Updated: May 12, 2026
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Address
1800 Valley Wood Rd, Arlington, VA, 22207
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Rock Hard Excavating
Rock Hard Excavating, 1800 Valley Wood Rd, Arlington, VA (Owned by: Susan D & William G Sheets) holds a Highway / Heavy (H/H) license and 2 other licenses according to the Virginia license board.
Their BuildZoom score of 103 ranks in the top 10% of 131,387 Virginia licensed contractors.
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Rock Hard Excavating Services
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Excavation and Grading
Other Site Work
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Sea Walls
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Retail New Construction
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Rock Hard Excavating Contact Information
Phone Number: (703) 304-1042
Address: 1800 Valley Wood Rd, Arlington, VA 22207
Rock Hard Excavating Arlington
Quality
103
90th percentile
Pro tip:
We generally recommend hiring a contractor with a score higher than 95.
Rock Hard Excavating has a BuildZoom score of 103, which places them above 90% of 131,387 contractors in Virginia.
Activity
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8 projects
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2025 |
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5 projects
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2024 |
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7 projects
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2023 |
Our building permit records indicate that Rock Hard Excavating has worked on at least
20.0 projects over the past 3 years.
This is an overview of this contractor's activity. Click here to access our complete licensing and building permit database.
This is an overview of this contractor's activity. Click here to access our complete licensing and building permit database.
Experience
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3 projects
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Commercial Renovations |
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4 projects
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Excavation and grading projects |
Analyzing permits over the last 4 years shows that Rock Hard Excavating mostly works on
excavation and grading project
and commercial renovation
projects.
Pricing
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9 projects
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< $5k |
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1 project
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$5k-$20k |
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For more details about their pricing, check out their recent activity to see how much they have charged for different types of work.
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Date: change to - 5/22/2025 to 5/30/2025 date: change to - 5/19/2025 to 5/21/2025 date: 05/14 - 05/16/2025 dumpster) time: 8:00am - 5:00pm - all times place a dumpster in front of 616 to load debris from 612 s. lee street. replacing windows roofing and siding. slw2024-00071
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
TES2025-00340
Status:
issued
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Sidewalk closure on 100blk of n west st work will be at 125 n west st property to cut and cap existing lateral at the property line associated with dsup2024-10004 **sanitary lateral will be capped at the main and abandoned in a later date under a different permit** **reserved parking under separate permit** job date: 01/20/2025 - 01/27/2025 refer to conditions and mot (maintenance of ... see more
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
EXC2025-00015
Status:
issued
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Lane and sidewalk closures on 200blk of s union st and 100blk of duke st to remove existing sidewalk and curb and gutter and followed by final restoration. 12/11/2024 - 01/13/2025 extended to: 02/14/2025 m - f: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm associated permit: dsup2021-10012 * m - f -- no work permitted during week of holidays * ** reserve parking under separate permit(s) ** refer to conditions an... see more
Valuation:
$0
Permit #:
EXC2024-01164
Status:
issued
Fee:
$0
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Sidewalk closure and temporary fence on: 1. 200blk of s union st; between prince st and duke st 2. 100blk of duke st; between lee st and s union st for installation/placing of bricks on sidewalk associated with dsp2022-10012 job date: 12/09/2024 - 01/09/2025 --------- job time: 7:00am - 5:00pm refer to conditions and mot (maintenance of traffic) prior job work
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
TES2024-00935
Status:
withdrawn
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
**grd2022-00049** hauling of dirt from jobsite: jobsite to left onto gibbon st to left onto south of route 1 to i-495 to exit city limits to jobsite: i-495 to north of route 1 to right onto franklin st to left onto s lee st to jobsite job date: 05/17/2024 - 06/17/2024 ----- time: 7:00am - 5:00pm refer to conditions prior hauling
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
TES2024-00371
Status:
issued
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
***this is a extension of permit pkg2024-01251*** the same work has taken longer than anticipated. installation of storm pipe in the north parking lane of duke street. please keep parking sign at the same location
Valuation:
$0
Permit #:
PKG2024-01576
Status:
issued
Fee:
$0
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
**grd2022-00049** hauling of construction debris and dirt hauling route: from jobsite: jobsite to left onto gibbon st to left onto south of route 1 to i-495 to exit city limits to jobsite: i-495 to north of route 1 to right onto franklin st to left onto s lee st to jobsite refer to conditions prior hauling
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
TES2024-00032
Status:
issued
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Barricade sidewalk on duke street and s. union street during demolition of existing building per dsup2021-10012. machine will enter the building from existing s union st apron. rear alley is private. **sidewalk will be open for pedestrian after work hours** job date: 11/29/2023 - 12/29/2023 refer to conditions and mot (maintenance of traffic) prior job work
Valuation:
$0
Permit #:
TES2023-01094
Status:
issued
Fee:
$0
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Building Permit
1847 Patton Te, Mc Lean, VA
2021-08-03
Construction of new 2 story single family dwelling with finished basement with bedroom and areaway. 2 car side load garage. covered front porch 1st extension granted 06/02/2021 sad
Valuation:
$500,000
Permit #:
212070129
Status:
approved
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
Single family dwe...
Replaces permit 191550167 change of contractor//cancel and replace 172580195 for change of owner building a custom single family dwelling with a four car garage finished basement with a bedroom wetbar no second kitchen elevator shaft front portico covered entry mudroom rear screened porch terrace 2nd level balcony at guest bedroom covered balcony at master bedroom per plans amend to ... see more
Valuation:
$350,000
Permit #:
200830101
Status:
final
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
Single family dwe...
Cap off existing sanitary lateral on private property in from of 125 n west st. dsup2024-10004
Valuation:
$500
Permit #:
PLM2025-00019
Status:
filed
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Hauling of construction debris and dirt hauling route: from jobsite: jobsite to left onto seminary rd to i-395 to jobsite: reverse order to enter city limits job date: 03/24/2023 - 04/24/2023 refer to conditions prior hauling
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
TES2023-00255
Status:
issued
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Construct new single family home with finished basement with bedroom screened porch on rear rear deck per building plans submitted
Valuation:
$350,000
Permit #:
210110181
Status:
issued
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
Single family dwe...
Construction debris and dirt 707 south view terrace to left turn onto w. view terrace to left turn onto king street wb to i-395 to exit the city. date: 3/13/2023 to 4/13/2023 -- time: 7am-5 pm (grd2022-00037)
Valuation:
$0
Permit #:
TES2023-00160
Status:
issued
Fee:
$0
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Construction of new 2 story single family dwelling with finished basement with bedroom and areaway. 2 car front load garage. covered front porch rear screened porch and open deck//sbt 5/2/19
Valuation:
$500,000
Permit #:
201360137
Status:
approved
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
Single family dwe...
Retaining wall in the parking lot at the south west corner of the new building site at 9400-9402 lorton market street. retaining wall erected with diamond pro retaining wall system
Valuation:
$12,750
Permit #:
222230052
Status:
filed
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
Restaurant/carry out
(05/20 - w exc2024-00499) installing storm in the north side of duke st parking lanes. no parking signs required for work in highlighted area parking tracker: 65733
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
PKG2024-01251
Status:
issued
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Reserved (2) spaces in front of 215 s union st on 06/17/2024 - 07/08/2024 from 9:00am - 3:00pm (exclude holidays and weekends) *exc2024-00549 dsup2021-10012*
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
PKG2024-01775
Status:
issued
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
Install 4 dip underground fire service line and associated fittings from public connection to 5 outside building
Valuation:
$5,000
Permit #:
220960025
Status:
issued
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
Restaurant/carry out
Email sent call - resubmit (see exc2024-00488 for comments) for installation of 2 storm structures and 60 of 15 rcp per plan dsup2021-10012 exc2024-00000000
Valuation:
N/A
Permit #:
PKG2024-01186
Status:
withdrawn
Fee:
N/A
Permit Type:
N/A
Building Type:
N/A
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Rock Hard Excavating License info
Verified License
| License # | 2705011641 |
| Status | Active |
| State | Virginia |
| Type | Highway / Heavy (H/H) |
- BuildZoom verified this license was active as of May 2026.
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Verified License
| License # | 2705058860 |
| Status | Active |
| State | Virginia |
| Type | Residential Building (Rbc), Commercial Building (Cbc), Highway / Heavy (H/H), Equipment / Machinery (Emc) |
- BuildZoom verified this license was active as of May 2026.
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Inactive License
| License # | 2701022663 |
| Status | Inactive |
| State | Virginia |
| Type | Building (Bld), Highway / Heavy (H/H) |
- According to the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, the status of this license was at one point cancelled. However, this information may have changed.
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103
BuildZoom Score
164
Permits
- Building permit records show that Rock Hard Excavating has worked on 164 permitted projects.
Rock Hard Excavating Employees
MS
Marie Shepard
SS
Susan D & William G Sheets
Owner