The land from which New Model Colony will rise is primarily dairy farms and pasture. Sukut will build the arterial highways on existing roads: Archibald, Hamner and Mill Creek which run north and south, and Riverside, Merrill and Belgrave, which run east and west.

A consortium of 26 developers including Lewis Properties, Brookfield Homes, Stratham Communities, Richland Communities and Meritage Homes will build on the property after Sukut readies it with the infrastucture work. The Santa Ana-based company's job involves clearing the path of the arterials; installing sewer, water, reclaimed water and storm water pipelines; adding conduits for gas, electric, fiber optic and cable utilities; and finishing with curbs, gutters, asphalt, street lights and traffic signals.

Sukut CEO Michael Crawford calls the New Model Colony job "enormous." He cites statistics showing that Sukut will be building six arterial roads totaling 13 miles, will excavate 900,000 cubic yards of dirt, will lay 240,000 lineal feet of water, sewer and storm pipe; install 532 street lights and 23 traffic signals.

Sukut, California's largest mass excavation and grading contractor, was founded almost 40 years ago. In addition to its Santa Ana headquarters, it operates offices in Oceanside, Los Angeles and Riverside.