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We specialize in installing underground electrical transmission and distribution infrastructure for both public and private clients across California. Our crews have successfully laid miles of electrical conduit and constructed precast and cast-in-place enclosures in a variety of challenging environments. Whether operating in energized substations, navigating the dense urban landscape of San Francisco, or working in the remote Sierra Mountains, we consistently deliver exceptional results. Our team’s deep expertise allows us to craft comprehensive plans that address the unique challenges of time, environmental factors, and project complexity.
Power Infrastructure Solutions
Industries Served
Where our power infrastructure experience shines
Utility companies, including PG&E, face unique challenges when installing or upgrading underground power transmission and distribution lines in urban and populated areas. Both traditional and trenchless methods provide solutions:
- Minimized Surface Disruption: Trenchless methods allow for the installation and replacement of infrastructure with minimal impact on roads, businesses, and public spaces, preserving the landscape above.
- Precision and Safety: Crews can accurately bore underground, navigating around existing utilities to avoid hazardous strikes, ensuring continuity of services.
- Adaptability to Urban Challenges: Trenchless solutions can weave lines under roads, buildings, and other surface obstacles, reducing visual and physical impacts and preserving historic and critical infrastructure.
- Efficiency and Continuity: This nearly invisible approach accelerates project timelines, maintains public accessibility, and aligns with the unique demands of urban development.
Government-funded infrastructure projects must carefully balance technical requirements with public needs. Choosing the right method ensures minimal disruption and maximizes project benefits:
- Traditional Trenching: Provides thorough access but can lead to significant daily disruptions for residents.
- Trenchless Techniques: Offer a precise installation with minimal surface and environmental impact, effectively navigating around existing obstacles and utilities.
For projects overseen by environmental consultants and geotechnical engineers, selecting the right installation method is crucial to protecting sensitive areas and maintaining compliance.
- Traditional Excavation: While effective, widespread digging can damage sensitive environments and risk compliance violations.
- Trenchless Techniques: Offer a low-impact alternative, reducing ground disturbance, avoiding environmental barriers, and leaving no surface footprint. These methods can cross under roads and structures with minimal disruption.
- Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR): Enhances safety by locating and mapping existing utilities before drilling, preventing accidental strikes and contamination.
Roadway expansions, bridge utilities, and parking facilities are essential infrastructure projects that keep communities moving forward, but choosing the right installation method is key to minimizing disruption.
- Traditional Trenching: Often causes major access constraints and detours, leading to commuter frustrations and potential delays.
- Trenchless Techniques: Enable the installation of cables, pipes, and utility conduits by boring beneath highways, intersections, and waterways, all while maintaining traffic flow above.
This approach keeps surfaces clear of lengthy work zones, offering a traffic-friendly underground solution that helps complete infrastructure projects on time and with minimal disruption.
ENHANCED SAFETY FOR POWER PROJECTS
Trenches pose risks. Trenchless methods keep crews and communities safe.Trenchless methods reduce the need for deep trenches in power infrastructure projects, minimizing potential hazards such as collapses or falls and ensuring a safer work environment for crews and the surrounding community.
COST SAVINGS FOR POWER INFRASTRUCTURE
HDD: The cost-effective choice for power projects.While trenchless methods may have higher upfront costs, their ability to avoid surface disruption eliminates the need for repairs to roads and landscapes after installation.
Additionally, trenchless techniques reduce the need for traffic control, detours, and other logistical challenges associated with traditional open-cut methods in power infrastructure projects.
POWERING PROJECTS WITH MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Install power infrastructure without compromising the environment.Trenchless methods call for fewer excavations than traditional trenching in power infrastructure projects. This reduces disturbance to the environment, including ecosystems, landscapes, and urban areas.
HDD: FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR POWER INFRASTRUCTURE
Navigating challenges in power projects with ease.Trenchless methods push power cables and conduits under obstacles such as rivers, buildings, and roads without disruption.
This makes them a viable solution for installing power infrastructure in urban settings or environmentally sensitive areas where above-ground space is limited or preservation is a priority.
Conquering unique challenges in power infrastructure projects.
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Underground Cable Installation
Trenchless methods can install underground power cables, reducing surface disruption and preserving existing landscapes and infrastructure.
Substation Integration
Integrate substations with existing utility networks, ensuring seamless operation and minimal disruption using precise, trenchless installation techniques.
Utility Upgrades
Build capacity and reliability of existing utility infrastructure through trenchless upgrades, minimizing downtime, and maintaining continuous service.
Directional Drilling for Power
Directional drilling can install utility lines under obstacles, ensuring efficient power delivery with minimal environmental and surface impact.
Auger Boring for Power Lines
Use of auger boring to install power lines in complex urban environments, ensuring precise placement with minimal surface disruption and impact.
Vacuum Excavation
Vacuum excavation can safely expose underground utilities with minimal surface disruption, allowing for precise installations and maintenance in congested areas.
Soil Stabilization
Implement soil stabilization techniques to ensure the ground is suitable for power infrastructure, preventing settling and ensuring longevity and stability of installations.
Environmental Compliance
Ensure all power infrastructure installations meet environmental regulations, adopting eco-friendly practices and materials to minimize ecological impact.