Cecco Construction provides engineered stormwater drainage solutions for homeowners, builders, property managers, and commercial clients throughout Northern Virginia. With 26 years in the construction business, Cecco Construction brings a practical field-tested approach to drainage, grading, excavation, concrete, foundations, waterproofing, retaining walls, driveways, patios, additions, and site improvements.As a Class A contractor with RBC and CBC classifications, Cecco Construction is positioned to handle both residential and commercial drainage-related construction. We understand that stormwater is not just a landscaping problem. It is a construction issue, a grading issue, a soil issue, a foundation issue, a permitting issue, and sometimes an engineering issue.Northern Virginia properties are becoming more complex. New homes, additions, detached garages, larger driveways, patios, retaining walls, basement walkouts, commercial slabs, loading areas, and expanded impervious surfaces all change how water moves across a site. A proper stormwater drainage solution must control that water before it damages the structure, creates erosion, overloads the soil, or causes problems for neighboring properties.Cecco Construction approaches drainage from the full construction picture. We look at the building, the grade, the soil, the foundation, the roofline, the downspouts, the hardscapes, the existing drainage path, the county requirements, and the long-term performance of the system.
Cecco Construction installs stormwater catch basin and junction box systems throughout Northern Virginia for residential, commercial, and light industrial properties. These systems are designed to collect, control, and redirect stormwater runoff before it damages foundations, basements, driveways, retaining walls, patios, parking areas, or landscaped yards. In Northern Virginia, drainage problems are often made worse by heavy rain, tight lot lines, clay soils, compacted fill, poor grading, and other problematic soil conditions that do not allow water to drain properly.A catch basin is the collection point where surface water enters the drainage system. It is commonly installed in a low area of a yard, driveway, parking lot, patio, or commercial site where runoff naturally flows. The basin includes a grate at the surface and a box below grade that allows water to drop in while helping separate leaves, sediment, gravel, and debris before the water enters the storm pipe.From there, the water is directed into underground drainage pipe and routed to a junction box. A junction box is a drainage structure that connects multiple storm pipes together. It allows water from different areas of the property to be combined, redirected, split, or carried to an approved discharge point. On larger Northern Virginia properties, multiple catch basins may feed into one junction box before the water moves through a larger storm drain line. Problematic soils are a major reason these systems must be designed and installed correctly. Clay-heavy soils can hold water against foundations, expand and shrink with moisture changes, create soft areas under hardscapes, and increase pressure behind retaining walls. Poorly compacted fill can settle over time, causing drainage pipes, patios, driveways, and yard areas to shift out of pitch. When this happens, water may stop flowing properly and begin ponding in low areas.Cecco Construction evaluates site grading, roof runoff, soil conditions, existing drainage, pipe slope, outlet locations, and county requirements before construction begins. A properly installed stormwater catch basin and junction box system helps reduce standing water, erosion, settlement, basement leaks, retaining wall pressure, and long-term property damage. For homeowners, builders, and commercial property owners in Northern Virginia, Cecco Construction provides practical, engineered drainage solutions built to move water safely and efficiently.
Cecco Construction provides stormwater drainage solutions for new homes, home additions, retaining walls, and developed properties throughout Northern Virginia. These systems are required because construction changes the way water moves across the land. Before a site is developed, rainwater can absorb into wooded areas, open soil, and natural ground cover. After construction, roofs, driveways, patios, sidewalks, garages, additions, and compacted yards create impervious surfaces that force stormwater to run off the property faster and in greater volume.This is especially important on new homes and additions because added roof area and hardscape can increase the amount of water being discharged onto the lot. If that water is not collected, slowed down, redirected, or discharged properly, it can cause basement leaks, foundation pressure, erosion, yard ponding, driveway washout, and drainage problems on neighboring properties.Retaining walls also require careful stormwater planning. When water builds up behind a wall, it creates hydrostatic pressure that can push against the wall and lead to cracking, movement, leaning, settlement, or failure. Proper retaining wall drainage may include clean stone, filter fabric, perforated drain pipe, weep paths, outlet points, and grading designed to move water away from the wall.In Northern Virginia, problematic soils make stormwater control even more important. Clay-heavy soils, compacted fill, poor grading, and expansive soil conditions can hold water, shift with moisture changes, and create soft areas under foundations, slabs, patios, and walls. These conditions can turn a small drainage issue into a long-term structural or water-intrusion problem.Virginia and Northern Virginia counties enforce stormwater management, erosion control, land disturbance, and Chesapeake Bay Preservation requirements to reduce flooding, control sediment, protect downstream properties, and prevent polluted runoff from reaching local streams, the Potomac River watershed, and the Chesapeake Bay. Cecco Construction builds stormwater systems that help protect the structure, the site, neighboring properties, and the environment.
Cecco Construction builds stormwater drainage systems in Northern Virginia using the right combination of catch basins, underground drain pipes, swales, junction boxes, gravel drainage zones, and approved discharge points. Every property is different, so the system has to be designed around the grade, soil conditions, roof runoff, driveway layout, retaining walls, and where the water can legally and safely leave the site.A catch basin is often used in low areas where water naturally collects. The basin captures surface runoff before it can pond in the yard, wash across a driveway, enter a basement stairwell, or push against a foundation. From there, the water is carried through underground drainage pipe toward a junction box, daylight outlet, storm structure, swale, or other approved discharge location.Swales are also an important part of many stormwater systems. A swale is a shaped drainage path that moves water across the land without relying entirely on pipe. When properly graded, a swale can help slow water down, reduce erosion, and guide runoff away from structures, retaining walls, and neighboring properties.In areas with problematic soils, clay, compacted fill, or poor drainage, these systems must be installed with proper slope, bedding, backfill, and compaction. If the pipe is too flat, undersized, crushed, or installed without a reliable outlet, the system may back up during heavy rain.Cecco Construction evaluates each site before construction begins and builds stormwater systems that are practical, serviceable, and designed to move water safely. The goal is not just to bury pipe in the ground. The goal is to control runoff, protect the structure, reduce erosion, and keep the property functioning correctly during Northern Virginia rain events.
Cecco Construction is not just installing pipe in the ground. We look at stormwater drainage as a complete construction system that has to work with the structure, the soil, the grade, the retaining walls, the foundation, and the final discharge point. With 26 years in the construction business, Cecco Construction brings real field experience to stormwater drainage projects throughout Northern Virginia.Many drainage problems involve more than one trade. A wet yard may also involve poor grading, failed downspouts, compacted clay soil, a retaining wall without proper drainage, a driveway that is pitched incorrectly, or water collecting near the foundation. Because Cecco Construction understands excavation, concrete, foundations, retaining walls, hardscapes, grading, and waterproofing, we are able to look at the entire property instead of focusing on only one symptom.Cecco Construction also owns and works with the equipment needed to perform drainage work correctly. Proper stormwater construction may require excavation equipment, grading equipment, compaction equipment, concrete tools, drainage stone, pipe bedding, catch basins, junction boxes, and site restoration. Having the right equipment helps the job move efficiently and allows the drainage system to be installed with the proper slope, depth, support, and outlet location.For new homes, additions, retaining walls, patios, driveways, and commercial properties, stormwater systems need to be planned carefully. Cecco Construction provides practical, engineered stormwater solutions designed to move water safely, reduce erosion, protect foundations, control runoff, and help the property function correctly during Northern Virginia rain events.
