Do you need hydro-excavation?

When it comes to safety, accessibility, precision and efficiency, hydro-excavation wins hands down compared to traditional heavy machinery excavation methods.

Equally though, knowing when hydro-excavation is right for your site is crucial.

With literally thousands of kilometres of pipes, cabling and fibre optics carrying essential services to millions of households and businesses around Australia, understanding the safety risks and site logistics involved, needs to be carried out by a hydro-excavation expert.

From soil material analysis through to excavation requirements and project management, techniques such as potholing, trenching and ‘daylighting’ (a method of exposing underground infrastructure using hydro-excavation to locate and confirm their location) is now regarded as the safest, most efficient/cost-effective means to minimise any site integrity concerns potentially imposed from traditional augers, backhoes and trenchers.

Applications in which hydro-excavation should be considered, include;

• Potholing
• Ditching and trenching
• Locating subsurface utilities where there is poor or non-existent documentation
• Power pole replacement
• Work in tight locations where traditional excavation machinery find it difficult to negotiate

Hydro-excavation also allows for a unique degree of precision with high-pressured jets of water offering a focused removal of soil with a minimal footprint, not to mention the lower risk to workers, utilities and the environment

Plus, there’s the potential cost, plant and time savings.

Excavac is a leading provider of hydro-excavation services.

Our trained and certified experts ensure the skills and experience to provide a thorough excavation plan, scope and safe execution of your construction projects.

Servicing Sydney, The Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and the Illawarra, we have been the name professionals have turned to since 2007.