Your network gets a secure, long-lasting foundation with our underground construction services. We manage the entire process, from trenching and directional drilling to full site restoration. By using our own crews for locates and hydrovac daylighting, we protect existing utilities and keep your project on a predictable schedule.
Placing your fibre network underground protects it from weather, traffic, and accidental damage. It is a long-term investment in reliability and network uptime. We specialize in executing this complex work safely and efficiently, ensuring your infrastructure is built correctly while minimizing disruption to the surrounding community.
We handle every part of the underground build, giving you a durable and protected network path.
Your infrastructure is placed with minimal surface disruption using horizontal directional drilling (HDD). This technique is ideal for crossing roadways, waterways, and environmentally sensitive areas without open-cut trenching.
You can reduce costs and future disruptions by coordinating with other utilities. We manage joint trench projects, placing your telecom infrastructure alongside power and other services in a shared trench.
For open areas, we use traditional trenching and cable plowing to place your conduit and duct banks efficiently.
Your network gets the secure access points it needs for maintenance and future expansion. We install all necessary manholes, vaults, handholes, and access chambers.
We build the physical foundation for your network equipment, installing concrete bases and mounting the cabinets that house critical electronics.
After construction, your site is returned to its original condition. We manage the complete restoration, including backfilling, grading, and landscaping.
Your underground project follows our four-step process, designed to prioritize safety and control the schedule.
We start with a detailed site survey and a plan that maps all existing utilities. This allows us to design a route that minimizes conflicts and is practical to build.
We handle the municipal permits and traffic control plans for you. Crucially, we use our in-house crews to perform utility locates and hydrovac daylighting, which confirms the exact position of buried lines and avoids third-party delays.
Your project manager oversees all drilling, trenching, and installation work. They provide a single point of contact, coordinating our crews to ensure the build is executed safely and according to plan.
Once all infrastructure is in place, we complete a full site restoration. You receive a complete handover package with as-built drawings and documentation that accurately reflects the final location of your new network.
We use a multi-layered approach. First, we coordinate with Ontario One Call. Second, we use our own certified crews to perform locates and hydrovac daylighting. This non-destructive digging technique uses pressurized water to safely expose buried pipes and cables, confirming their exact depth and location before we proceed with mechanical excavation.
Trenching is typically more cost-effective in open areas without many surface obstacles, like new developments or rural corridors. Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) is the preferred method for crossing sensitive areas like roads, wetlands, or established properties where open-cut digging would be too disruptive. We recommend the right approach based on your specific site conditions.
Our goal is to return the site to its original condition or better. This includes proper backfilling and compaction to prevent settling, followed by replacing topsoil, sod, pavement, or any other surface materials that were disturbed during the construction process.
For the North Frontenac Telephone Company, we provided complete underground construction for their high-speed internet expansion in Chatham-Kent. Our crews handled locates, directional drilling, and plowing to install 181km of fibre, completing the project four months ahead of schedule.
Tell us about your next project. We can provide a site survey to develop an accurate quote and a reliable construction timeline.
