About Full Circle

Our Mission

Human harmony with the earth’s natural cycles and contours.

Our Vision

Environmentally responsible land, water, and ‘waste’ management.

Our Commitments

Customer Satisfaction.

Fair pricing & attention to detail.

We stand behind our work.

Full Circle provides sewerage and excavating services in the Gulf Islands and the District of Lillooet. Our sewerage services include designing and installing septic and greywater systems, as well as composting toilets that meet provincial and local regulatory guidelines.

We offer the full complement of excavating services. These include: site preparation, foundation excavations, perimeter drains, stormwater management, culverting, and rock walls. We are also passionate about terraforming, rewilding, and habitat restoration.

Full Circle is committed to making a positive impact on the environment and the community. We take pride in delivering high-quality, sustainable solutions tailored to the unique needs of our clients.

What sets us apart is our client care, holistic approach, attention to detail, and unwavering commitment to excellence. At Full Circle we strive to stand out as industry leaders, dedicated to working with our natural surroundings and community in good ways.

Mielle Chandler

Owner/Operator

One of the very few women excavating contractors, Mielle came to earthworks and the sewerage industry in a ‘roundabout’ way.

Her adult life began in art school, as a sculptor and single mother. Today she brings her eye for shape, love of natural materials, and dedication to leaving the world a better place to her earthwork.

Before coming to earthwork, Mielle taught Ecological Ethics and Social Justice at the university level — exploring earth and water socially, economically, politically, and philosophically.

A mid-life crisis led her away from the Ivory Tower and to the Southern Gulf Islands where an algae bloom caused by the failing septic systems around a beautiful pristine lake spawned Mielle’s interest in sewerage solutions.

She began researching septic systems in order to create an educational kiosk about watershed and lake health. This was followed by the acquisition of an excavator to install underground services on her woodland lot. Excavating jobs soon followed, and then training and apprenticing in the onsite ‘wastewater' industry. One thing led to another, and Full Circle was born.

Today Mielle has access to a full complement of small, medium, and large excavators to bring to the job.

Mielle brings to the job support and mentorship of excavator operators and contractors with decades of experience, high-level registered wastewater practitioners and educators, as well as engineers specializing in sewerage and civil works.

Dedicated to mentoring others, and especially to encouraging more women and non-binary folks to get into construction, she aims to bring on smart and energetic young apprentices.

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