earthmoving

adjective

for use in grading/digging/ground-shaping operations
of great significance

Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-der. Proto-Germanic *erþō Proto-West Germanic *erþu Old English eorþe Middle English erthe English earth Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English moving English earthmoving From earth + moving.

Designed to move large quantities of earth or rubble for civil engineering or building purposes.
Of great significance.

noun

The removal of large quantities of soil, e.g. from a construction site.
“Work was started in January, 1958 and involved considerable earth-moving, as a cutting about 25ft deep was needed to give rail access to a newly acquired site to the north of the station.”