UNSPSC 81101522: Earthworks engineering

Earthworks are land grading to reconfigure the topography of a site, or to stabilize slopes. Includes roads, railway beds, causeways, dams, levees, canals, and berms.

UNSPSC 81101522 Earthworks engineering is a Commodity code that encompasses professional planning, design, and engineering services for site development, infrastructure improvements, and land preparation work that state and local governments solicit on an ongoing basis. The code spans park planning and design, utility facility planning, mixed-use development master planning, traffic interchange and arterial roadway design, land development code updates, comprehensive planning, watershed and stormwater infrastructure assessment, and site feasibility studies. State and local issuing bodies—cities, counties, water districts, transit authorities, and special-purpose districts—use the code to procure both standalone engineering analysis and integrated design-build master planning services where engineering and planning disciplines are bundled. Recent solicitations show widespread activity across planning agencies (parks departments, transportation departments, community development offices) and utility providers (water authorities, wastewater systems), with selection typically through qualifications-based RFQ or RFP processes that emphasize technical expertise, past performance, and project approach rather than lowest price.

Geographic spread spans Florida, California, Arizona, Texas, Connecticut, Georgia, Oregon, and Colorado, with particularly dense recent activity in Florida (multiple park and utility planning projects), California (operated equipment and infrastructure studies), and Arizona (master development and interchange projects). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Casselberry, Florida SOQ for Park Planning and Design (posted October 19, 2026, qualifications due June 12, 2018), the Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach, Florida RFP 15-26 for Western Utility Complex planning and entitlement (posted October 19, 2026, proposals due July 16, 2026), the City of Kingman, Arizona RFQ 2026-RFQ-019 for Kingman Crossing Traffic Interchange Master Development (posted October 9, 2026, qualifications due November 19, 2026), and California Department of Transportation IFB #10A2959 for operated equipment rental in multiple counties (posted October 14, 2026, bids due October 29, 2026). The code shows consistent pipeline activity with multiple open opportunities across planning horizons, though many solicitations cluster in the engineering-services and asset-planning rather than earthmoving-contractor categories, reflecting how state and local procurement offices tag professional services work under the earthworks engineering commodity classification.