Drilling & boring

Underground drilling in Georgia

New lines go in under the surface instead of through it. Georgia's roads, pavements and rivers stay as they are.

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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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Under, not through

The straight line from a main to a meter in Georgia almost always runs beneath something that cannot be opened: a state route, a railroad, a parking lot full of cars, a creek with a buffer, a row of live oaks. Underground drilling is the family of methods that put the line beneath all of it from two small pits. The pilot bore is steered and tracked, the hole is reamed, and the product is pulled in. The surface is restored at the pits and nowhere else.

Lines placed underground

Fiber-optic duct and drops for carriers, co-ops and campus networks.
Electrical conduit from utility feeders to site lighting and EV charging circuits.
Water mains, services and reclaimed water lines.
Sewer force mains, laterals and cased gravity crossings.
Natural gas mains and services.
Steel casings under roads, rail and runways for any of the above.

Knowing what is already there

Georgia 811 is called before any bore anywhere in the state, the marks are honored, and every crossing utility is potholed where the paint is not enough. The pilot bore is tracked rod by rod from the surface so the head is never a guess. Georgia's older downtowns, the mill towns along the rivers and the coast all carry utilities that predate the records, and the fuel lines, drainage and signal conduit around the bases and the ports add more. The bore plan is drawn around every mark and every pothole.

Ground by region

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 has the equipment and recent projects. 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.

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.

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 drilling in Georgia

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.

Can a line go under a building?+

Yes, with a plan for the foundations and the slab; it is a common way to feed a new service into an existing structure.

What depths are typical?+

Four to eight feet under roads, deeper under rail, rivers and interstates, and whatever the utility already in the ground requires for clearance.

Does the method work in sand?+

Yes. The drilling fluid is mixed for the ground; in Coastal Plain sand it carries the hole open until the product is in.

How do I get a price?+

Call (678) 264-3333 now or send the project through the form. Estimates are free.

Underground 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.