Serving Orlando, Orange County and all of Florida
Directional drilling in Orlando and Orange County
A drilling contractor with its own rigs that puts utilities under roads, lakes, canals and resort parking from two small pits. Serving Orlando and every community in Orange County.
Directional Drilling
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.
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Fiber Optic Cable Drilling
Fiber duct and drop conduit installed by directional drill for carriers, co-ops, campuses and developments: long shots along the right-of-way, short shots to the building.
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Utility Drilling
Utility drilling for water, sewer, gas, power and telecom owners: permitted road crossings, mains under live streets, services to the meter.
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Serving Orlando · Orange County
Davis Underground Solutions, Inc.
Directional drilling, auger boring and utility installation across Florida; locates, bore plan and permits handled. It's boring. But we dig it.
Under the lake, under the lot, under the brick
Orange County is built around obstacles: a hundred lakes and the canals between them, the I-4 and toll-road corridors, the SunRail and CSX line, resort and retail parking that cannot close in season, and brick streets and oak canopy in the old neighborhoods. Every new utility has to cross one of them. A directional drilling crew sets a rig at one end, drills a steerable pilot hole under all of it and pulls the pipe or conduit back through; nothing between the two pits is opened. That is why developers, electricians, plumbers, fiber builders, resorts and the utilities themselves ask for it.
What goes in the ground
- Fiber-optic conduit and drops for the carriers and campuses wiring Orange County.
- Electrical conduit: feeds, services, site lighting, EV charging circuits.
- Water services and mains under roads, driveways and canals.
- Sewer force mains and laterals where the route crosses pavement or water.
- Gas mains and services to TECO Peoples Gas's standard.
- Steel casings for I-4, toll-road and rail crossings by auger boring when the permit asks for one.
Each has a page of its own: start with directional drilling, fiber optic cable drilling and sewer, water and drain lines, or pick a service from the list below.
Sand, water and karst
Fine sand over clayey sand with the limestone of the Floridan aquifer below; a water table that follows the lakes and sits a few feet down across much of the county. Sand bores fast and holds a fluid-filled hole; open trenches flood. Karst is watched on every job: modest fluid pressure, returns monitored, lost fluid treated as a void.
Permits and owners
Orange County Public Works, the City of Orlando, FDOT District 5, the Central Florida Expressway Authority and the railroads permit the rights-of-way; OUC, Duke Energy, Orange County Utilities and TECO own most of the lines. Sunshine 811 opens every job.
The company behind this site
Davis Underground Solutions, Inc. is a Georgia drilling contractor with its own directional rigs, auger boring machines, vac truck and crews, working across the Southeast; Orange County is part of its Florida territory, and mobilization is written as one line on the estimate so the whole number is known before anyone decides. The company is known for answering the phone and showing up on the date it gave. Davis Underground Solutions has the equipment list and project photos. Everything submitted on this site, and every call to the number at the top, goes directly to the company. Estimates are free. Call now: (855) 520-2670.
More on directional boring throughout Florida is on the Davis Underground Solutions site, with the equipment list and photos from recent jobs.
Estimates are free. Call now: (855) 520-2670.
Who we drill for in Orange County
Residential
Homes, driveways and yards: service lines and sleeves without tearing up the property.
Commercial
Site utilities, parking-lot crossings and duct banks for shopping centers, offices and restaurants.
Industrial
Plants, distribution centers and industrial parks: large-diameter crossings and process utilities.
Municipal
Water, sewer, fiber and signal conduit under live streets for cities, counties and utilities.
Every drilling and boring service in Orlando
Directional Drilling
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
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
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
Underground drilling for new utilities where the surface is spoken for: tracked, steered bores placed under whatever is already built on top.
Fiber Optic Cable Drilling
Fiber duct and drop conduit installed by directional drill for carriers, co-ops, campuses and developments: long shots along the right-of-way, short shots to the building.
Electrical Conduit Drilling
PVC and HDPE electrical conduit bored under pavement for primary feeds, secondary services, site lighting and EV charging circuits.
Underground Conduit Drilling
Single ducts and multi-duct bundles pulled through one reamed bore: communications, power, controls and spares placed together under the obstacle.
Structured Cable Drilling
Conduit between buildings for structured cabling, campus networks, security and controls, bored under courtyards, drives and parking rather than cut across them.
Utility Drilling
Utility drilling for water, sewer, gas, power and telecom owners: permitted road crossings, mains under live streets, services to the meter.
Communications Drilling
Communications conduit and cable placed by directional drill: telecom, cable TV, cell-site backhaul and private networks, under roads and lots.
Missile Boring
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
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
New water services and mains, sewer force mains and laterals, and storm drains installed under roads, driveways and yards without trenching them open.
Questions we hear in Orlando
How far ahead do I need to book a bore in Orlando?+
Small residential and commercial bores are usually scheduled within a week or two of the site walk; crossings follow the permit. Sunshine 811 needs two full business days before any digging, and the contractor files it.
Can you drill with the water table this high?+
Yes. The drilling fluid holds the hole below the water table; it is the reason boring beats trenching here.
Who pulls the permit for a toll road or canal crossing?+
The contractor: CFX for the toll roads, FDOT for I-4 and the state routes, the county or the district for canals, the railroads for their corridor.
Is there a travel charge to Orange County?+
Florida work can carry a mobilization line because the rigs are based in Georgia; it is shown on the estimate, and several bores on one trip share it.
What does an estimate cost?+
Nothing. Call (855) 520-2670 now or describe the run in the form; reply within 24 hours.
Cities and communities served in Orange County
Every community below has its own page for each service. Pick the one closest to the job; the crew and the price are the same across the county.
- Directional drilling Orlando
- Directional drilling Apopka
- Directional drilling Belle Isle
- Directional drilling Eatonville
- Directional drilling Edgewood
- Directional drilling Maitland
- Directional drilling Oakland
- Directional drilling Ocoee
- Directional drilling Windermere
- Directional drilling Winter Garden
- Directional drilling Winter Park
- Directional drilling Bay Lake
- Directional drilling Lake Buena Vista
- Directional drilling Azalea Park
- Directional drilling Bay Hill
- Directional drilling Bithlo
- Directional drilling Christmas
- Directional drilling Conway
- Directional drilling Doctor Phillips
- Directional drilling Fairview Shores
- Directional drilling Goldenrod
- Directional drilling Holden Heights
- Directional drilling Hunters Creek
- Directional drilling Lake Butler
- Directional drilling Lockhart
- Directional drilling Meadow Woods
- Directional drilling Oak Ridge
- Directional drilling Orlo Vista
- Directional drilling Paradise Heights
- Directional drilling Pine Castle
- Directional drilling Pine Hills
- Directional drilling Sky Lake
- Directional drilling South Apopka
- Directional drilling Southchase
- Directional drilling Taft
- Directional drilling Tangelo Park
- Directional drilling Tangerine
- Directional drilling Union Park
- Directional drilling Wedgefield
- Directional drilling Williamsburg
- Directional drilling Zellwood