Hydro Spy was recently contacted by one of the top 100 Design-Build firms in the United States to offer solutions for excavating a large trench across several commercial properties. The trench was needed for the installation of an electrical duct … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2011
Hydro Excavation for Transmission Towers
An electrical power company hired an experienced engineering firm to oversee the construction of dozens of transmission towers across the state of Texas. The guiding concern for the project was the prevention of major construction delays due to the … [Read more...]
SUE & Hydro Excavation – Round Rock, TX
A multi-billion dollar highway expansion project was getting underway in a rapidly expanding area of Texas. Before construction could begin, the general contractor brought in a reputable Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) firm to provide empirical … [Read more...]
Gas Line Relocation – La Porte, TX
A bridge development project was underway in the state of Texas, but before work commenced Hydro Spy was consulted to discuss strategies for uncovering various underground utilities, some as deep as 35 ft, that ran through a right-of-way in the … [Read more...]
What is Hydro Excavation?
Hydro excavation, or vacuum excavation as it is also known, is cutting-edge green technology that uses pressurized water to safely and surgically convert solid ground into mud that is quickly sucked up by a powerful truck-mounted … [Read more...]
HydroVac for Congested Area Dilemmas
One of the toughest challenges that contractors face while performing pipeline maintenance, repairs and/or expansions in a plant or refinery is excavating in areas that are inaccessible to traditional excavation equipment. Confronted with such a … [Read more...]
