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Ace Utilities, directional drilling

Ace Utility Services, Inc. · Underground contractor

Drill it.
Pull it.
Leave it clean.

We install water, sewer, electric and fiber lines by directional drill, trench and plow, with the street left the way we found it. Free estimates on every job.

Fiber Water Electric Sewer
Intersection marked with utility locate paint, with conduit reels staged at the curb Locates marked, reels staged

What we put in the ground

Four ways to get a line from one point to another. We pick the one that keeps the site open, the existing utilities safe and the cleanup short.

Directional drilling

Our core work. Current Ditch Witch and Vermeer drills bore under roads, driveways and lawns with the surface left untouched between pits. Short service runs to long-haul fiber.

How we drill
Fiber & long-haul fiber Water Electric Sewer

Trenching

Open-cut installation where it makes sense, with every neighboring utility protected while we dig. When we leave, the cleanup is finished.

How we trench
Water Electric All communications

Fiber pulling

We pull or blow fiber, whichever the job calls for, and proof existing duct runs first with air-driven mandrels or pushing rodders.

How we pull fiber
Fiber · pull or blow Duct proofing

Plowing

We pre-rip the ground, then run the plow back through to lay conduit at exactly the depth you specify.

How we plow
Conduit to spec depth
Orange Ditch Witch directional drill on its tracks Large directional drill rig with drill pipe racked beside it

The right rig makes every bore possible

We run current drills from the two names crews trust most, sized to the job, from a residential service drop to a long fiber run.

Support trucks carry water and drilling fluid to the site so the rig never waits.

Ditch WitchVermeer
How a bore runs

Four steps, one crew

The same sequence on every directional bore, so you always know what is happening on your site.

STEP 1

Locate

811 ticket called and every existing line marked before a single pit is dug.

STEP 2

Pilot bore

The drill head is tracked and steered under the obstacles on the planned path.

STEP 3

Ream & pull

The hole is opened to size and your conduit or pipe is pulled back through.

STEP 4

Restore

Pits filled, surface restored, site swept. We leave it the way we found it.

How we work

We handle the heavy lifting so you can run your project. Our crews work to your standards and your specs, around the clock when the job needs it.

Uncompromised safety

For the public walking past the site, for the utilities already in the ground, and for every person on our crew.

How we keep a site safe

Honesty & integrity

Straight bids, straight answers, and no surprises on the invoice.

Top-notch quality

Conduit at the depth you specified, on the path you approved.

Dedication & commitment

Our resources stay on your job until it is finished, whatever its size or difficulty.

Free estimates

Request a bid

Send us the job: what is going in, where, and roughly how far. We'll come back with a price or with the questions we need answered first.