Directional Drilling · Georgia
Directional Drilling in Columbus, GA
A drilling crew's work in Columbus is the line that has to cross something it cannot cut: a state route, a railroad, a driveway, a creek with a buffer, a lot full of cars. A pit at each end, a steered bore between them, and the pipe or conduit is pulled back with the surface untouched.
Serving Columbus · Georgia
Davis Underground Solutions, Inc.
Directional drilling and every other boring method, with locates, bore plan and permits handled. More about Davis Underground Solutions →
Directional Drilling in Columbus: what gets installed
Horizontal directional drilling (HDD): a steered bore between two small pits that puts conduit, pipe and cable under roads, driveways, parking lots and landscaping with no open trench.
Columbus is the other Fall Line city: rock under the uptown bluffs, sand toward the Chattahoochee, Fort Moore on the south side, and a riverwalk and old mill district where every street hides a century of pipe.
How a bore in Columbus is done
On a typical Columbus job the crew sets an entry pit on one side of the obstruction and an exit pit on the other, confirms the 811 marks, potholes every crossing utility, and drills the pilot bore with a walkover locator reading the head at every rod. The hole is reamed, the line is pulled in, the drilling fluid is recovered with a vac truck, and the pits are restored the same day on most small jobs.
Hiring a directional drilling contractor in Columbus
Ask any contractor quoting Columbus work whether the rig, the crew and the locating gear are their own, who files the 811 ticket and the right-of-way permit, and whether the estimate is free. Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. answers yes to all three, is based in Powder Springs, and drills every county in Georgia with any mobilization quoted up front.
The full write-up for the state is on the directional drilling page for Georgia.
Estimates are free. Call now: (678) 264-3333.
Questions about directional drilling in Columbus
How far can one directional bore go?+
Several hundred feet is routine for the mid-size rigs; longer and larger river or highway crossings are engineered shot by shot. The run is split at the pits where the product and the ground call for it.
How far can one directional bore go?+
Several hundred feet is routine for the mid-size rigs; longer and larger river or highway crossings are engineered shot by shot. The run is split at the pits where the product and the ground call for it.
Is there a mobilization fee for Columbus?+
Metro Atlanta is home range with none; elsewhere in Georgia a mobilization is quoted on the estimate so there are no surprises.
Other drilling and boring services in Columbus
Horizontal Drilling Columbus
Horizontal drilling for any line that has to cross something it cannot cut through: a street, a slab, a canal, a stand of trees. Entry pit, exit pit, nothing opened in between.
Directional Boring Columbus
Directional boring is the small-rig end of HDD: short, shallow bores for service lines, sleeves and conduit on residential and light-commercial lots.
Underground Drilling Columbus
Underground drilling for new utilities where the surface is spoken for: tracked, steered bores placed under whatever is already built on top.
Fiber Optic Cable Drilling Columbus
Fiber duct and drop conduit installed by directional drill for carriers, co-ops, campuses and developments: long shots along the right-of-way, short shots to the building.
Electrical Conduit Drilling Columbus
PVC and HDPE electrical conduit bored under pavement for primary feeds, secondary services, site lighting and EV charging circuits.
Underground Conduit Drilling Columbus
Single ducts and multi-duct bundles pulled through one reamed bore: communications, power, controls and spares placed together under the obstacle.
Structured Cable Drilling Columbus
Conduit between buildings for structured cabling, campus networks, security and controls, bored under courtyards, drives and parking rather than cut across them.
Utility Drilling Columbus
Utility drilling for water, sewer, gas, power and telecom owners: permitted road crossings, mains under live streets, services to the meter.
Communications Drilling Columbus
Communications conduit and cable placed by directional drill: telecom, cable TV, cell-site backhaul and private networks, under roads and lots.
Missile Boring Columbus
Missile boring (pneumatic piercing) drives a steel mole through the soil for short, straight, shallow runs under a driveway or sidewalk: the quickest way to sleeve a lawn or a walk.
Auger Boring and Drilling Columbus
Cased auger bores for road, highway and railroad crossings and for gravity sewer that has to hold an exact grade: a straight steel casing jacked from a pit.
Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Columbus
New water services and mains, sewer force mains and laterals, and storm drains installed under roads, driveways and yards without trenching them open.
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