Hydrovac Excavation

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Hydrovac excavation is the go-to approach for safe, fast, and damage-free soil removal using a combination of high-pressure water and high-flow vacuums.

  • 1. Project Management

    Our team of experts will help you solve even the most challeging site situations.  

    • Site inspection and assessment 
    • Project plan and timeline
    • Apply LEAN Thinking to eliminate wait times, duplication of work, and reduce costs to customer
    • Coordinate with other service providers
    • Monitor work execution and schedules
    • Provide updates on job site progress
    • Debrief project completion 

  • 2. Site Preparation

    • Obtain locates or use alternate locates agreements
    • Obtain required permitting  
    • Homeowner notifications when required  
    • Site hazard identification and mitigation planning 
    • Traffic control and other pedestrian signage

  • 3. Hydro Excavation

    • Road cutting and coring
    • Safe and precise hydro excavation to expose underground utilities
    • Large fleet of custom built hydrovacs with the latest technologies, optimized for fuel and operating efficiencies
    • NextGen hydrovacs are whisper quiet reducing perceived noise levels by 100%
    • Fully MTO compliant 
    • Serving communities in the GTA, Oshawa, Hamilton, Cambridge, Kitchener, Barrie, and surrounding areas
    • Dry vacuum excavation capabilities

  • 4. Repair, Renew and Improve

    After precisely and safely excavating soils with our modern hydrovacs:

    • Buried utilities are exposed to safely enable repair
    • Provide hands-on service work (see water distribution services)
    • Shoring services 
    • Service disconnection and re-connection
    • Conveyor system clean-downs
    • Elevator shaft cleaning


  • 5. Restoration

    OE takes pride in making excavation look like it never happened. We fully restore the ground surface to look as good or better than before.

    • Holes are often filled with OE’s recycled premium sand product from our on-premises hydrovac soil recycling facility. 
    • Flagstone
    • Patio stone
    • Interlocking brick
    • Concrete
    • Asphalt
    • Wooden decking
    • Soft surface reseeding or re-sodding of grass

    OE’s diverse fleet and equipment include:

    • On-demand u-fill concrete trucks
    • Stone slingers 
    • Dump trucks
    • Hot asphalt trucks
    • Road Saws
    • Coring Machine
    • Other support vehicles that enable us to perform our work quickly and effectively

  • 6. Disposal and Recycling

    OE’s on-premises soil recycling facility turns hydrovac waste into reusable products that are safe for the environment:

    • MOECP approved, Central GTA facility
    • Quick and safe unloading of materials
    • Rigorous tracking, tracing, and testing system for contamination
    • 1,500+ tonnes of sand reclaimed per year
    • 100,000+ of gravel, sand and clay diverted from land fill
    • 19+ million litres of water are recycled and reused
    • Premium pipe bedding material available
    • 40% reduction in travel costs
    • 30% reduction in carbon emissions from reduced travel

From Digging to Disposal We've Got You Covered

Hydrovac excavation

We Move Dirt Faster and Safer

Non-mechanical and non-destructive, hydrovac technology is widely recognized for its safety and cost benefits, including the following:

Protects underground infrastructure: hydrovac excavation does not damage buried utility infrastructure

Precise: hydrovac excavation digs precise shapes and depths, minimizing soil removal and environmental impact

Enables safer mechanical digging: hydrovac excavation safely exposes buried infrastructure prior to digging

Efficient: hydrovac excavation is fast and able to access difficult locations up to 900 feet from our trucks

Cuts restoration time and costs: precise digging limits excavation to what’s needed and requires less backfill

Cost-effective: efficiency + precision + low restoration costs = best value and lowest overall excavation costs

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24/7 EMERGENCY HOTLINE

We’re at your service when you need us most. Our team is on standby for emergency calls, armed with GPS for real-time tracking of our fleet. All-day, every day, we are ready to dispatch the services you need for the fastest, most effective emergency response. 416-749-0005

6 benefits of OE hydro excavation trucks

Custom-made hydrovacs are 10 decibels quieter than other hydrovacs

Coldweather cabinetry eliminates freeze-up, even on the coldest days

Rotating water nozzles instead of straight tips for safer, faster excavation

2/3 of our fleet will be Next-Gen within 5 years

The largest vacuums with the highest flow rate industry-wide

Extract up to 900 feet from the truck - the furthest in the industry

Prepared for the Task

Our hydrovac trucks are well-equipped to meet the challenges of urban settings, sensitive environments, and extreme cold-weather conditions. Our large fleet of modern hydrovacs and our team of experts can get your project off the ground quickly, safely and at the lowest overall cost to you. 


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Large Fleet

Experience

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convenient Locations

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Across Ontario

Hydrovac excavation in action

Workers hydro excavating

Free Consultation Services

Do you have a difficult excavation and don’t know where to start? OE is experienced in effectively handling the most challenging excavations. Our talented sales team provides free consultation services, so you have peace- of-mind that your project is in the right hands. 

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