Safe, Efficient, Non-Destructive Digging

Industries We Serve

TerraVac Vacuum Excavation carries out works for:

Civil Construction and Maintenance

Potholing

  • To expose underground services for maintenance and repair
  • To locate and confirm underground services location
  • Through heritage listed tree areas or environmentally sensitive sites

Trenching

  • To expose underground services for maintenance and repair
  • Slot trenching to locate and confirm underground services location
  • To install services in environmentally sensitive areas
  • To install tree root barriers
  • Excavate perimeter trench around new worksite to determine location of existing underground services
  • Through heritage listed tree areas
  • Through high risk areas to install electrical services, production pipework and communication services

Subsurface Utility/Service Location

  • Scanning for undergound services using (GPR) Ground Penetrating Radar and (EMI) Electromagnetic Induction 
  • Providing detailed photo report on completion of works

Vacuum Excavate

  • Holes for bollard installation
  • To removal of sand from under pipework traces to enable access for sandblasting and painting
  • Around buried pipework for inspection and repair
  • Electrical launch pits and receival pit
  • To sink liners and pits. 
  • Around tree roots for stump removal
  • Around tree roots to expose underground services
  • Holes for the installation of rag cages for car park lights
  • To clean out of buried conduit runs in preparation of cable hauling
  • For footings, for service and storm water pit installations
  • For service pit installation 
  • To under bore receival pits 
  • To clean out new drainage and sewer lines & pits for new subdivisions

Jetting

  • To cleaning of storm water pits and associated pipework

Vacuum Loading

  • Of sandblast residue from encapsulations around pipework and inside storage tanks (confined space work)

Electrical, Communications, Plumbing Contractors and Utilities Providers

Potholing

  • To locate and confirm underground services location
  • To expose underground services for maintenance and repair
  • Through heritage listed tree areas or environmentally sensitive sites

Trenching

  • Slot trenching to locate and confirm underground services location
  • To expose underground services for maintenance and repair
  • To install services in environmentally sensitive areas
  • For installation of electrical and communication feeds
  • For location and installation of services
  • To install earth cabling to solar panels for railway signal controls

Subsurface Utility/Service Location

  • Scanning for underground services using (GPR) Ground Penetrating Radar and (EMI) Electromagnetic Induction 
  • Providing detailed photo report on completion of works

Vacuum Excavate

  • Holes for anode installations
  • To expose assets for inspection
  • For communications pit and pipe location and remediation, clean out pits and conduits, jetting blocked conduits, rodding and roping, and parachuting ropes through the ducts
  • Around tree stumps for removal 
  • Footing holes for:  installation of rag cages for car park lights, holes for security camera installations, for parking meter installation, for the installation of bollards, to install and relocate light poles
  • Locating and exposing underground services then excavating underneath them to carefully lower into a deeper position
  • To clean out of buried conduit runs in preparation of cable hauling
  • For service and storm water pit installations
  • Clean out electrical and communication pits and conduits, drainage (storm water, sumps, gully) pits and pipework, new sewer pits and pipework ready for inspection
  • To clean out service or utility pits, storm water pits, gully pits, soak wells

Jetting

  • Clean out electrical and communication pits and conduits, drainage (storm water, sumps, gully) pits and pipework, new sewer pits and pipework ready for inspection
  • Valve box cleaning

Mining & Heavy Industry – Construction & Maintenance

Vacuum Excavate

  • To expose damaged services for repair

Trenching

  • To install earth cabling to solar panels for railway signal controls
  • To install services in environmentally sensitive areas

Vacuum Loading

  • Process plant mineral recovery from hopper (confined space work)
  • Product spillage recovery
  • Vehicle wash down bay clean outs

Government, Schools and Shopping Centres

Potholing

  • To locate and confirm underground services location
  • To expose underground services for maintenance and repair
  • Through heritage listed tree areas or environmentally sensitive sites

Trenching

  • To locate and confirm underground services location
  • Open hole excavation to expose underground services for maintenance and repair
  • For location, installation or repair of services
  • Through heritage listed tree areas or environmentally sensitive sites

Subsurface Utility/Service Location

  • Scanning for underground services using (GPR) Ground Penetrating Radar and (EMI) Electromagnetic Induction 
  • Providing detailed photo reports on completion of works

Vacuum Excavate

  • To expose damaged services
  • Communications pit and pipe location and remediation, clean out pits and conduits, jetting blocked conduits, rodding and roping, and parachuting ropes through the ducts.
  • Footing holes for rage cages for car park lights, poles for signs, shade sales  and play equipment, installation of bollards, security camera installations , install and relocate light poles
  • To clean out buried conduit runs in preparation of cable hauling
  • Around tree stumps for removal
  • Around tree roots for underground asset location
  • Footings for trenches and holes
  • For service and storm water pit installations
  • Jet and vacuum excavate to clean out storm water pits, gully pits, soak wells

Vacuum Loading

  • To clean out sand filtration tanks
  • To clean out holding tanks 

Sign and Shade Installers

  • Excavate precision holes for the installation of signs and shade sails, in highly congested traffic areas, restricted access areas or areas of unknown asset location

Piling, Formwork and Horizontal Drilling Contractors

Potholing and trenching

  • To confirm location of underground services

Vacuum excavate

  • Pylon holes and footings in preparation for concrete pour

Vacuum Load

  • Drillers mud from horizontal directional drillers pits without an operator needing to enter a confined space

Property Maintenance, Landscaping and Residential

Vacuum Excavate

  • Precision holes or trenches in confined space or restricted access areas
  • Trenches and footings
  • Precision excavation to install tree root barriers
  • Hole for swimming pool or spa in areas that don’t allow machine access
  • Confined space and restricted access excavation for underground cellar
  • To clean out sand filtration tanks 
  • Trenching and potholing for location of services

Jetting

  • Jet and vacuum excavate to clean out storm water pits, gully pits, soak wells

Vacuum Loading

  • Extract soils from garden beds

Security Companies

Vacuum Excavate

  • To install and relocate poles for security cameras

Trenching

  • For installation of electric and communication feeds

Insurance

Vacuum Excavate and Jetting

  •  To clean out stormwater pits, gully pits, soak wells 

Vacuum loading

  • To extract mud from an residential apartment, filled with mud after March 2010 storm

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Contact Details

Address: Terravac Pty Ltd
2B Arrigo St,
Wangara WA 6065

Phone: 0427531119

Email: info@terravac.com.au

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