Contractors E&O Insurance for Excavation Professionals

When you're doing design-build work, providing grade recommendations, or specifying cut and fill volumes, your professional judgment is on the line. Contractors E&O (errors and omissions) protects you when those professional decisions result in claims.

When Do Excavation Contractors Need E&O?

Most excavation contractors think of E&O as something only engineers or architects need. But if you're doing any of the following, your GL policy won't protect you from professional liability claims: design-build grading work, site drainage design, cut and fill calculations, erosion control design, or recommending foundation prep methods.

When a foundation settles because your grading recommendation was wrong, or a drainage plan you provided causes flooding, the claim is a professional liability claim — not a GL claim. Without contractors E&O, you're personally responsible for those damages.

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