Anchor Bolt Excavating & Foundations, Inc.

Anchor Bolt Excavating & Foundations runs on Mike Barba's name. The Bellingham company was incorporated in November 2004 — 21 years — and the BBB lists it as a corporation with a single employee, filed under excavating contractors, carrying an A+ grade while not being BBB accredited. The strongest thing said about the company comes from the people who hire site contractors for a living. A recommendation posted on LinkedIn in July 2026 credits Barba with delivering a foundation, septic system, patio, driveway and pool structure on time and on budget, and says he worked through the past winter in conditions others would not while meeting every delivery date. Anchor Bolt also carries a standing recommendation on the trade directory thebluebook.com, where a poster says they would not use another site work contractor and would rather wait for him than switch. Those are unsolicited recommendations, not verified accounts, and they sit oddly beside the company's Google presence: a 3-star average across 3 ratings, none of them written out. Its BBB page shows no customer reviews either. So the enthusiasm comes from a couple of professional voices, while the only star ratings on file are middling and carry no explanation. For a homeowner, that adds up to a one-man site-work outfit with two decades in business and strong trade referrals, but very little public account of residential jobs. If you are planning a foundation, septic or full site package, ask Barba for recent addresses in your town and for the builders behind those recommendations, and get the schedule commitments — the thing he is praised for — written into the contract.