We handle emergency boring, trenching and hydrovac excavation for gas service lines, water service lines and mains, sewer service lines and mains, electrical conduit, fiber optic conduit, and telecommunications conduit. We provide the civil underground work. The utility-specific connections, testing and restoration of service is coordinated with the relevant trade contractor or utility provider.

Most utility service lines are buried at depths ranging from 18 inches to 5 feet. Municipal mains are often deeper. Our HDD equipment can bore at any practical depth required for utility installation in Oklahoma. Our trenching equipment can excavate to 12 feet or more with appropriate shoring. For very deep utilities, we discuss the access method and shoring requirements before beginning work.

Yes. Private property, public right-of-way, utility easements, commercial properties and industrial facilities are all within our scope. The permit requirements and notification procedures differ between private and public work and we handle both appropriately. Private property work typically moves faster because fewer external approvals are needed to begin work.

Water service line failures and gas service strikes are the two most common emergency calls we receive. Water line failures under driveways are extremely common in central Oklahoma because of the combination of clay soil movement, aging polyethylene service lines that have been in the ground since the 1970s and 1980s, and the high volume of directional boring activity that can disturb service lines in congested utility corridors. Gas service strikes during landscaping and irrigation installation are equally common in residential areas.

Yes, but the timeline is affected by how long it takes to locate the utility. We use 811 emergency locate requests, ground penetrating radar, and our own crew’s experience with how utilities are typically routed in different Oklahoma neighborhoods and development periods to identify likely utility locations. Once we confirm the location, work proceeds normally. We will not bore into an area without reasonable confidence about what is below.

This depends on the rig we deploy. Our largest machines can pull product pipe in the range of 8 to 12 inches in diameter for appropriate bore lengths and soil conditions. For emergency work requiring large diameter pipe, we discuss the bore parameters with you when you call and confirm which machine is right for the scope before mobilizing.

Yes. We have experience working on projects that serve government facilities and are familiar with the access, documentation and security requirements that government work often involves. If your emergency involves a federal or state government facility, let us know when you call so we can discuss any site access requirements that will affect our response.

Yes. For major utility emergencies that require more than one crew or more than one piece of equipment simultaneously, we can mobilize multiple teams. Our equipment inventory includes multiple HDD rigs of different sizes along with hydrovac and trenching equipment. Larger emergency mobilizations are discussed on the initial call and we confirm resource availability and timing before committing to the full scope.

The most important information is what you are seeing right now and what the address is. Everything else we can work out from those two pieces of information. Is there water flowing? Gas smell present? Power out? Sewage surfacing? Active construction that caused a strike? Tell us what you see and where and we start the response from there.

Yes. We work with HOAs and property management companies that need reliable after-hours emergency utility coverage. Establishing a relationship before an emergency happens means faster response when one does occur because we already know your properties and the contact chain. Reach out to us at darren@trinityboringsolutions.com or (405) 409-7423 to discuss an emergency services arrangement for your managed properties.