Beneath the soil lies a complex maze of facilities carry petroleum products, electricity, water, wastewater, natural gas, and telecommunications. Every single day incidents occur across the country that leave utilities damaged, property destroyed, and sometimes, workers injured or worse. The added cost of using a hydrovac on a project can be negated by the increased productivity achieved on the job. By clearing a path through utility conflicts, a hydrovac can help contractors put more pipe in the ground per day, install more poles per day, or complete more service repairs in a day.

Hydrovacs add value to projects by helping contractors get more out of their existing resources. The beauty of the hydrovac solution is that all of this can be done without the risk of causing damage to existing infrastructure. Improved productivity and safe work methods translate into profit for those working in today's underground environment.

Gas company contractor hits existing 3" gas line while boring for a new line. 

Utility contractor looking for gas contamination hits 24" distributon line.

For more videos of similar situations, visit http://www.underspace.com/digging_dangers.php