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Industrial directional drilling in Fulton County
Plants, distribution centers, rail-served sites and the airport district cannot stop for a trench. Directional drilling and auger boring put new utilities under working facilities.
No-dig utilities for working facilities
An industrial site in South Fulton or along the Fulton Industrial corridor has truck courts running around the clock, rail spurs, process piping, heavy slabs and a yard full of existing lines. Adding a utility by open cut means closing a lane, cutting a slab and finding out what is in the ground the hard way. A directional bore goes under the truck court, the spur and the slab from pits placed where they do no harm, tracked past the lines the locate found, while the plant keeps running. Where the crossing must be straight and cased, under a rail spur or for a gravity line, the auger boring machine does the same job on grade.
Industrial work
- Power and control conduit between buildings, substations and equipment pads.
- Process water, fire line and compressed-air crossings.
- Fiber and communications duct across yards and to remote buildings.
- Cased crossings under rail spurs, truck lanes and heavy pavement.
- Utilities to new buildings on an existing campus.
Ground and crossings
Fulton County is Piedmont: a few feet of red clay over saprolite, and under that the granite and gneiss that show at the surface as outcrops in the parks and the road cuts. North of the city the rock can be within reach of a shallow bore; along the Chattahoochee and the creeks it is deeper under alluvium. A crew that drills Atlanta every week carries the bit, the mud motor and the patience for it. Typical crossings are the Downtown Connector, I-285, GA 400 and I-20, Peachtree Road and Roswell Road, the MARTA lines, the Norfolk Southern and CSX corridors through Inman and Tilford yards, the Beltline, Peachtree Creek, Nancy Creek and the Chattahoochee, and the airport approach roads around Hartsfield-Jackson.
Planning with the facility
The crew plans the bore with the plant's engineering or maintenance staff, works around production schedules, files Georgia 811 and potholes every crossing line, and documents the installation. Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. is headquartered in Powder Springs, a short drive west of the Perimeter, so Fulton County is home territory: no mobilization fee, a site walk within days, and a crew that has already drilled the rock under Buckhead, the clay in Alpharetta and the fill around the airport. Estimates are free. Call now: (678) 264-3333.
If you want the long version, Davis Underground Solutions has a page on drilling and boring services for Atlanta.
Estimates are free. Call now: (678) 264-3333.
Services for industrial work in Fulton County
Directional Drilling
Horizontal directional drilling (HDD): a steered bore between two small pits that puts conduit, pipe and cable under roads, driveways, parking lots and landscaping with no open trench.
Horizontal Drilling
Horizontal drilling for any line that has to cross something it cannot cut through: a street, a slab, a canal, a stand of trees. Entry pit, exit pit, nothing opened in between.
Directional Boring
Directional boring is the small-rig end of HDD: short, shallow bores for service lines, sleeves and conduit on residential and light-commercial lots.
Underground Drilling
Underground drilling for new utilities where the surface is spoken for: tracked, steered bores placed under whatever is already built on top.
Fiber Optic Cable Drilling
Fiber duct and drop conduit installed by directional drill for carriers, co-ops, campuses and developments: long shots along the right-of-way, short shots to the building.
Electrical Conduit Drilling
PVC and HDPE electrical conduit bored under pavement for primary feeds, secondary services, site lighting and EV charging circuits.
Underground Conduit Drilling
Single ducts and multi-duct bundles pulled through one reamed bore: communications, power, controls and spares placed together under the obstacle.
Structured Cable Drilling
Conduit between buildings for structured cabling, campus networks, security and controls, bored under courtyards, drives and parking rather than cut across them.
Utility Drilling
Utility drilling for water, sewer, gas, power and telecom owners: permitted road crossings, mains under live streets, services to the meter.
Communications Drilling
Communications conduit and cable placed by directional drill: telecom, cable TV, cell-site backhaul and private networks, under roads and lots.
Missile Boring
Missile boring (pneumatic piercing) drives a steel mole through the soil for short, straight, shallow runs under a driveway or sidewalk: the quickest way to sleeve a lawn or a walk.
Auger Boring and Drilling
Cased auger bores for road, highway and railroad crossings and for gravity sewer that has to hold an exact grade: a straight steel casing jacked from a pit.
Sewer, Water and Drain Lines
New water services and mains, sewer force mains and laterals, and storm drains installed under roads, driveways and yards without trenching them open.
Other customers
- Residential directional drilling in Atlanta — Homes, driveways and yards: service lines and sleeves without tearing up the property.
- Commercial directional drilling in Atlanta — Site utilities, parking-lot crossings and duct banks for shopping centers, offices and restaurants.
- Municipal directional drilling in Atlanta — Water, sewer, fiber and signal conduit under live streets for cities, counties and utilities.
Questions from industrial customers
Secured facilities?+
Yes; the crew follows the site's safety orientation, badging and permit-to-work rules.
Diameters?+
Services through mains in the 4- to 16-inch range by directional drill; steel casings to 36 inches and larger by auger bore.
Rail spurs?+
Yes, as a cased crossing to the railroad's or the owner's standard.