Underground Drilling · Georgia
Underground Drilling in Rome, GA
New fiber, power, water, sewer and gas lines reach buildings in Rome 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 Rome · Georgia
Davis Underground Solutions, Inc.
Underground drilling and every other boring method, with locates, bore plan and permits handled. More about Davis Underground Solutions →
Underground Drilling in Rome: what gets installed
Underground drilling for new utilities where the surface is spoken for: tracked, steered bores placed under whatever is already built on top.
Rome is the northwest corner's ridge-and-valley country: limestone and shale instead of granite, three rivers to cross, and a downtown and mill district with old pipe under every street.
How a bore in Rome is done
On a typical Rome 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 underground drilling contractor in Rome
Ask any contractor quoting Rome 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 underground drilling page for Georgia.
Estimates are free. Call now: (678) 264-3333.
Questions about underground drilling in Rome
How is the bore kept from hitting a buried utility?+
Georgia 811 locates, potholing at every crossing, and a tracked pilot bore that is steered around what the plan shows.
How is the bore kept from hitting a buried utility?+
Georgia 811 locates, potholing at every crossing, and a tracked pilot bore that is steered around what the plan shows.
How soon can a crew be in Rome?+
Metro Atlanta within days; the rest of the state is scheduled with the mobilization and the permit lead time.
Other drilling and boring services in Rome
Directional Drilling Rome
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 Rome
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 Rome
Directional boring is the small-rig end of HDD: short, shallow bores for service lines, sleeves and conduit on residential and light-commercial lots.
Fiber Optic Cable Drilling Rome
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 Rome
PVC and HDPE electrical conduit bored under pavement for primary feeds, secondary services, site lighting and EV charging circuits.
Underground Conduit Drilling Rome
Single ducts and multi-duct bundles pulled through one reamed bore: communications, power, controls and spares placed together under the obstacle.
Structured Cable Drilling Rome
Conduit between buildings for structured cabling, campus networks, security and controls, bored under courtyards, drives and parking rather than cut across them.
Utility Drilling Rome
Utility drilling for water, sewer, gas, power and telecom owners: permitted road crossings, mains under live streets, services to the meter.
Communications Drilling Rome
Communications conduit and cable placed by directional drill: telecom, cable TV, cell-site backhaul and private networks, under roads and lots.
Missile Boring Rome
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 Rome
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 Rome
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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