Years in Service
Established 2005
Turning
obstacles
into access.
Rapid Wire installs underground utilities for carriers, utilities, and contractors across five states. We bore beneath roads, waterways, and existing infrastructure with minimal disruption to the surface.
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Operating since 2005
Self-performed, never subbed out
Up to 30 ft deep
Pothole before we bore
What we do
One crew for everything below grade
Rapid Wire self-performs the full underground utility scope, from the first locate to final restoration, with one crew and one point of contact.
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Directional Drilling
Install utilities without trenching the surface
Steerable bores route conduit and pipe beneath driveways, landscaping, roadways, and waterways, reaching 600 ft per shot and up to 30 ft deep, with the surface left intact.
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Potholing & Hydro-Excavating
Expose existing lines without breaking them
Vacuum excavation verifies the exact location and depth of buried utilities before any boring or digging begins, preventing damage to existing lines.
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Trenching
Open-cut where it's the right tool
Clean, accurate trenches for shallow runs, terminations, and tie-ins, backfilled and restored to grade.
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Cable Plowing
Lay long runs fast, with minimal disturbance
Vibratory plowing pulls conduit and cable through open ground in a single pass, ideal for long residential and rural runs.
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Utility Plan & Profile / Design
Engineer the route before the rig arrives
Plan-and-profile drawings and as-builts that meet municipal requirements and keep your project moving through permitting.
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Traffic Control
Keep crews and the public safe
ATSSA-certified flagging, site-specific traffic control plans, and permitting coordination for work in the right-of-way.
How it works
A locate-first process, every time
No surprises underground. We plan, verify, install, and restore in a sequence engineered to protect what's already in the ground.
- Step 01
Plan & Design
We engineer the route, pull the plan-and-profile, and handle permitting before anyone breaks ground.
- Step 02
Locate & Pothole
Hydro-excavation confirms every existing line so the bore path is safe and exact.
- Step 03
Drill & Install
Steerable rigs bore the engineered path and pull conduit and pipe into place, tracked in real time.
- Step 04
Restore
We backfill, compact, and return the site to grade, leaving the surface the way we found it.
Proof in the ground
Applications across five states
With 20 years of experience, Rapid Wire helps utility companies, homeowners, and everything in between navigate any surface or underground condition.
Road Crossings
Conduit bored beneath a live roadway with traffic moving the whole time.
Urban Infrastructure
New utilities threaded under a dense city block without breaking pavement.
Waterways
Lines pulled beneath waterways with banks and habitat left untouched.
Hard Soil & Rock Terrain
Steered through cobble and rock formations that stop open-cut crews cold.
Protected Areas
Service routed beneath mature trees without disturbing a single root system.
General Hazards
Buried hazards located and verified before the drill head ever gets close.
Why Rapid Wire
What you get with Rapid Wire
Our fleet, methods, and certification standards are built to install utilities below grade with as little disruption to the surface as possible.
- Minimal disruption
- Bores run beneath roadways, sidewalks, mature landscaping, and existing structures. The surface above stays intact.
- Self-performed fleet
- 90+ trucks, semis, drills, and excavators under one roof means we control the schedule instead of waiting on subs.
- Certified technicians
- Rigorous certification standards and a locate-first safety culture on every job, from carrier networks to municipal programs.
- Built for commercial scale
- Carriers, utilities, DOT corridors, and multi-phase developments are our core work. Residential service lines get the same crews and standards.
Who we work for
The crews behind Colorado's networks
Carriers, utilities, and the state DOT have trusted Rapid Wire with their underground work for two decades, on jobs of every size.
“We've relied on Rapid Wire for over 10 years to show up on time and stay until the job is done.”
Questions
Frequently asked
Straight answers on directional drilling, depth and reach, residential work, and getting started.
Directional drilling, also called horizontal directional drilling or HDD, installs utilities along a steerable underground path without digging an open trench. It routes conduit and pipe beneath driveways, landscaping, roads, structures, and waterways, avoiding the cost, mess, and surface damage of open excavation.
Get started
Tell us about your project.
Send us the service, location, and scope. We'll follow up within one business day.
States served
- Colorado
- Wyoming
- New Mexico
- Texas
- Montana