Digging to find underground utilities can be tricky, so it’s important to know exactly what you are doing. The whole process of potholing involves finding these underground utilities safely to determine their location. By using the wrong method, it could be disastrous for the workers, utilities, and the surrounding facilities. Using a method that is safe, but…
Due to the increasing number of buried utilities, digging underground is even more difficult today than it has been in previous years. In addition to water, sewer, natural gas and electric lines, excavators also have to deal with buried traffic light and telecommunication cables buried deep down in the soil. If you need to dig…
The job site stretches on, flat and yet unblemished, the project is about to begin. Many boots, trucks and tracks will cross this ground in the following year as the ground is shaped and churned, then raised to a new height, as a neighborhood center, hospital, public high school, or backyard oasis. Yet, beneath those boots…
The excavation business is one that has undergone many changes over the years. With new advances and changes in the sophistication of machinery, there are now machines created to do double the work in half the time. A vacuum excavator is a piece of specially designed machinery that works to remove dirt and debris to clear…
Traditionally, utility excavation requires a large digging machine, such as a backhoe. To dig large trenches in the ground creating a hazardous work and home environment. Even under strict supervision and skilled guidance, large digging machines pose a risk that could lead to costly damage and ugly eyesores. Other methods include manual digging, requiring a large…
Hydro-excavation is one of the most common sense ways of accomplishing one of the most basic of man’s activities, digging a hole! In ancient times, most of our holes were small. Perhaps we were digging for roots that we could use as food to feed our families or perhaps we were digging a hole in the side…
The process of vacuum excavation is a process wherein an excavating test hole is compressed with a great deal of air in order to loosen the dirt. A system is used to take in the soil by way of a tank. The procedure is considered a safe technique and is, relatively-speaking, one of the safest…
When performing any type of job, safety is the number one priority to keep workers and bystanders free from danger or harm. Uncovering underground cables or utilities with heavy machinery is one such job that has the potential of being very dangerous. Read the information below to learn how a dedicated and reliable company can…
Trees have many positive impacts on both the environment and on landscape aesthetics. They absorb the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide as well as harmful gasses such as sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide. They provide shade in the summer and cool the surrounding air through evaporation. Their presence has a stress relieving effect on most people…
April 2016 marks the return of a very important, national observation. It’s Safe Digging Month and all of us here at 4 Warriors Hydro Excavating wanted to take a moment and discuss digging safety. Originally designed to highlight dangers in the pipeline industry, it has since morphed to include digging in other industries. Plus, it serves…