Underground Utility Contractor in Youngstown, OH

Youngstown is the largest city in Mahoning County, with an estimated 59,123 residents (2024 Census estimate) on about 34 square miles of land. Part of the city extends into a neighboring county.

Vacant lots and abandoned services

Where lots stand vacant, old water services and sewer laterals often remain in the ground, sometimes still connected to the public systems. When a new building goes up, a lot is reused, or a public owner cleans up its records, those old connections have to be found and dealt with.

The usual approach:

• check the utilities' records for services to the lot, and request an OUPS locate for the live facilities around it;
• expose the old services at the curb or at the main with hydro excavation, to see whether they are still connected and what they are made of;
• with the utility, decide whether they can be reused or must be disconnected and abandoned to its standard;
• install new services where needed, inspect them and restore the surface.

Industrial and commercial redevelopment adds old drains, pits and structures, which can be emptied with a vacuum truck before they are inspected, filled or removed.

We also handle repairs and new connections for occupied homes, businesses and public owners in Youngstown.

OUPS

Under Ohio Revised Code 3781.25 to 3781.38, OUPS must receive a locate request before excavation. Section 3781.28 requires notice at least two working days ahead, leaving out the day of notice, and excavation must begin within 16 calendar days of the notice, as the law has no fixed ticket life. Abandoned private services are not marked by that process. Include the exact address, as the city spans a county line.

Youngstown and nearby communities

Campbell, Struthers, Girard, Poland, Hubbard and McDonald are near Youngstown. We serve those communities too.

For a vacant lot or a redevelopment site, send the address and anything known about its past use. We reply with our questions first.