Horizontal Drilling · Georgia
Horizontal Drilling in Athens, GA
New fiber, power, water, sewer and gas lines reach buildings in Athens underground, and the straight path from the main to the meter runs beneath something expensive almost every time. A directional bore puts the line under all of it from two small pits and leaves the pavement and the landscaping as they were.
Serving Athens · Georgia
Davis Underground Solutions, Inc.
Horizontal drilling and every other boring method, with locates, bore plan and permits handled. More about Davis Underground Solutions →
Horizontal Drilling in Athens: what gets installed
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.
Athens-Clarke County is Piedmont rock close to the surface in places, a university campus that never closes, and the Oconee crossings; Athens-Clarke Public Utilities and the University System are the usual owners.
How a bore in Athens is done
On a typical Athens 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 horizontal drilling contractor in Athens
Ask any contractor quoting Athens 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 horizontal drilling page for Georgia.
Estimates are free. Call now: (678) 264-3333.
Questions about horizontal drilling in Athens
Can the bore be done at night or on a weekend?+
Yes, and on roads with heavy daytime traffic that is often what the permit requires.
Can the bore be done at night or on a weekend?+
Yes, and on roads with heavy daytime traffic that is often what the permit requires.
Who files Georgia 811 for a bore in Athens?+
Davis Underground Solutions, Inc., before every bore, along with the right-of-way or railroad permit the crossing needs.
Other drilling and boring services in Athens
Directional Drilling Athens
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.
Directional Boring Athens
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 Athens
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 Athens
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 Athens
PVC and HDPE electrical conduit bored under pavement for primary feeds, secondary services, site lighting and EV charging circuits.
Underground Conduit Drilling Athens
Single ducts and multi-duct bundles pulled through one reamed bore: communications, power, controls and spares placed together under the obstacle.
Structured Cable Drilling Athens
Conduit between buildings for structured cabling, campus networks, security and controls, bored under courtyards, drives and parking rather than cut across them.
Utility Drilling Athens
Utility drilling for water, sewer, gas, power and telecom owners: permitted road crossings, mains under live streets, services to the meter.
Communications Drilling Athens
Communications conduit and cable placed by directional drill: telecom, cable TV, cell-site backhaul and private networks, under roads and lots.
Missile Boring Athens
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 Athens
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 Athens
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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