Self-performed horizontal directional drilling, open-cut excavation, utility installation, and site work and restoration — across Central New York and Pennsylvania. One accountable contractor from bore pit to backfill.
CNY Utility Group puts infrastructure in the ground and self-performs the four scopes that carry the underground package: directional drilling and trenchless where open-cut isn't an option, open-cut excavation and underground civil where it is, utility installation built to each system owner's standard, and site work and restoration to leave the surface the way you need it back. The rigs, vacuum trucks, and excavators are ours, run by our crews.
That means one contractor is accountable for the whole underground scope — no seam between a drilling sub and an earthwork sub, no finger-pointing when a crossing meets a trench. You get a single point of responsibility for the part of the schedule everyone else is waiting on.
Explore each capability — scope, method, and where it fits in the underground package.
HDD and directional boring under roads, rail, rivers, wetlands, and live utilities. Auger boring, jack-and-bore, and pipe ramming for cased crossings, with bore planning, mud management, and as-built profiles.
Explore →Open-cut excavation and trenching with competent-person trench safety, plus duct bank, manholes and vaults, service laterals, and hydro-vacuum excavation. Bedded, backfilled, and compacted to spec.
Explore →Electric duct bank and direct-bury, gas main and service, water and sewer, and fiber and broadband conduit — installed and tested to the standard the interconnecting utility inspects against.
Explore →Clearing, grading, access roads, storm and drainage, and full surface restoration — trench paving, concrete and curb, topsoil and seed — plus 24/7 storm and emergency response.
Explore →Utility and renewables schedules live and die on what happens below grade. When a crossing slips, every trade behind it stacks up — conductor pulls, terminations, energization, restoration. We plan the bore and the excavation together, as one sequence, before the rig walks on: geotech read, drilling-fluid program, utility locating, and the open-cut work staged around the trenchless crossings rather than fighting them.
Because the same company owns both methods, we pick the right one for each run instead of forcing the job to fit one crew's tool. Where the ground, the crossing, or the surface makes open-cut a bad idea, we bore. Where a straight trench is faster and cleaner, we dig. The point is a single, coordinated plan that keeps the underground package off your critical path.
| Scope | Method we choose |
|---|---|
| Road, rail, river, and wetland crossings | HDD / directional boring, or auger boring / jack-and-bore for cased crossings |
| Runs under live utilities or paved surfaces | Directional drilling with potholing and daylighting to verify clearances |
| Straight-run mains, laterals, and duct bank in open ground | Open-cut excavation, bedding, backfill, and compaction |
| Manholes, vaults, and equipment pads | Excavation with precast or cast-in-place structures set to grade |
| Grading, access roads, drainage, and paving back | Site work and full surface restoration |
Owner-operated rigs, vacuum trucks, and excavators on active bores and utility work.
Directional drill staged and ready to bore.
Trenchless where open-cut isn't an option.
Exposing existing utilities.
Product staged for the pull.
Yes. Directional drilling and open-cut excavation are self-performed by the same company, with owner-operated rigs, vacuum trucks, and excavators. One contractor is accountable for the whole underground scope, so there is no seam to coordinate between two subs.
We serve utilities, EPCs, and renewables developers across Central New York and Pennsylvania — Syracuse, Utica, Binghamton, the Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes, and the Northern-Tier PA counties. Work spans electric, gas, water and sewer, telecom and fiber, and renewables and substation civil. See Markets for the buyer's-lens view.
We onboard into the prequalification platform your project requires — ISNetworld, Avetta, or Veriforce. COIs, additional-insured endorsements, and our full prequalification package are available on request. See Prequalification.
Yes. We restore what we open — trench paving, concrete and curb, topsoil, seed, and sod — and handle grading, access roads, and drainage as part of the same package.
Yes. When utilities need surge crews after a storm or a utility strike, we mobilize — on call, day or night.
Tell us about the crossings, the excavation, the market, and the schedule. We'll respond with a capability package and a plan to keep the underground scope off your critical path.
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