Vacuum Excavation | Pavement Investigation

Pavement Investigation Services with Minimal Disruption to Surrounding and Underground Utilities

During the vacuum excavation process, highly compressed air is used to excavate the soil and suck it out in a dry condition. When this process is performed using a jet of high-pressure water instead of air, it is then known as hydro-vac. Vacuum excavation can be performed for large depth applications like the cleaning of storage tanks and silos. This method can also be used to vacuum out pipe sewage systems constructed underground.

With vacuum excavation and vacuum digging, underground utilities such as cables, pipelines and sewer lines can be appropriately exposed without causing them any damage. It is considered the safest excavation procedure to conduct excavation and digging safely and within proximity. Vacuum digging works best when you need to dig areas close to pipelines or any underground utilities. The excavation method is also used for drainages near the rails and to suck the ingested sand from rail areas.

Vacuum excavation and vacuum digging techniques are used for the removal of toxic liquid waste, solid spills, or removal of contaminated soil and gravel. The method can be used by both businesses and residences to improve the soil around trees, and to eliminate tree roots that can create a mess around underground utilities such as pipelines and cables. A vacuum excavation test slot can be conducted by expert technicians at Aussie Hydro-Vac Services before conducting any groundwork for drilling or vacuum digging operations.

The uses and benefits of hydro-vac services Vacuum excavation is used to prevent damage to existing underground utilities during the excavation process.

Depending on the ground condition, the earth to be excavated will be loosened by the experts at Aussie Hydro-Vac Services using compressed air or a powerful water jet. The use of water in vacuum digging helps in breaking up stiff soil, and the slurry produced is removed by air vacuum. The vacuum required for the vacuum excavation process is generated either through a fan system or using a positive displacement blower. The material is sucked into the holding tank by passing through a micromesh filter system to trap the dust particles. In cases where the vacuum digging employs hydro-vac excavation, the debris is in the form of slurry which is extracted by a powerful vacuum system into a debris tank.

Why pavement investigation services are required Information and data pertaining to soil and rock properties may be required for a variety of reasons and purposes. For such operations, pavement investigation using geotechnical resources may be needed. Today, pavement investigation and maintenance is a well-established construction engineering concept. A road with irregular pavement, corrugations, patches, and excessive cracks also affects the costs involved in the operation of vehicles.

Aussie Hydro-Vac Services offers pavement investigation and maintenance services to industrial establishments, businesses, and residents in Australia to evaluate their serviceability, which is a measure in a given period of time of how the structure serves a driver for the three main purposes intended:

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Rolling comfort

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Structural capacity, and

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Safety

The serviceability value ranges from 0 to 5, the maximum value indicates a pavement in perfect condition, while the minimum value presents many distresses which don’t fulfil their purpose any more. Aussie Hydro-Vac Services has highly qualified technicians that perform pavement investigation for an objective evaluation and can offer the right advice. You can trust Aussie Hydro-Vac Services for all your pavement investigation, servicing, repair, and maintenance needs.

Ensuring the safety of workers Aussie Hydro-Vac Services uses advanced tools and techniques for vacuum excavation, vacuum digging and pavement investigations to perform the restoration or renovation of a building or structural foundations. This includes underpinning and enlargement of basements. Aussie Hydro-Vac Services performs vacuum excavation, vacuum digging and pavement investigation in an economical way that results in high precision and less restoration work. The whole process is performed in a highly efficient manner and minimises the risk of putting workers’ lives in danger as they are not required to enter the trenches to perform their digging or excavation work. The excavated area will be much smaller and can be filled again quickly, compared to traditional digging and excavation methods that use manual labour.

Besides pavement investigation, vacuum digging and vacuum excavations, Aussie Hydro-Vac Services offer technical services for cable & pipe location, subsurface engineering & maintenance, drone photography services, and CCTV inspection. Industrial services offered by Aussie Hydro-Vac Services include industrial marine services, solid & liquid waste disposal, gross pollutant traps, and non-destructive digging. Aussie Hydro-Vac Services has the latest range of plants & vehicles for accomplishing its vacuum excavation, pavement investigation and vacuum digging operations, such as CAP combi drain cleaning unit, Kaiser recycling unit, tight access vacuum excavation units, CCTV and geotech vans, and more.