Drilling & boring

Fiber optic cable drilling in Orange County

From the Lake Nona campuses to the resorts on the 192 corridor, fiber in Orange County goes in the ground inside a duct that a drill put there.

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Serving Orlando · Orange County

Davis Underground Solutions, Inc.

Directional drilling and boring across Florida; locates, bore plan and utility coordination handled. More about Davis Underground Solutions →

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Duct, then cable

Fiber-optic cable rides in HDPE duct or microduct, and the duct is what the drill crew installs: a bundle pulled through one reamed bore, sized for today's count and the spares the network will want. Along an Orange County arterial the crew bores in shots between hand holes, steering under side streets, driveways and the culverts that connect the lakes. At a building the last shot is the drop from the hand hole to the wall.

Who is building fiber here

Carriers extending fiber to the home across the growth corridors, cable operators upgrading plant, wireless carriers backhauling towers and small cells along I-4, the Lake Nona medical and research campuses, data centers, resorts rewiring their properties, and developers putting conduit in before the roads are paved.

Ground and crossings

Sand with a shallow water table, which the drilling fluid handles; karst watched. Crossings are the toll roads, I-4, the SunRail corridor and the lakes, each with its own permit.

What the builder gets

Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. runs its own rigs, locators and vac truck, files Sunshine 811, pulls the crossing permits, sets hand holes and vaults to the design and proofs every duct with a mandrel and pull tape. Florida work shows mobilization as its own line. Davis Underground Solutions has photos of recent fiber builds. Estimates are free. Call now: (855) 520-2670.

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Other drilling and boring services in Orange County

Directional Drilling Orange County

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD): a steered bore between two small pits that puts conduit, pipe and cable under roads, driveways, parking lots and landscaping with no open trench.

Horizontal Drilling Orange County

Horizontal drilling for any line that has to cross something it cannot cut through: a street, a slab, a canal, a stand of trees. Entry pit, exit pit, nothing opened in between.

Directional Boring Orange County

Directional boring is the small-rig end of HDD: short, shallow bores for service lines, sleeves and conduit on residential and light-commercial lots.

Underground Drilling Orange County

Underground drilling for new utilities where the surface is spoken for: tracked, steered bores placed under whatever is already built on top.

Electrical Conduit Drilling Orange County

PVC and HDPE electrical conduit bored under pavement for primary feeds, secondary services, site lighting and EV charging circuits.

Underground Conduit Drilling Orange County

Single ducts and multi-duct bundles pulled through one reamed bore: communications, power, controls and spares placed together under the obstacle.

Structured Cable Drilling Orange County

Conduit between buildings for structured cabling, campus networks, security and controls, bored under courtyards, drives and parking rather than cut across them.

Utility Drilling Orange County

Utility drilling for water, sewer, gas, power and telecom owners: permitted road crossings, mains under live streets, services to the meter.

Communications Drilling Orange County

Communications conduit and cable placed by directional drill: telecom, cable TV, cell-site backhaul and private networks, under roads and lots.

Missile Boring Orange County

Missile boring (pneumatic piercing) drives a steel mole through the soil for short, straight, shallow runs under a driveway or sidewalk: the quickest way to sleeve a lawn or a walk.

Auger Boring and Drilling Orange County

Cased auger bores for road, highway and railroad crossings and for gravity sewer that has to hold an exact grade: a straight steel casing jacked from a pit.

Sewer, Water and Drain Lines Orange County

New water services and mains, sewer force mains and laterals, and storm drains installed under roads, driveways and yards without trenching them open.

Questions about fiber optic cable drilling in Orange County

Duct sizes?+

1.25-inch and 2-inch HDPE and microduct bundles are the usual; several in one bore.

Shot length along a road?+

300 to 600 feet between hand holes is common, planned around the crossings and the pull-back.

Turns?+

Steered within the duct's bend radius; sharp changes happen at hand holes.

Hand holes?+

Set with the duct so the cable crew pulls straight through.

Estimate for a fiber route?+

Send the route drawing through the form or call (855) 520-2670 now. Estimates are free; reply within 24 hours.

Fiber Optic Cable Drilling by city in Orange County

Each community has its own page for this service. The crew, the method and the price are the same across the county; the page covers what is different about the ground and the permits there.

ZIP codes served

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