Underground Utility Contractor in Novi, MI

Novi is a city in Oakland County, with an estimated 67,675 residents (2024 Census estimate) on about 30 square miles of land.

Retail sites and outparcels

Retail centers often add buildings on outparcels at the edge of their parking lots: a restaurant, a bank, a store. Each new building needs its own water service and possibly a fire line, a sanitary connection, storm drainage tied into the center's system, and conduit for power, all routed across a lot that stays open to customers.

The underground work for an outparcel usually follows the site plan closely:

• connection points on the center's private mains or on the public systems are confirmed with their owners;
• existing private lines under the lot are traced from the center's records and exposed with hydro excavation where the new work crosses them;
• routes under busy drive aisles may be drilled instead of trenched;
• storm work is coordinated with the center's existing inlets and detention;
• pavement, curbs, islands and striping are restored to the owner's standard.

We also take on smaller and larger jobs for homeowners, office owners and public owners in Novi.

MISS DIG 811 notice

Before excavation in Michigan, a locate request goes to MISS DIG 811 under Public Act 174 of 2013. The law sets the notice at no less than three business days (72 hours) and no more than 14 calendar days before digging; a ticket stays valid for 21 days, or 180 days for long projects. Private lines in parking lots may not be marked by that process.

Novi and nearby communities

Northville, Wixom, Walled Lake, Wolverine Lake, Farmington and Farmington Hills are near Novi. We serve each of them as well.

For an outparcel, send the civil site plan and the center's utility drawings for the area, and say when the store is expected to open.

We come back with our questions and a recommended approach.