General Excavating is one of the first contractors in the Midwest to utilize trenchless technology. All divisions of General Excavating employ the methods of directional boring and hydro excavation. Whether it's boring a water main in a busy downtown, installing power under street crossings, or installing communications fiber, trenchless technology lets General Excavating complete our client's projects with minimal surface disruption. Let General Excavating be YOUR "UNDERGROUND" PARTNER on your next trenchless project.
General Contractor: Brester Construction
Location: Lincoln, NE
Engineer: N/A
Scope: Installation of sanitary sewer via horizontal directional drilling on a multi-family project.
LOCATION: Lincoln, NE
OWNER: Black Hills Energy
SCOPE: Directional bored a new 6” HPDE gas main and associated work as part of an infrastructure improvement project to eliminate the 12” gas lines being decommissioned.
LOCATION: City of Beatrice
OWNER: Beatrice Water Department
ENGINEER: City Engineering Dept.
SCOPE: General Excavating utilized directional boring to install 2,600 feet of 10-inch water main for the city of Beatrice and completed associated site work.
LOCATION: Lincoln North Star High School
OWNER: Lincoln Public Schools
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Nemaha Sports Construction
SCOPE: General Excavating used directional boring to install a 16-inch storm drain under Lincoln North Star High School’s running track and completed associated site work.
LOCATION: Downtown Lincoln
SCOPE: General Excavating installed a water main by using directional boring. The directional bore rig was set up inside a building currently under renovation with the goal of connecting to an existing water main in the middle of “P” Street.
Location: Lincoln, NE
General Contractor: Aspen Builders
Engineer: Olsson
Scope: General Excavating constructed the Underground Residential Distribution (URD) system in the Southwest Village Heights subdivision. We installed conduit, pedestals, and associated work for this project.
Location: Lincoln, NE
Owner: City of Lincoln
Subcontracted to: Commonwealth Electric
Scope: General Excavating relocated power conduit for the Lincoln Electric System as part of a larger City of Lincoln Pine Lake Road Widening Project.
Location: Waverly, NE
Client: Black Hills Energy
Scope: General Excavating bored nearly 1000-feet of 6-inch steel gas pipe under Interstate 80 to serve a poultry production facility. Associated work included the use of Hydro Excavation to locate existing underground utilities.
Location: Lincoln, NE
Owner: City of Lincoln
Subcontracted to: Commonwealth Electric Company
Scope: General Excavating used directional boring to install six 1 ¼-inch innerducts along north 70th street from Leighton to Adams including a short run to the west on Adams street. Hydro excavation was utilized to locate existing utilities and other underground encumbrances. The project will help serve the City of Lincoln’s growing needs for upgraded traffic signals and future communication needs.
Location: Lincoln, NE
Owner: Black Hills Energy
Engineer: Black Hills Energy
Scope: General Excavating directionally bored over 2000 feet of 12 inch steel gas main as part of a Black Hills Energy gas main expansion project. Work on this project included a 600 feet bore of Lincoln's Salt Creek.
Location: Omaha, NE
Owner: Pinpoint Network Solutions
Engineer: Optica Engineering Group
Scope: Directional boring of nearly 8,500 feet of HDPE conduit for a fiber ring including placement of hand holes and associated work.
Location: Hastings, NE
Owner: City of Hastings
Engineer: City of Hastings
Scope: General Excavating used directional boring to install steel casing for a water main road crossing on a City of Hastings Water and Sewer Main Improvement Project.
Location: Lincoln, NE
Owner: Lincoln Electric System
Engineer: LES
Scope: As part of a City of Lincoln 40th Street Improvement Project, General Excavating relocated the Lincoln Electric System's overhead power lines. Directional boring was utilized to install the duct for LES and others on this joint project.
Location: Gretna, NE
Owner: Verizon
Engineer: Verizon
Scope: Working for Verizon, General Excavating used a vibratory plow to install approximately 18,000 feet of the 2-inch HDPE duct while horizontal directional drilling was utilized to construct almost 3,500 feet of conduit. Installation on a fiber project includes burying the conduit, blowing a string through, pulling the fiber, and then splicing the fiber. The fiber from the old route was pulled and put on reels for reuse on other Verizon projects. The construction of hand holes, splice pits, concrete replacement, and site restoration were other important components of the project.
Location: Lincoln, NE
General Contractor: Sampson Construction
Sub Contracted to: Shanahan Mechanical & Electrical
Scope: Directionally bored a sanitary sewer line under the stands as part of the University of Nebraska's East Stadium Expansion & Renovation Project.
Location: Lincoln, NE
Owner: Windstream Communications
Engineer: Windstream Communications
Scope: Working along Highway 6 near Lincoln, a 3-man vibratory plow crew and two 2-man bore crews completed the nearly 18,000 feet of fiber optic installation across 216 accurately located utilities. Roadways were horizontally bored and vacuum excavation was used to locate existing utilities. Other components of the job included placement of hand holes, pedestals, site restoration and associated work.
Location: Lincoln, NE
Owner: Black Hills Energy
Engineer: Black Hills Energy
Scope: Horizontal bored 4 inch plastic gas line as part of a rehabilitation project along South Street to replace an aging steel gas line.
Location: Tama, IA
Owner: Sprint
Engineer: Sprint
Scope: Working in a Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad right-of-way, General Excavating lowered approximately 2,250 feet of fiber cable, covered with split PVC duct, and encased the fiber in concrete near the community of Tama, IA.
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Owner: Sprint Nextel
Engineer: Sprint Nextel
Scope: Construction of nearly 8.5 miles of interduct, fiber pulling, placement of hand holes, site restoration, and associated work.
Location: Central City, NE
Owner: NDEQ
Engineer: Geotechnical Services, Inc.
Scope: Directional boring of SVE remediation system including Air Sparge, site restoration, and associated work
Location: Grand Island, NE
Owner: Hamilton Telecommunications
Engineer: Hamilton Telecommunications
Scope: General Excavating placed nearly 13,000 feet of 168 fiber cable by plowing and directional boring as part of the College Park Fiber - Phase 1 Project along Hwy 281 in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Location: Lincoln, NE
Owners: Lincoln Electric System, Unite, Time Warner Cable, Windstream
Scope: Relocation of approximately 2,000 feet of cable and duct by directional boring and open cut trenching. Directional Boring was used to place the cable and reduce the time needed for road closures and restoration. Vacuum Excavation was used to reduce the risk of penetrating existing utility lines prior to construction.
Location: Logan, IA
Owner: Verizon
Engineer: Verizon
Scope: During severe flooding of the Missouri River Valley, General Excavating was contracted to repair cut fiber caused by flooding, relocate the fiber to higher grounds and montior approximately 5 miles of relocated fiber for potential future disruption.
Location: Omaha, NE
Owner: MCI
Engineer: MCI
Scope: Relocated fiber optic cable using directional boring and associated work in downtown Omaha, Nebraska.
Location: Lincoln, NE
Owner: Windstream Communications
Engineer: Windstream Communications
Scope: General Excavating directionally bored new duct, set hand holes, and associated work on a new fiber build project located near the airport in Lincoln, NE.
Location: Lincoln, NE
Owner: City of Lincoln
Sub Contracted to: Progressive Electric
Scope: General Excavating utilized directional boring to install over 3,000 feet of conduit on the City of Lincoln's decorative pedestrian lighting project.
Location: Lincoln, NE
Owner: Windstream Communications
Engineer: Windstream Communications
Scope: Emergency repair of a clay tile duct bank with 900-pair communications cable serving downtown Lincoln. The project was located on one of the capital city's busiest streets.
Location: City of Omaha
Owner: City of Omaha
Engineer: HGM Associates, Inc.
Scope: As part of a sanitary sewer system improvement project for the City of Omaha, General Excavating used directional boring to install a sewer main and minimize the impact to animals on the segment of work that took place on the Henry Doorly Zoo property.
Location: Ceresco, NE
Owner: Village of Ceresco
Engineer: Olsson Associates
Scope: Replacement of approximately 17,000 feet of water main throughout the city. Directional boring was used to install the pipe after all existing utilities were located by means of vacuum excavation. The trenchless method of construction saved the Village of Ceresco time and money by reducing restoration costs and avoiding road closures.
