Oakland County, Michigan
Underground Utility Contractor in Pontiac, MI
Blackstone Utilities provides underground utility construction in Pontiac, Michigan. We handle fiber optic installation, power conduit, water main and sewer line installation and repair, storm sewer, excavation and trenching, directional drilling, hydro vacuum services and emergency utility repair. Every Pontiac project is planned and dispatched from our headquarters in Huntley, Illinois.
Pontiac is a city in Oakland County with an estimated 62,528 residents (2024 Census estimate) on about 20 square miles of land.
Redeveloping vacant or former industrial land
When land that has been vacant or used for industry is redeveloped, the underground work often starts with what the previous use left behind: abandoned services, old foundations, unrecorded pipes and conduit, and structures that no longer serve anything. New utilities cannot be designed with confidence until those are understood.
A sensible sequence for such a site:
Investigate
The one-call locate through MISS DIG 811 marks live public facilities. Old records, if any, are gathered. Test holes, often dug by hydro excavation, show what is actually there at the points that matter.
Decide
Old lines are either reused, if their condition and capacity allow and their owner agrees, or abandoned or removed as the owner and the authorities require.
Build
New water, sanitary, storm and power connections are installed to the new design, with connections to the public systems coordinated with their owners and inspected.
Pits and structures left on the site can be emptied with a vacuum truck before they are inspected or removed. We work for developers, owners, general contractors and public agencies, and for homeowners on smaller jobs.
Notice before excavation
Under Michigan's Public Act 174 of 2013, MISS DIG 811 receives locate requests before digging. Section 460.725 of the Michigan Compiled Laws requires three business days of notice at minimum, no more than 14 calendar days ahead, and keeps a ticket valid for 21 days (180 days for long projects). Private and abandoned lines are not marked by that process.
Around Pontiac
Auburn Hills, Sylvan Lake, Lake Angelus, Keego Harbor, Bloomfield Hills and Orchard Lake Village are among the communities near Pontiac. We work in each of them as well.
For a redevelopment site, send whatever records exist, even old ones, together with the new site plan.
We reply with questions and the approach we recommend.
Services in Pontiac
Each page covers the scope, the method and what to send for a quote.
Working with us in Pontiac
- Call us or request a quote. Calls and quote requests for Pontiac, MI go straight to our headquarters in Huntley, Illinois, open Mon-Fri 7:00 AM-7:00 PM CT.
- We scope the job. We review the site, the utility and the specifications with you and propose a method and a schedule.
- We plan and dispatch the work from Huntley, Illinois. Our headquarters plans and dispatches every job across the states we serve.
Pontiac at a glance
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Oakland County
- Population
- An estimated 62,528 residents (2024 Census estimate)
- Land area
- 19.9 square miles (Census)
Nearby communities
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