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Michigan service area

Underground Utility Contractor in Michigan

Blackstone Utilities takes on underground utility projects across Michigan: fiber optic installation, buried power conduit, water main and sewer line work, storm sewer installation, trenching, directional drilling, hydro vacuum services and emergency repair. We work for homeowners, developers, broadband providers and public works departments, with every job planned from our headquarters in Huntley, Illinois.

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Working underground in Michigan

Michigan is one of the states we serve. Calls and requests come straight to our headquarters, and the same team that plans work in every other service state plans it here.

A useful way to think about an underground job is to separate the line from the ground around it. The line decides the materials and the specification: ductile iron or plastic water main, gravity sewer laid to grade, conduit sized for future cable. The ground decides the method: an open trench in a quiet residential street, a bore beneath a busy road, a vacuum-dug pothole beside a gas line that must not be touched.

What we do for Michigan owners

For public works departments, we handle main replacements and valve work. For developers, we bring sanitary, storm and water into new sites. For manufacturers, we clean out or expose pits, sumps and process lines. For homeowners, we repair and replace sewer laterals and water services. Each job starts with the same short list of questions about the location, the utility and any drawings.

Michigan cities we serve

Michigan's larger cities have their own pages, listed below with their counties. We work in other Michigan communities too; tell us where the site is.

MISS DIG 811

MISS DIG 811 is Michigan's notification system. Under Public Act 174 of 2013 (MCL 460.725), excavators must give at least 72 hours of notice, or three business days, and no more than 14 calendar days before digging, and a ticket is valid for 21 days (180 days for long projects).

Cities in Michigan

Listed by county, each with its own page.

Washtenaw County

Ingham County

Genesee County

Kalamazoo County

Calhoun County

Michigan in figures

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer files and population estimates.

Population
An estimated 10,140,459 residents (2024 Census estimate, sum of the county estimates)
Counties
83
Incorporated places
533

Working with us

  1. Call us or request a quote. Calls and quote requests for Michigan go straight to our headquarters in Huntley, Illinois, open Mon-Fri 7:00 AM-7:00 PM CT.
  2. We scope the job. We review the site, the utility and the specifications with you and propose a method and a schedule.
  3. We plan and dispatch the work from Huntley, Illinois. Our headquarters plans and dispatches every job across the states we serve.

Request a quote in Michigan

Tell us what you need built or repaired in Michigan, and where. Office hours: Mon-Fri 7:00 AM-7:00 PM CT.

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