At or near the surface
Grading, clearing, demolition, patching and finishing, mostly at the surface or just below it. The ground is shaped, not trenched.
GROUND SCAN
What Is Under Your Property?
Water, sewer, storm drains, gas, electric and fiber, each in its own paint color and its own layer of ground. Scan the cross-section and see how a lot is wired for life.
- 6 buried utilities
- Locate paint colors
A lot, cut open.
An illustration of a typical lot. Real depths, routes and materials vary by utility, city and site.
Ground ScanIllustration · depths not to scale
Tap a line to see how it is built and which services touch it.
Electric
Electrical conduit protects wire from soil, rock and future digging. A licensed electrician pulls and connects the wire. We dig, lay conduit and sweeps, add warning tape and backfill.
Typical depth
Often the shallowest line. Depth follows the electrical plan and the utility.
ServicesHow deep the work goes.
We label every service with one of four depth classes.
Standard utility trench
A typical utility trench for water, conduit, sewer laterals and drains, dug to the depth the utility or the code sets and closed in compacted lifts.
Deep dig, protected
Basements, lift stations, fire lines and deep sewers. Deeper digs get sloped sides, shoring or a trench box, and a plan for water and spoil.
Under it, not through it
Directional drilling, jack and bore and pipe bursting work from small entry and exit pits, leaving the surface between them undisturbed.
What the colors mean.
See a color on your lawn or street? Tap it.
Three guides to read first.
How to Call 811 Before You DigStep by step: what 811 is, when to call, what happens next and how to read the marks.2 min read 
How Underground Utilities Are Laid OutWhere the water, sewer, storm, power and data lines usually run, and why the layout is rarely a straight line.2 min read Utility Easements and Who Owns What LineEasements, rights-of-way and meters explained, with a practical guide to who owns which line.2 min read Call 811. Then call us.
Tell us what you are building, fixing or draining and we will suggest a site visit and a plan. The lines get located before the bucket moves.