Hospitals, Emergency Response Centers, and other critical services facilities must be operational 100% of the time during renovation and new construction projects. For these facilities, damaging underground utilities can have life and death consequences. While not necessarily life threatening, disruptions to schools, office buildings, and residential communities, also have serious consequences. It is possible to avoid this risk.

Vacuum Excavation/Potholing is the safest method for locating, accessing, and working around existing infrastructure. Because it uses air excavation to loosen soil, vacuum potholing eliminates the need for conventional digging equipment like backhoes, excavators, or trenchers. Once the soil is loose, it is pulled out of the ground using a vacuum hose.

Vacuum excavation is useful during the site assessment and preliminary design phases of a project to validate and update as-built documents. During the construction phase, it can be used to dig trenches or access utility connection points in tough to reach spots.