What is Hydro-Excavation and how can it help your business?
Hydro Excavation is a safe, non-destructive digging technology for contractors, utilities, public authorities and industrial facilities. Underground is crowded with pipes, ducts, sewers, water pipes, electrical cables, fiber-optics and phone lines. All are vying for space and, increasingly, are being laid in multi-utility trenches. Our vacuum excavation equipment uses pressurized water and a powerful vacuum to remove material associated with any type of ground condition. The hydro-excavation system eliminates the risk of damaging existing underground infrastructure. Hydro excavation is the science of digging with water and vacuum. Our self-contained truck digs with 2000-3000 PSI water, forced through a steel lance and small stationary or rotating nozzles. We then vacuum the resulting water and soil slurry through a vacuum line into a debris tank to be dumped periodically throughout the day. Our excavations are clean, precise and ready for inspecting or whatever further work is required, and our operators are thoroughly safety-trained. High pressure jetting and vacuum solutions are faster, safer, cleaner and more flexible than many other traditional cleaning and excavation methods. Hydro Jetting is performed with high pressure water and a special system designed to clean out various types of pipes including storm and sewer drain systems. Hydro-excavation is a combination of high pressure jetting and vacuum. The vacuum truck vacuums up the debris broken up by the jetting action. The debris is vacuumed into a storage tank where it is stored and later dumped.Sensitive excavations
Locating Utilities These days the risk involved in digging without knowing where to dig is just too costly. Whether you are excavating near an electric line, a water or sewer pipe, or fiber optic cable, even digging with a shovel can cause an expensive and unsafe incident. If it is underground, and it is delicate, expensive or dangerous, you should be using hydro-excavation in order to visually confirm the location of the utilities before you dig. Regardless of whether you are installing signs, fence posts, cathodic protection anodes, or just looking for an underground utility, hydro-excavation is the most cost-efficient method of getting the job done… without any risk. You do not want to take a chance on damaging an underground pipe with a backhoe. Moreover, a locate is never exact until you see the pipe in the ground. How many times has the locate you ordered been off by 2 or more feet? Hydro-Excavation can expose that line so you know exactly where it is. Whether you are crossing existing lines or paralleling a line, you need to be as safe as possible. Save yourself the uncertainty, and the potential cost of a damaged line.Culverts, Pipes and Storm drains
Over time, accumulations build up on the inside of pipes. Grease, sand, scale, silt and any number of other sediments are the culprits in most cases. These sediments have corrosive effects on plumbing and pipes. If pipes are allowed to remain loaded with these sedimentary products they will cause an eventual failure in the drainage system. Because these culvert pipes are prone to becoming filled with sediment the need periodic cleaning and maintenance. This sediment can be jetted and vacuumed to clean out culverts that have become clogged with mud and debris. Our high-pressure water and powerful vacuum can clear culverts up to 48 inches in diameter, and keep them clean with regular maintenance. We also can do cattle guards without having to remove them. We uncover pipeline, phone lines, fiber optics - and anything else buried underground - quickly, safely, and without damaging any expensive or hazardous lines. We do potholing, slot trenching, or whatever non-destructive excavation services are needed - even swimming pools! We use a controlled flow, low-volume water stream that allows for surgeon-like accuracy. This process removes only the amount of material necessary for repair or inspection, minimal material needs to be removed when compared with the large, less-than-accurate excavator or backhoe bucket.- Beneficial Uses of Hydro-Excavation
Trenching
Road and box culvert cleaning
Locating utilities/pipelines
Manhole and storm drains
Pipeline Tie-ins
Potholing s
