Missile Boring · Georgia
Missile Boring in Savannah, GA
Owners, builders, utilities and public agencies in Savannah call a boring contractor because something has to go in the ground where the surface is spoken for. Directional drilling and auger boring place conduit, casing and pipe beneath streets, slabs, rail and water from pits a few feet square.
Serving Savannah · Georgia
Davis Underground Solutions, Inc.
Missile boring and every other boring method, with locates, bore plan and permits handled. More about Davis Underground Solutions →
Missile Boring in Savannah: what gets installed
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.
Savannah is sand, marsh and a water table a few feet down: pits need dewatering, the fluid does the work in the bore, and the port, the rail yards and the squares all have their own permits. Historic district streets are cased or bored, never cut.
How a bore in Savannah is done
A bore in Savannah is planned backward from the product: the bend the pipe can take, the cover the permit requires under the road or the water, and the ground along the path set the entry angle and the length. One or more reaming passes open the pilot hole; the pipe or conduit comes back on the last pass behind a swivel so it does not twist.
Hiring a missile boring contractor in Savannah
A good boring contractor in Savannah returns the call, walks the site, writes a firm number, and leaves the pits so you cannot find them a week later. That is the standard Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. works to across Georgia, with metro Atlanta as home range and the rest of the state a quoted drive away.
The full write-up for the state is on the missile boring page for Georgia.
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Questions about missile boring in Savannah
What size pipe?+
Small services and sleeves, up to a few inches, depending on the tool.
What size pipe?+
Small services and sleeves, up to a few inches, depending on the tool.
Is there a mobilization fee for Savannah?+
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 Savannah
Directional Drilling Savannah
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.
Horizontal Drilling Savannah
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 Savannah
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 Savannah
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 Savannah
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 Savannah
PVC and HDPE electrical conduit bored under pavement for primary feeds, secondary services, site lighting and EV charging circuits.
Underground Conduit Drilling Savannah
Single ducts and multi-duct bundles pulled through one reamed bore: communications, power, controls and spares placed together under the obstacle.
Structured Cable Drilling Savannah
Conduit between buildings for structured cabling, campus networks, security and controls, bored under courtyards, drives and parking rather than cut across them.
Utility Drilling Savannah
Utility drilling for water, sewer, gas, power and telecom owners: permitted road crossings, mains under live streets, services to the meter.
Communications Drilling Savannah
Communications conduit and cable placed by directional drill: telecom, cable TV, cell-site backhaul and private networks, under roads and lots.
Auger Boring and Drilling Savannah
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 Savannah
New water services and mains, sewer force mains and laterals, and storm drains installed under roads, driveways and yards without trenching them open.