Hydrovac Excavation & Utility Potholing in St. Peters, MO

St. Peters is crowded underground along its main corridors. I-70, Highway 79, Highway 94 and Mid Rivers Mall Drive carry water mains, gas lines, power and fiber that have been added to as the city filled in. Potholing at each crossing gives a crew the true depth and position of every line in the way.

Low ground near Dardenne Creek and Spencer Creek can be soft and wet, while upland sites are firm clay. Hydrovac works in both: it keeps excavation tight in soft soil and breaks up sticky clay that bogs down hand digging, all without swinging a bucket near a live line. The vacuumed material is held in the truck, which matters on tight commercial lots where there's nowhere to pile spoils.

Start with a Missouri 811 one-call ticket so the lines get marked. We then daylight at the marks, slot trench a planned route to catch anything unmarked, or dig pole and bollard holes in tight spaces near existing utilities. We can also clean out catch basins, inlets and utility vaults on commercial sites, since the same truck that digs also vacuums.