari TentsTent hireGoogle review
5 out of 5 stars

Ben's skill, attention to detail, and customer service is amazing, he always exceeds our expectations. We highly recommend them to anyone looking for quality design work with excellent attention to detail.

Annie RogersGeneral Manager, Aurora Suspended FiresGoogle review
5 out of 5 stars

Ben and the team at The Design Space are the best I have ever worked with. They are super responsive and create high quality websites and marketing strategies. They are so easy to deal with. 10/10 would recommend.

Sara HayesHayes Business SupportGoogle review

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