Drilling & boring

Underground conduit drilling in Georgia

Whatever the conduit will carry, it goes in the ground the same way: a steered bore and a pull-back, with the surface untouched.

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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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Any conduit, under anything

Conduit is the common product of the trade. Power, fiber, copper, controls, irrigation wiring and traffic signal cable all travel in it, and in Georgia it almost always has to pass beneath something on the way. Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. bores and pulls conduit from one inch to large diameter, single or bundled, PVC, HDPE or steel, and leaves it proofed, capped and marked at both pits.

Where conduit is bored in Georgia

Under state routes, county roads and city streets between poles, vaults and buildings.
Under parking lots, truck courts and aprons on commercial and industrial sites.
Under rail at plants, intermodal yards and the ports.
Under creeks, canals and wetlands where an open cut is not permitted.
Under runways and taxiways at the airports for lighting and navaid circuits.

Bundles and duct banks

A single reamed hole carries a bundle; several bores side by side at set spacing make a duct bank. Spacers hold the arrangement on the pull-back and the drawings show exactly which duct is which at each end.

The 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.

Statewide

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 lists the equipment. 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.

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 underground conduit drilling in Georgia

Largest conduit you bore in?+

Large-diameter HDPE and steel for the bigger rigs; the diameter and the ground set the reaming passes.

Innerduct and microduct?+

Yes, installed inside a larger duct on the same pull or pulled in afterward.

How are duct banks kept aligned?+

Spacers on the pull-back and a tracked pilot bore for each hole, so the spacing holds end to end.

Proofing?+

Mandrel and pull-tape on request; ends capped and marked.

Estimate?+

Free. Call (678) 264-3333 or send the run through the form.

Underground Conduit 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.