Service Spotlight! Sometimes, simple is best—even in trenchless technology. At SSC Underground, we know that hand tunneling (or hand mining) is still the safest and most effective solution for certain projects, especially where open-cutting or mechanical tunneling isn’t feasible.
This method allows precise installation of utilities under roadways, railroads, and more, even in challenging soil conditions or tight spaces. With a minimum diameter of 42” for safety and unmatched line and grade control, hand tunneling ensures success in even the most complex environments.
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Service Spotlight! SSC`s @akkermaninc 5200 Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) is designed for trenchless utility installations. Capable of creating 48" and larger tunnels, this TBM excels in long-distance, precise installations under roads, railways, and more. With its rotating cutter head and hydraulic control, it ensures fast, accurate tunneling. Ideal for minimizing surface disruption, the TBM moves soil with a conveyor system, making underground utility projects efficient and safe. Visit our website to learn more!
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Service Spotlight! SSC Underground`s Hydro Excavation service offers a non-destructive, safe, and efficient way to locate and expose underground utilities or prepare for new installations. Using pressurized water and a high-powered vacuum, this method removes compact soil with minimal risk to existing utilities. Perfect for utility verification, debris removal, vault cleaning, and more in areas that traditional equipment can`t reach. Our team of experts is well-trained and executes at a high level, ensuring smooth excavation!
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Vacuum Excavating and Utility Potholing Service Spotlight! The SSC vacuum excavation service provides a non-destructive method for safely and efficiently locating, exposing existing underground utilities, or preparing to install new ones. Once a hole is cut in the surface, pressurized air is used to break up the soil while a high-pressure vacuum unit is then used to remove any impeding debris depositing it into the storage tank. This underground utility location method has become the industry standard for digging very precise utility potholes with virtually no risk of damaging any existing utilities.
Learn more: https://sscunderground.com/services/vacuum-excavating-and-utility-potholing/
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This month`s Service Spotlight is on Horizontal Auger Boring! Also known as jack and bore, this established method is used when installing steel pipes or casing under freeways, canals, or railroad tracks that require an underground boring machine. Conducting a successful horizontal auger boring project is not an easy task, but our team at SSC brings expert knowledge, experience, commitment to excellence, and the proper equipment. Visit our website to learn more!
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As part of SSC`s ongoing commitment to meeting client project needs, we are excited to have added Coring to our service offerings! Used in conjunction with its Vacuum Potholing/Utility Locating service, SSC is now a turnkey service provider for asphalt and concrete restoration.
When looking at the various elements of this service, SSC will perform the coring, store the cores, perform the vacuum utility locating, backfill per specifications, and restore the core using Utilibond.
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Today`s Service Spotlight focuses on skidding! In projects that have used open excavation or trenching to place casing, skidding is used to pull or push the utility carrier lines into place using a jack and bore machine. Carrier lines are assembled and casing spacers are attached before installation.
Some projects may require the final welding of casing sections before utilities are installed. These kinds of jack and bore jobs are efficient and cost-effective when skidding is needed for the underground construction of utility line placement.
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Service Spotlight! We offer a variety of tunneling services, one of which is The Pilot Tube Method, also known as the Guided Boring Method. This is a hybrid technique that combines the characteristics of other trenchless methods to accurately install casing on line and grade. Visit our website to learn more!
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Service Spotlight! Hydro excavation provides a non-destructive method for safely and efficiently locating and exposing existing underground utilities or preparing to install new ones. Pressurized water is used to cut through the soil, loosening it up for the high-pressure 8” vacuum to remove the debris. This method has an ultra-pressurized tool that allows for compact soil and debris to be removed with no/minimal risk of damaging any existing utilities. Visit our website to learn more!
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Water conservation is always a hot topic in AZ, and at this RV park at Picacho Peak with PCL Construction, the rate of water loss was approx. 4 gallons per minute, equating to nearly 6,000 gallons per day!
SSC was contracted for our hydrovac services to locate the source of the significant water leak from an underground pipe. Leveraging our expertise and technology, the leak was able to be located and exposed, allowing crews to repair the pipe and stop the significant loss of water.
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Curious about the process of Pilot Tube Boring under a road?
Pilot Tube Auger Boring uses a two-phase process to complete the casing installation. First, a steering head followed by pilot tubes are pushed into the ground, steered using a theodolite guidance system that allows installation on precise line and grade.
Following this pilot bore, a special cutting head followed by auger is hooked to the pilot tube using an adapter and the casing is installed using traditional auger boring, following the path of the pilot tube. As the casing and auger advance, the pilot tube is pushed out into the reception pit where it is broken down and removed.
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Hydro Excavation
The SSC Hydro Excavation service provides a non-destructive method for safely and efficiently locating and exposing existing underground utilities or preparing to install new ones. Pressurized water is used to cut through the soil, loosening it up for the high-pressure 8” vacuum to remove the debris. This method has an ultra-pressurized tool that allows for…
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Trenchless Constructability & Design (TCD)
6 “Trenchless Constructability & Design” (TCD), provides clients with assistance in the planning, design, and construction of complex utility installation projects. With TCD, firms can confidently incorporate trenchless installation methods in their designs. TCD provides consulting on the various methods of trenchless utility installation, and which options are right to improve operational efficiency, manage risk, and…
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Pilot Tube Auger Boring
The Pilot Tube Method, also known as the Guided Boring Method is a hybrid technique that combines the characteristics of other trenchless methods to accurately install casing on line and grade. Typical Application: For the trenchless installation of utilities under roadways, freeways, railroad tracks, canals and existing utilities or structures that cannot be open cut.…
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Tunnel Boring Machine
SSC’s Akkerman 5200 Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) provides the capability to build 48” and larger utility tunnels in extended lengths. The TBM is a full-face machine with rotating cutter head used to excavate the soil, and the head is articulated with hydraulic rams to make adjustments to line and grade. The TBM has the capability…
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Coring
SSC Now Provides Coring Services To further expand SSC’s commitment to meeting their client’s project needs, Coring has been added to the services provided! Used in conjunction with its Vacuum Potholing/Utility Locating service, SSC is now a turnkey service provider for asphalt and concrete restoration. 12” diameter coring ability, the perfect size for vacuum utility…
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Horizontal Auger Boring
Horizontal auger boring or jack and bore, is an established method used when installing steel pipes or casing under freeways, canals or railroad tracks that require a underground-boring machine. Conducting a successful horizontal auger boring project is not an easy task and requires not only expert knowledge, experience and commitment to excellence but the proper horizontal…
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Vacuum Excavating and Utility Potholing
The SSC vacuum excavation service provides a non-destructive method for safely and efficiently locating and exposing existing underground utilities or preparing to install new ones. Once a hole is cut in the surface, pressurized air is used to break up the soil while a high pressure vacuum unit is then used to remove any impeding…
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Hand Tunneling
Sometimes, simple is best. This is applicable in trenchless technology as well. Despite all of the technological advances in the industry and investments in the most advanced equipment that SSC has made, certain tunnels are most effectively and safely built using hand tunneling (also known as hand mining).Typical Applications:For the trenchless installation of utilities under…
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Subsurface Utility Engineering
Subsurface Utility Engineering (S.U.E.) is a combination of technology needed to increase the reliability of utility detection in terms of the size, depth, and pipeline materials that can be detected and exposed without incidence. S.U.E. is a viable solution to the far too common "hits" to underground utility lines. Subsurface Utility Engineering is an all-around…
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Small Boring Unit (SBU)
Typical Small Boring Applications: Small Boring Unit (SBU) extends the capabilities of the standard Auger Boring Machine and is typically used on underground utility installations, such as gravity sewers, that are between 100 and 300 ft in length. However, the machine has been used successfully on drives over 500 feet. Description: Small Boring Unit (SBU)…
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Pipe Bursting
Using trenchless pipe replacement technology, SSC Boring are experts in trenchless sewer line repair and pipe bursting. This service is the ideal technique to use for the replacement of utility lines such as gas, water, sewer, telephone, and power. Our Pipe Bursting efficiently bursts clay, concrete, cast iron, and PVC pipe. Pipe bursting is a…
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Skidding
Typical Applications for Skidding: Utility carrier installation is a common job that requires skidding and the use of jack and bore to lay the utility lines. Description: In projects that have used open excavation or trenching to place casing, skidding is used to pull or push the utility carrier lines into place using a jack…
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