Drilling & boring

Utility drilling across Georgia

Water, sewer, gas, power, fiber: every utility Georgia runs has to cross something. Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. is the crew that puts it underneath.

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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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Crossings for every utility

A utility main is mostly open cut until it reaches a state route, a railroad, a river or a downtown that cannot be dug. There the plans call for a bore, and that is the scope Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. fills for utilities, municipalities, authorities and the contractors building for them. A directional bore for pressure pipe and conduit; an auger bore with steel casing where the permit or the grade demands it; a tracked pilot hole either way.

Utilities and owners the company drills for

County and city water and sewer departments and authorities.
Georgia Power, the electric membership cooperatives and the municipal electric systems.
Atlanta Gas Light, Liberty and the municipal gas systems.
Telephone cooperatives, carriers and cable operators.
Engineering firms and general contractors holding the utility contract.

Products

HDPE and fusible PVC water and sewer pipe, ductile iron in casing, PE gas pipe, conduit of every kind, and steel casing from 12 inches up. Fused joints are made on site and the string is laid out behind the exit pit for the pull.

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.

Statewide crews

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.

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 utility drilling in Georgia

Can you bore gravity sewer?+

Short runs by directional bore where the grade allows; otherwise an auger-bored casing on grade with the carrier pipe inside.

Do you fuse HDPE?+

Yes, on site, with the pipe strung out behind the exit pit before the pull.

Casing under GDOT routes?+

Yes, to the GDOT utility accommodation requirements, with the casing size the permit calls for.

Rivers and wetlands?+

Yes, with the Corps, EPD and county permits the crossing needs and a bore profile engineered for the depth.

How do I get a bid?+

Send the plan sheets through the form or call (678) 264-3333. Estimates are free.

Utility 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.