Underground Utility Contractor in Iowa

How Iowa jobs are handled

Iowa jobs are planned and dispatched by the same team that handles every one of our service states. You call or send the form, we ask about the site, and the work is scheduled once the scope and the paperwork are clear.

Many requests start with a question rather than a plan. A city utility may want a valve or hydrant connection replaced, a business park may need a new service line to a building pad, and a farm-adjacent property may need conduit carried under a drive. Each of those is a different job, and we will ask what is there today before proposing how to reach it.

Choosing the method

Open trenching is still the most common way to install or replace pipe, but it is not the only one. Where a road, a driveway or a watercourse stands in the way, directional drilling carries pipe or conduit underneath without opening the surface along the whole route. Where existing lines are close, hydro excavation exposes them with water and vacuum instead of a bucket. The right choice depends on the ground, the utility and the owner's specifications.

Iowa cities we serve

Iowa's largest cities each have a page below, covering the work in that place, its county and the communities around it. If your site is elsewhere in Iowa, include the town or county in your request.

Iowa One Call

Iowa One Call is the state's notification center. Excavators give notice before digging so that buried facilities are marked, and Iowa Code chapter 480 sets the rules. Iowa law (Iowa Code 480.4) requires 48 hours of notice, counted from 6:00 a.m. on the next business day and excluding weekends and holidays, and a ticket stays valid for 25 calendar days. The one-call summary on this page gives the details with a link to the statute.