Underground Utility Contractor in Newark, OH

Newark is the largest city in Licking County, with an estimated 51,424 residents (2024 Census estimate) on about 21 square miles of land.

Bringing utilities to a new site

When a new industrial or commercial facility is built on open land, its utilities often have to be brought from some distance: water mains extended along new or existing roads, sanitary sewer carried to the site, storm systems built to ponds or channels, and power conduit or duct banks laid for heavy electrical loads.

Work of that scale involves:

Long routes

Along road shoulders and easements, with crossings of roads, drives and drainage features made by open cut or by directional drilling, as the owners of each allow.

Many owners

The water and sewer systems, the road owners and the electric utility each set requirements and inspect their own facilities.

Phasing

Backbone utilities first, building connections later, timed with construction.

Existing lines

Pipelines and cables along the route located through OUPS and exposed with hydro excavation at every crossing.

Smaller jobs are more common for most owners: a water service, a lateral, a storm connection or conduit to a new building. We handle those for homeowners, businesses and public owners in Newark as well.

Notice before excavation

OUPS is Ohio's one-call system under Ohio Revised Code 3781.25 to 3781.38. Ohio law (ORC 3781.28) requires at least two working days of notice, not counting the day of notice, and digging must start within 16 calendar days; the law sets no fixed ticket life. Road crossings also need the road owner's permit.

Around Newark

Heath, Granville, St. Louisville, Hanover, Hebron and Buckeye Lake are among the communities near Newark. We take on work in each of them too.

For a large project, include the civil plans and the schedule; for a smaller job, the address and a description. We follow up with our questions.