Drilling & boring
Missile boring in Georgia
The smallest tool on the truck: a pneumatic mole for a short, straight bore under a driveway or a walk when that is all the job needs.
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 →
What a missile bore is
A missile, or pneumatic piercing tool, is a compressed-air hammer that drives itself through the soil from a launch pit, compacting the ground around it and leaving a hole the size of the tool. It is not steered; it goes where it is aimed. For a short, straight, shallow crossing with nothing in the way, it is the fastest and least expensive way to get a small pipe or conduit under a driveway or a sidewalk in Georgia.
When it fits
- Service lines and sleeves up to a few inches under driveways, walks and small roads.
- Irrigation, lighting and dog-fence sleeves under patios and pavers.
- Gas and water services from the meter to the house across a lawn.
- Short conduit to a sign, a gate or a pole across a drive aisle.
When a steered bore is the better tool
Rock, which stops a missile cold; longer or deeper runs; anything that must miss a utility in the path; a run that needs a curve. Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. brings both the missile and the directional rig and uses the one the job calls for, which is why the estimate starts with the address and the ground.
Ground
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.
Who comes out
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. 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.
Fiber Optic Cable Drilling Georgia
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 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.
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 missile boring in Georgia
How far can a missile bore go?+
Short runs, typically a driveway or a two-lane road; longer runs go to the directional rig.
What size pipe?+
Small services and sleeves, up to a few inches, depending on the tool.
Does it work in Georgia clay?+
Well in moist clay and sand; not in rock or dry hardpan, where a steered bore is used instead.
Is it accurate?+
For a short straight shot, yes; it cannot steer, so a utility in the path means a different method.
Estimate?+
Free. Call (678) 264-3333 or send the run through the form.
Missile Boring 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.
- Missile Boring Atlanta
- Missile Boring Augusta
- Missile Boring Columbus
- Missile Boring Macon
- Missile Boring Savannah
- Missile Boring Athens
- Missile Boring Sandy Springs
- Missile Boring Roswell
- Missile Boring Johns Creek
- Missile Boring Albany
- Missile Boring Warner Robins
- Missile Boring Alpharetta
- Missile Boring Marietta
- Missile Boring Valdosta
- Missile Boring Smyrna
- Missile Boring Dunwoody
- Missile Boring Rome
- Missile Boring Gainesville
- Missile Boring Peachtree City
- Missile Boring Dalton
- Missile Boring Statesboro
- Missile Boring Brunswick
- Missile Boring Lawrenceville
- Missile Boring Kennesaw