Who we work for
Municipal directional drilling in Georgia
For cities, counties, authorities and the engineers who design for them: crossings under live streets, state routes, rail and rivers, done to the plan and the permit.
Crossings for public works
A municipal utility project in Georgia is open cut until it reaches the state route, the railroad, the river or the downtown block that cannot be dug. Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. takes those crossings: directional bores for water mains, force mains, gas and conduit; auger-bored casings on grade for gravity sewer and rail; signal and fiber conduit under intersections for traffic and broadband programs.
Public owners
- City and county water and sewer departments and authorities.
- Public works and transportation departments: signal interconnect, ITS and street lighting.
- Municipal electric and gas systems.
- County broadband initiatives and the EMCs building them.
- School districts, housing authorities and airport authorities.
- GDOT and the engineering firms on its projects.
Bidding and documentation
Unit-price and lump-sum bids to the plan sheets, bonding where required, bore plans and profiles for the permit, daily footage and depth reports, and as-builts at closeout. Georgia 811, traffic control and railroad coordination are built into the schedule.
Ground and permits
Georgia is three different drilling states stacked on top of each other. North of the Fall Line, which runs roughly Columbus to Macon to Augusta, the Piedmont puts red clay over saprolite over granite and gneiss, and the rock can sit a few feet down or forty. South of that line the Coastal Plain is sand, clay and marl with a high water table and almost no rock. In the northwest corner the ridges are limestone and shale, with the caves to prove it. The bit, the fluid and the production rate all change with the region, which is why the first question on any estimate is the address. Right-of-way permits come from whoever owns the road: GDOT for state routes and interstates through its seven districts, the county public works department for county roads, the city for city streets, Norfolk Southern and CSX for rail crossings, the Corps of Engineers and Georgia EPD where a bore passes under a navigable river or a protected wetland, and the airport or base authority on federal ground. Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. prepares the bore plan the permit asks for and files it.
Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. is headquartered in Powder Springs, west of Atlanta, and runs the whole state. Metro Atlanta and the counties around it are home range with no mobilization fee; Columbus, Macon, Augusta, Savannah, Albany, Valdosta and everywhere between are a quoted mobilization and a crew that has already been there. Being the drilling company that actually picks up the phone and shows up is most of why the company works across Georgia. Davis Underground Solutions has the equipment list and project history. Estimates are free. Call now: (678) 264-3333.
Estimates are free. Call now: (678) 264-3333.
Services for municipal work in Georgia
Directional Drilling
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
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
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
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
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
PVC and HDPE electrical conduit bored under pavement for primary feeds, secondary services, site lighting and EV charging circuits.
Underground Conduit Drilling
Single ducts and multi-duct bundles pulled through one reamed bore: communications, power, controls and spares placed together under the obstacle.
Structured Cable Drilling
Conduit between buildings for structured cabling, campus networks, security and controls, bored under courtyards, drives and parking rather than cut across them.
Utility Drilling
Utility drilling for water, sewer, gas, power and telecom owners: permitted road crossings, mains under live streets, services to the meter.
Communications Drilling
Communications conduit and cable placed by directional drill: telecom, cable TV, cell-site backhaul and private networks, under roads and lots.
Missile Boring
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
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
New water services and mains, sewer force mains and laterals, and storm drains installed under roads, driveways and yards without trenching them open.
Other customers
- Residential directional drilling in Georgia — Homes, driveways and yards: service lines and sleeves without tearing up the property.
- Commercial directional drilling in Georgia — Site utilities, parking-lot crossings and duct banks for shopping centers, offices and restaurants.
- Industrial directional drilling in Georgia — Plants, distribution centers and industrial parks: large-diameter crossings and process utilities.
Questions from municipal customers
Do you bid public work directly?+
Yes, and as a subcontractor to the utility contractor holding the project.
Bonding?+
Available where the contract requires it.
Can you provide a bore profile for the permit?+
Yes. A plan and profile to the permit's requirements is part of the scope.
Traffic control?+
To the GDOT or local standard, included in the bore schedule.
How do I get a quote?+
Send the plan sheets through the form or call (678) 264-3333. Estimates are free.