HYDRO EXCAVATION

Dig with no damage to infrastructure.

High-pressure water is used to loosen the soil while simultaneously using a high volume vacuum to remove the soil from the excavation. The wet, muddy excavated material is suctioned into a tank, mounted on a hydro vacuum excavator truck (sometimes called a ‘hydrovac’), and carried offsite to a designated dump location.

The main benefit of hydrovac excavation is safety. You can safely dig around existing utilities, gas mains, power lines, etc without risking damage to infrastructure or harm to workers. In addition to this, hydro excavation offers higher precision and less restoration compared to manual digging.

It is also less intrusive from an environmental point of view. The excavated dirt is stored in debris tanks, keeping the worksite clean with minimal disruption to traffic.

Example of some of our hydro excavation services:

• Daylighting (digging to expose and locate underground utilities)

• Soil trenching (digging narrow trenches to install cables, pipelines and other in-ground utilities)

• Hole digging — pole holes, sign post holes, street light bases, and pilings

• Debris removal

• Monitoring of directional drilling