Trenchless Excavation

Horizontal Directional Drilling

A trenchless method for installing pipelines, conduit, and utility lines beneath surfaces that can't be disturbed.

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Available for new projects

How It Works

Three steps. No open trench.

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Pilot Bore

A steered bore head tracks a pre-planned underground path to the exit point with precision guidance.

02

Ream

The borehole is enlarged to the diameter required for the product pipe or conduit bundle.

03

Pullback

The pipe or conduit is pulled back through in a single pass. Installation complete — surface untouched.

Horizontal Directional Drilling is the core of what All-In Excavating does. It's a trenchless method for installing pipelines, conduit, and utility lines beneath surfaces that can't — or shouldn't — be disturbed.

Our rigs and locating equipment are matched to the work we take on most — utility installs and crossings on commercial, industrial, and civil sites — with the field experience to hit alignment targets on complex bores.

No open trenches. No surface restoration. No unnecessary disruption.

Installations

Suited to a wide range of uses.

Water and sewer lines

Trenchless sewer replacement

Gas and fuel pipelines

Electrical conduit

Fibre optic and telecom conduit

Multi-duct conduit bundles

Irrigation lines

Common Crossings

HDD is the standard for installations that need to pass beneath an obstacle without disturbing the surface above.

Roads & highways

Railways & rail corridors

Rivers, creeks & wetlands

Environmental setbacks

Parking lots & paved surfaces

Residential & commercial sites

Trenchless Sewer Replacement

Replace the line. Keep the surface.

When an existing sewer line needs to be replaced, HDD offers an alternative to open-cut excavation. Rather than digging up the full length of the line, we bore a new path and pull the replacement pipe through.

This minimizes impact on the surface, surrounding infrastructure, and anyone using the property during construction — without sacrificing the quality of the installation.

Open-Cut Method

Full-length excavation required

Surface must be torn up and rebuilt

Extended timeline, high restoration cost

HDD Trenchless Method

New bore path, replacement pipe pulled through

Surface stays intact throughout

Faster, lower total project cost

Why HDD Pays Off

The real advantage is total project cost.

The case for HDD isn't just avoiding torn-up roads, driveways, and landscaping — it's the project total once restoration, traffic management, and downtime are factored in. Where open trenching is impractical, restricted, or too costly, HDD is the right call.

No restoration costs

Roads, driveways, landscaping, and paved surfaces stay intact. No tearup, no rebuild.

Shorter timelines

Without open-cut excavation and surface restoration, projects move faster from start to finish.

Less interference

Surrounding properties, traffic, and businesses see minimal impact during the work.

Why All-In

Three reasons projects choose us.

01

On schedule, on date.

We commit to dates and hit them. For projects where late completion cascades into delays across other trades, that's the difference that matters.

02

End-to-end scope.

When the bore ties into open-cut sections, service connections, or existing utilities, we handle that scope too — no second contractor, no scheduling gap between methods.

03

Equipped and experienced.

Rigs and locating equipment matched to commercial, industrial, and civil work. Crews trained to hit alignment on complex bores where the margin for error is small.

Working With Your Team

We work from your drawings.

We work directly from engineer-supplied drawings and coordinate with civil, electrical, telecom, and utility trades on site. If you're still in design, bring us in early — we can flag installation constraints before they get locked into drawings.

We coordinate with

Civil Engineers

Electrical Trades

Telecom & Fibre

Utility Contractors

Alignment options, entry and exit pits, and soils considerations flagged before drawings are locked in.

Available for new projects

Start Your Underground Utility Project

Send us drawings, an alignment, or a description of what you need installed and where. We'll come back with a scope and a number. Free estimates on all HDD work.