Underground Departments
- Sewer and Wastewater – Including Septic Installation/Septic Construction
- Storm Drain
- Electric Vehicle Charging
- Civil Construction
- Fusion
Project Details
Site Survey
- Utility mark and locate services using GPR and electromagnetic transmitter tools.
- Project layout, Topography Survey, control points, and elevations
Utility Design and Engineering
- Utility potholing and daylighting
- Bore design, engineering, and feasibility: rig size, tooling, product pipe considerations
- Plan and profile creation
- Soil sampling and profiling, rock testing for hardness and abrasiveness
- Civil PE services
- Permitting
Horizontal Directional Drilling
- Rock bores
- Street crossings
- Large diameter / long distance
- On-Grade sewer bores
- Services and mainline
- Slip lining or bursting with HDD
- River and creek crossings
- Under buildings and structures, dams, etc.
- Difficult access
- Environmentally sensitive areas
Hydro-Vac
- Utility discovery and locate confirmation: pothole, top half, daylight
- Mass soft excavation: pipeline tie-in bell hole
- Soft trenching in areas congested with utilities when traditional means are not feasible
- Power pole foundations
Excavation
- Bell Holes and Bore Pits to support HDD operations
- Shoring deep excavations
- Saw cutting concrete and asphalt, break and haul off
- Joint trench
Renewable Energy Infastructure
- Vaults and duct runs
- Foundation excavation
- Cast-in-place flagpole setup and pour
Power
- Primary and secondary duct runs and duct banks
- Vault installation: #5,6,7
- Overhead to Underground conversions
- Service, distribution, transmission
- Emergency services
Gas
- Service, distribution, transmission/mainline
- New construction and replacement
- Fusion: Butt, Electro-fusion, saddle, socket. PGE approved
- Bell holes and shoring
- Trenching, bedding, backfill, and compaction
- Restoration
- In-house traffic control
Telecommunications
- Fiber-optic pipeline
- Handhole and pull box installation
Water
- Water main and service installation
- Fire hydrants
- Shutoff Valves, backflow prevention, check valves
Sewer and Wastewater
- On-grade sewer bores. Slope capabilities as low as 2% fall using HDD.
- Accuracy within 1/10 of a percent.
- Manhole construction.
- STEP septic / sanitary sewer hybrid systems
- Force main sewer
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Septic Installation
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Septic Construction
Storm Drain
- Rain Inlets and mainline
Electric Vehicle Charging
- Primary and secondary ducts
- Vaults and pads
- Civil
Civil Construction
- Flatwork and pads for switchgear, transformers, generators
- Piers
Fusion
- Certified fusion technicians up to 18″ diameter pipe
- Gas, water, sewer
- Pipe testing services
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