Drilling & boring
Directional drilling for utilities in Athens
Utilities, municipalities and developers use HDD to extend and replace lines through Athens without opening streets. This is what a utility bore involves.
Serving Athens · Clarke County
Davis Underground Solutions, Inc.
Directional drilling and boring across Georgia; locates, bore plan and utility coordination handled. More about Davis Underground Solutions →
Utility work by bore
A utility bore is the same method as a residential one, scaled up: a bigger rig, longer shots, larger pipe, a drilling fluid plan, and a bore profile drawn by the engineer and submitted with the permit. The crew drills the pilot hole to that profile, tracked rod by rod, with the as-built logged for the utility's records. Then the hole is reamed in stages to the final size and the product is pulled back: fused HDPE or fusible PVC for water and force mains, polyethylene for gas, a duct bank for power or telecom. A congested Athens corridor with existing lines every few feet is exactly where a bore earns its keep.
Who hires a utility bore crew in Clarke County
- Water and sewer utilities for main extensions, replacements and road or stream crossings.
- Gas distribution for mains and services bored to the operator's standard.
- Electric utilities and EMCs for underground primary and road crossings.
- Carriers and co-ops for fiber distribution and backhaul.
- Developers and site contractors who are installing the utilities that the city or county will take over.
- Municipal public works for relocations ahead of road and streetscape projects.
Permits, crossings and Georgia conditions
A utility bore in Athens may involve a county or city right-of-way permit, a GDOT encroachment permit for a state route, a railroad license for a track crossing, and a stream-buffer review for a creek. The profile has to satisfy all of them at once. Underground, the Piedmont's rock and the Coastal Plain's sand and water decide the tooling; Georgia's humid-summer afternoon storms decide how the pits and the fluid are managed. A crew that works the state year round builds those into the plan rather than discovering them on site.
The contractor for utility bores in Clarke County
Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. drills for utilities and the contractors who build for them across Georgia and the Southeast, with its own rigs, fusion gear and vac trucks, and crews that produce the tracking logs and as-builts the owner needs. Davis Underground Solutions has recent utility crossings. Estimates are free. Call now: (678) 264-3333.
Estimates are free. Call now: (678) 264-3333.
Other drilling and boring services in Athens
Directional Drilling Athens
Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) for new underground utilities: steered bores under roads, driveways, parking lots, creeks and landscaping with no open trench.
Horizontal Boring Athens
Horizontal boring for conduit, casing and carrier pipe where digging across a surface is not an option.
Auger Boring Athens
Steel-cased auger bores for road, rail and railroad crossings that need a straight, on-grade casing.
Pipe Boring Athens
Boring and pulling in HDPE or steel product pipe from a few inches up to large-diameter casings.
Fiber Optic Drilling Athens
Directional drilling for fiber and communications duct: long bores, multiple ducts in one pull, tight easements.
Electrical Conduit Drilling Athens
Bores for primary and secondary power conduit, lighting circuits and site electrical feeds.
Sewer Line Drilling Athens
Directional drilling and boring for new gravity-adjusted force mains, laterals and sewer crossings.
Water Main Drilling Athens
HDD installation of new water mains and service lines, including creek and road crossings.
Gas Line Drilling Athens
Bores for new natural gas mains and services, coordinated with the utility and its operator-qualification rules.
Questions about utility drilling in Athens
Can you bore under a river or creek in Athens?+
Yes. Stream crossings are a normal utility bore: the profile goes deep enough under the bed to satisfy the environmental review, and the pits stay outside the buffer.
What documentation does the utility get?+
A tracked bore log with depth and alignment at each rod, the pipe and fusion records, test results and an as-built drawing.
How long a shot can one bore make?+
Several hundred feet in one pull is routine for mid-size rigs; longer crossings are designed around the pipe's pullback limits and the rig's capacity.
Does the crew handle maintenance of traffic?+
Yes. Lane closures and flagging required by the county or GDOT permit are part of the job plan and the price.
How do utilities request a quote?+
Send the plans and the bore profile through the form on this page, or call (678) 264-3333 now. Estimates are free for utilities, municipalities and their contractors alike.