Oakland County, Michigan
Underground Utility Contractor in Southfield, MI
Blackstone Utilities provides underground utility construction in Southfield, Michigan. The work covers fiber optic installation, underground power conduit, water main and sewer line installation and repair, storm sewer, excavation, directional drilling, hydro vacuum services and emergency utility repair. Our headquarters in Huntley, Illinois, plans and dispatches every job in Southfield.
Southfield is a city in Oakland County with an estimated 76,874 residents (2024 Census estimate) on about 26 square miles of land.
Converting buildings to new uses
When an office building becomes residential, a warehouse becomes retail or a vacant site gets a new building, the underground utilities usually need to change too. A new use may need more water, a separate fire service, a larger sanitary connection, different storm handling for a new parking layout, and more electrical capacity.
Planning that work starts with comparing what exists with what the new use needs:
What is there
The existing services, their sizes, materials and routes, confirmed from drawings and, where needed, by exposing them with hydro excavation.
What is needed
The new demands set by the design and by each utility's requirements.
How to get there
Upsizing or replacing services, adding new ones, abandoning old ones as required, and routing them around the building and the site. Directional drilling may carry new lines beneath parking or drives that must stay in use during construction.
We do this work for general contractors, developers, owners and public agencies, and handle service line, lateral and storm repairs for homeowners.
Notice before excavation
MISS DIG 811 receives locate requests under Michigan's Public Act 174 of 2013. Notice must be given at least 72 hours (three business days) and at most 14 calendar days ahead, and the ticket lasts 21 days, or 180 days for long projects (MCL 460.725).
Southfield and nearby cities
Lathrup Village, Bingham Farms, Beverly Hills, Franklin, Oak Park and Berkley are near Southfield. We work in each of them as well.
For a conversion, include the architect's or engineer's utility sheets and the construction schedule.
Mention the pipe or conduit size and material if you know them; they shape the method and the equipment for the Southfield work. Note which existing services are to be reused, if any.
We follow up with our questions, then propose a method.
Services in Southfield
Each page covers the scope, the method and what to send for a quote.
Working with us in Southfield
- Call us or request a quote. Calls and quote requests for Southfield, 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.
Southfield at a glance
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Oakland County
- Population
- An estimated 76,874 residents (2024 Census estimate)
- Land area
- 26.3 square miles (Census)
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