Utility Excavation and Trenching in New York City
Most of our excavation is for one reason: something under the street has to be reached. A water service line, a sewer lateral, a tap at the city main. The digging is the visible part of the job and the smallest part of it.
- Site Preparation
- Trenching
- Grading and Leveling
- Foundation Excavation
- Demolition and Removal
- Trench Drains and Drainage
Before the shovel
Nothing opens until the paperwork does. A DOT permit to break the roadway or sidewalk, and a utility mark-out — four utilities come out and spray-paint the street in four colors, which looks like vandalism and is the law. Gas, electric, telecom and water all get located before anyone digs, because hitting one is a considerably worse day than the one you started with.
The dig
We open only what has to be opened. Targeted excavation over the defective section rather than the whole run — restoration is often the most expensive part of the job, and every extra foot of trench is a foot of sidewalk or roadway you pay to put back.
Putting it back
Backfill, compaction, and surface restoration to DOT standard. Concrete sidewalk, asphalt roadway, or both. The street passes inspection before the job closes.
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