Drilling & boring

Fiber optic cable drilling across Georgia

Georgia is being wired county by county. The conduit that carries the glass goes in by directional bore, and Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. has placed hundreds of miles of it.

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Serving all of Georgia

Davis Underground Solutions, Inc.

Directional drilling and boring across Georgia; locates, bore plan and utility coordination handled. More about Davis Underground Solutions →

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Conduit first, fiber second

Fiber is never pulled through raw ground; it rides in duct. A fiber build in Georgia is a long chain of directional bores: a pilot hole under each driveway, side street and creek, reamed and pulled with a single duct or a bundle of microducts, with handholes or vaults at the splice points. The crew that bores well, cleans up well and keeps pace with the splicers is the one the fiber contractors call back.

Fiber work in the state

Middle-mile and last-mile builds for electric membership cooperatives and rural telephone companies.
Carrier backbone along state routes and railroads, bored under every crossing.
Fiber-to-the-home distribution and drops in subdivisions and small towns.
Campus, hospital, school and data center duct banks.
Traffic signal interconnect and ITS conduit for GDOT and the cities.

Ground and crossings

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.

Working with the build

The crew bores to the engineer's stationing, reports footage and depth per shot, keeps the duct within bend radius, proofs and caps it, and leaves the splice points where the drawings put them. Mandrel and pull-tape on request. Davis Underground Solutions lists the rigs and the duct sizes the company runs. 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. Estimates are free. Call now: (678) 264-3333.

Estimates are free. Call now: (678) 264-3333.

Other drilling and boring services in Georgia

Directional Drilling Georgia

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 Georgia

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 Georgia

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 Georgia

Underground drilling for new utilities where the surface is spoken for: tracked, steered bores placed under whatever is already built on top.

Electrical Conduit Drilling Georgia

PVC and HDPE electrical conduit bored under pavement for primary feeds, secondary services, site lighting and EV charging circuits.

Underground Conduit Drilling Georgia

Single ducts and multi-duct bundles pulled through one reamed bore: communications, power, controls and spares placed together under the obstacle.

Structured Cable Drilling Georgia

Conduit between buildings for structured cabling, campus networks, security and controls, bored under courtyards, drives and parking rather than cut across them.

Utility Drilling Georgia

Utility drilling for water, sewer, gas, power and telecom owners: permitted road crossings, mains under live streets, services to the meter.

Communications Drilling Georgia

Communications conduit and cable placed by directional drill: telecom, cable TV, cell-site backhaul and private networks, under roads and lots.

Missile Boring Georgia

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 Georgia

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 Georgia

New water services and mains, sewer force mains and laterals, and storm drains installed under roads, driveways and yards without trenching them open.

Questions about fiber optic cable drilling in Georgia

What duct sizes and bundles can be pulled?+

Single 1.25-inch and 2-inch HDPE, multi-duct bundles and microduct packages; several ducts in one bore is routine.

How deep is fiber conduit bored?+

To the permit's cover under public roads, usually three to four feet, and deeper where other utilities or a railroad require it.

Production rate?+

Depends on the county: several hundred feet a day in Coastal Plain sand, less where Piedmont rock has to be drilled.

Do you proof the duct?+

Yes. Mandrel and pull-tape on request, ends capped and marked.

How do I get a bid on a fiber segment?+

Send the drawings or the stationing through the form, or call (678) 264-3333. Estimates are free.

Fiber Optic Cable Drilling by city in Georgia

Each community has its own page for this service. The crew, the method and the price are the same across the state; the page covers what is different about the ground and the permits there.