From the Roubidoux Creek bottoms and the bluffs above town to the wooded acreage near Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville is classic hilly Ozark country — the kind of ground where grading, drainage and retaining walls make or break a project. MB General Contracting brings the equipment and the local know-how to build it right.
Waynesville is the seat of Pulaski County and one of the older towns on this stretch of Route 66, home to the historic Old Stagecoach Stop downtown and built along the Roubidoux Creek and its spring. MB General Contracting is based just up the I-44 corridor in St. James, so the Waynesville area is a short, familiar drive for us — close enough to come out, walk your property in person, and give you a free estimate without charging you for the trip.
We work for homeowners, landowners, farmers and builders throughout the area, from in-town lots near downtown Waynesville to acreage tracts and long private drives out in the hills. Because so much of Pulaski County sits on slope, near a creek, or backs up to timber, the projects we see most here revolve around moving water, holding back grade, and getting solid access in and out — exactly the site work an owner-operated crew with dozers, excavators and a forestry mulcher is built for.
The ground around Waynesville is genuine Ozark plateau — rolling to steep, with rock bluffs, chert and shallow bedrock on the ridges and rich, low bottoms along the Roubidoux and its feeder branches. That combination is beautiful to live on and tricky to build on. Water runs fast off the hillsides and collects in the low spots, and rock can turn up a foot down when you least expect it. On the flip side, the creek bottoms near the Roubidoux and the Big Piney sit low enough that drainage and proper grade become the whole ballgame.
Waynesville also sits right next to Fort Leonard Wood, and along with neighboring St. Robert the area keeps growing with new homes and military families settling in. Whether you're prepping a fresh building pad on a hillside lot, cutting a driveway up a grade, or fixing a yard that floods every spring, we plan the work around how water and rock actually behave on your specific piece of ground.
One local crew for the whole job — site work, dirt, drainage and concrete, all done in-house.
Building pads, footings, pond and basement digs on Waynesville's rocky, sloped lots — we bring the excavators and dozers to cut into hillside ground and set a level, stable base. Learn more →
Much of the county is wooded, so our forestry mulcher and equipment clear timber, brush and fencerows to open up acreage, build sites and long drives around Waynesville. Learn more →
Long drives up Ozark grades wash out fast without the right crown and rock. We cut, shape, rock and grade Waynesville driveways so they shed water and hold up. Learn more →
On this terrain, water off the hills and near the Roubidoux has to go somewhere. We install swales, culverts, French drains and grading that keep it away from your home. Learn more →
Steep Waynesville lots often need a wall to make ground usable and stop erosion. We build retaining walls that hold back slope and create level yard, drive or patio space. Learn more →
We pour our concrete in-house — driveways, slabs, footings, sidewalks and patios — with the base prep the Ozark ground demands so it doesn't crack and settle. Learn more →
Trenching and waterline work for Waynesville-area homes and acreage, run to the meter or between buildings and backfilled clean, even through rocky ground. Learn more →
When you need a line under a driveway, road or creek crossing without tearing it up, we bore it in — handy on established Waynesville properties. Learn more →
We own our dozers, excavators, skid steers and forestry mulcher, so we're set up for the rock, slope and timber that define Pulaski County. No waiting on rented machines to cut a hillside pad or grade a washed-out drive.
MB is owner-operated by Matthew Buhlinger, with 15+ years of site work in this part of Missouri. You deal with the person doing the work — from the free on-site estimate to clearing, grading, drainage and the finished concrete.
Yes. Waynesville and Pulaski County are a regular part of our service area — a short drive west along the I-44 corridor from our St. James base. We come out for a free, in-person estimate and handle projects across the Waynesville and St. Robert area.
That's the norm around Waynesville, and it's what our equipment is made for. We use dozers and excavators to cut into hillside and rocky ground, then set a stable, level base for a building pad, driveway or slab. On slopes we'll also talk through whether a retaining wall makes the space more usable.
On Waynesville's terrain, water coming off the hills or backing up near the Roubidoux has to be given somewhere to go. We look at your grade and install the right mix of regrading, swales, culverts or French drains so runoff moves away from your home and driveway instead of sitting in the low spots. See our drainage page for how we approach it.
Yes — washouts on Ozark grades usually come down to crown, rock and drainage. We reshape the drive with the right crown, add and compact proper base rock, and cut ditches or culverts so water sheds off instead of running down the middle. More on our driveway grading page.
We do. A lot of the ground around Waynesville is timber and brush. Our forestry mulcher and equipment open up building sites, pastures, trails, fencerows and long driveways. Details on the land clearing page.
We pour it ourselves. MB does concrete in-house — driveways, slabs, footings, sidewalks and patios — so the same crew that preps the ground also handles the flatwork, with the base prep this soil needs. See the concrete page for more.
Free, in-person estimates on excavating, drainage, driveways and concrete across the Pulaski County area.
