Underground Utility Contractor in Brookhaven, GA

Brookhaven is a city in DeKalb County, with an estimated 59,370 residents (2024 Census estimate) on about 12 square miles of land.

Infill homes and teardown sites

When an older house is replaced by a new one on the same lot, the underground connections usually change too. The new house may need a larger water service, a new sewer lateral at a different depth or location, storm drainage that the old house never had, and conduit for an upgraded electrical service. The old services have to be dealt with as well.

A typical sequence on an infill lot:

• confirm with the water and sewer providers what they require for the new connections and for the old ones;
• locate the existing services and the neighbors' lines through Georgia 811 and the owner's records, and expose them with hydro excavation;
• disconnect and abandon or remove the old services as required;
• install the new water service, lateral and storm connection, with conduit where the electric utility asks for it;
• have each connection inspected, then backfill and restore, coordinating with the builder's schedule.

Tight lots and neighbors close by make careful staging important. Directional drilling can help where the new line must pass beneath a shared drive or a neighbor's landscaping.

We work for builders, homeowners, businesses and public owners.

Georgia 811

Under O.C.G.A. Title 25, Chapter 9, excavators contact Georgia 811 before digging. A locate request must go in at least two and at most eight business days before excavation, counting from 7:00 a.m. on the next business day, and a ticket is good for 30 calendar days.

Brookhaven and nearby cities

Chamblee, Doraville, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, Clarkston and Decatur are near Brookhaven. We work in those cities too.

Builders can include the site plan and the dates when the lot will be ready for the utility work; homeowners can start with the address and a description.

We follow up with our questions, then propose a method.