WATER, SEWER & STORM SEWER CONSTRUCTION
Serving Minnesota & Surrounding Areas
Underground
Utility Experts
Looking for a reliable underground utility contractor in Minnesota and surrounding areas? Look no further than GM Contracting! We offer full-service water, sewer, and storm sewer construction, as well as specialized trenching services and construction projects. With our expertise, we can handle the entire process, from demolition to installation of water utilities, including sanitary and septic structures, and storm drainage systems. Plus, we're always ready to help in emergency situations, such as water main breaks and sewage line collapses.
Traditional Construction Services
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G M Contracting offers safe, reliable, and efficient utility excavation services for almost any type of utility construction application. With years of utility excavation experience, GM Contracting operates utility excavators ranging from compact to large production-class units. G M Contracting provides skilled operators that are able to handle almost any job site requirement and always make safety and efficiency top priorities!
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GM Contracting builds and installs high-performance pumping stations for water and wastewater applications. GM Contracting works diligently to meet any and all environmental requirements while drawing on years of experience to tackle the often difficult and challenging soil conditions common in lift station construction.
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As a core service, GM Contracting is a skilled trenching contractor. GM Contracting has the equipment and expertise to overcome challenging soil conditions and meet depth requirements for water and sewer mains and services. GM Contracting provides trenching services for commercial, residential and municipal applications. Safety is also a top priority, and GM Contracting provides safe and effective trench shoring when required depending on the specifications of the project.
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For fast and safe potholing of utilities, soft excavations and clean up situations involving non-hazardous materials, GM Contracting utilizes a range of vacuum excavation trucks. These units combine high-pressure water and air jets with suction power for everything from commercial landscape applications to sewer cleanouts.
Trenchless Construction Services
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For utility installations under roads, streams, rivers, or other sensitive areas, GM Contracting offers comprehensive directional drilling services. Through the use of its directional drills and special drilling heads and stems, GM Contracting can drill under obstacles and effectively steer the drill head underground. The use of sensitive locating equipment allows GM Contracting to know the precise location of the drill stem at any given time.
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Through the pipe bursting process, GM Contracting is able to replace failing sewer and water mains up to 36 inches in diameter. During the pipe bursting process, a pneumatic hammer is pulled through an existing fracturable pipe, such as clay or cast iron, with a winch system. As the hammer is pulled through, its pneumatic action breaks apart the existing pipe while pulling the new pipe in behind it. This process allows a new pipe to be installed in the exact path of the old one, with only minor excavations. GM Contracting can install pipes of the same or larger diameter through a trenchless pipe bursting.
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For the installation of drainage pipes or the replacement of failed culverts, GM Contracting utilizes the pipe ramming process. During pipe ramming, a new pipe or casing is physically rammed through the ground with a large pneumatic hammer. Pipes up to 36 inches in diameter can be rammed in lengths up to 150 feet. Once the casing reaches its destination, the soil is cleaned out of the inside and the pipe is ready for use without disturbing the surface of the road or in some cases railroad tracks. Pipe ramming can be used in vertical and angled applications in addition to standard horizontal applications.
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GM Contracting installs service lines and small-diameter mains with trenchless piercing tools. These small-diameter underground “missiles” are pneumatically powered and are ideal for water services and sprinkler systems. They require only small excavations to launch and retrieve and are accurate for horizontal boring, underground ground, at distances up to 100 feet. During the process, a small launch pit is excavated at the main and another at the residence. The tool is positioned and lined up with the exit pit, then launched. The tool’s pneumatic action carries it through the ground and to the exit pit. When it arrives at the exit pit, the air hose is removed and the new pipe is attached to it. As the air hose is pulled back through the borehole, the new pipe is pulled in place.
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GM Contracting owns and operates its own pipe fusion equipment for installations that utilize High-Density Polyethylene pipe (HDPE) or Fusible PVC. GM Contracting is licensed and certified to fuse Fusible PVC pipe. Fusion welding allows for the creation of a continuous and seamless pipe of almost any length. Fusion-welded HDPE pipe is used most often in directional drilling and pipe bursting. Quality pipe fusion services from GM Contracting are essential for project success.
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For significant pipe upsizing, GM Contracting employs pipe reaming technology utilizing its directional drill fleet. A licensed InneReam contractor, GM Contracting is able to replace existing clay, PVC, and concrete sewer or storm pipes HDPE or PVC pipe quickly and easily. During the pipe reaming process, GM Contracting effectively places a drill rod string inside the host pipe to be replaced. A special back reamer is pulled back, reducing the existing pipe to small pieces that are carried along with other excess particles by the drilling fluid to a point where they are removed. At the same time, the new HDPE or PVC pipe is pulled into place following the path of the existing pipe. GM Contracting is Southern Minnesota’s pipe reaming expert contractor!
Specialized Construction Services
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GM Contracting owns and operates its own pipe fusion equipment for installations that utilize High-Density Polyethylene pipe (HDPE) or Fusible PVC. GM Contracting is licensed and certified to fuse Fusible PVC pipe. Fusion welding allows for the creation of a continuous and seamless pipe of almost any length. Fusion-welded HDPE pipe is used most often in directional drilling and pipe bursting. Quality pipe fusion services from GM Contracting are essential for project success.
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For fast and safe potholing of utilities, soft excavations and clean-up situations involving non-hazardous materials, GM Contracting utilizes a range of vacuum excavation trucks. These units combine high-pressure water and air jets with suction power for everything from commercial landscape applications to sewer cleanouts. The service helps mitigate disruption on many types of utility projects by allowing for targeted excavations in small areas. It also provides a useful and effective clean-up option in many situations.
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GM Contracting is able to provide safe, reliable, and efficient truck hauling services. Whether it’s moving heavy equipment from job site to site or providing dump truck services for large material excavation and removal, customers throughout Southern Minnesota count on GM Contracting to get the job done safely and quickly!
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GM Contracting provides standard seeding services for various customers when necessary. For large seeding and erosion control projects, GM Contracting uses hydroseeding equipment from TurfMaker. These units feature mechanical agitation and are able to mix and pump thicker wood mulch slurries associated with sod quality coverage and results for green space restoration.
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GM Contracting provides standard seeding services for various customers when necessary. For large seeding and erosion control projects, GM Contracting uses hydroseeding equipment from TurfMaker. These units feature mechanical agitation and are able to mix and pump thicker wood mulch slurries associated with sod quality coverage and results for green space restoration.
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GM Contracting provides 10-inch and 12-inch manhole coring services. Through the use of large coring bits, GM Contracting is able to provide the necessary manhole access holes without the need for subcontracting manhole coring services.
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GM Contracting is skilled at performing wet tap installations for water connections. By employing a wet tap application, GM Contracting is able to connect new lines to an existing main line without interruption of service. GM Contracting is able to facilitate wet tap services up to 8 inches in diameter.
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Build Your Career, Enjoy Your Winter Vacation
Looking for a seasonal job that offers great benefits and winters off? Look no further than GM Contracting! Our crews work hard during the construction season but enjoy the winter off with full benefits. We know that hard work deserves time to relax and recharge, which is why we offer this unique perk to our seasonal workers.