Thanks guys.
I have inquired with neighbors and that may bear fruit, but still TBD. I also received a referral from an excavation contractor I called, who actually hired out his own pond builds to some guy. I'm planning to have him out to for a site visit in the coming weeks.
I've been doing some reading and gathered the "text book" way to construct a pond involves the application of certain steps/techniques that may not be applied by all. I suspect you can have a good pond built without implementing a core trench or using a sheepsfoot compactor, for example, but wouldn't doing it that way provide best odds of success? I'm looking for a professional, not someone who does it his way and it seems to work.
