Aerial view of an LTEC underground utility jobsite in California
35.6481° N120.6637° W
Leo Tidwell Excavating Corp · CA Lic #421831

BuiltBeneathCalifornia.

Underground utility construction built on experience, precision, and crews who know the work from the ground down — for 46 years.

Years Underground
46+
Longest HDD Bore
2,200 FT
Max Pipe Diameter
36"
CA License #421831
A / C-12

The LTEC Standard

/01

Subterranean Precision

When the work is underground, accuracy matters. Reliability matters. Experience matters. Conduit, fiber, cable, manholes — placed right, from the ground down.

/02

Trenchless First

One of the few contractors to dive head-first into HDD over 30 years ago — drilling under rivers, highways, and mountains so the surface never knows we were there.

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Crews From the Ground Down

Working foremen with years of underground experience, low turnover, and an in-house Ditch Witch boring simulator keeping operators sharp between jobs.

What We Build

Core Capabilities

Field-Proven Since Day One

Experience you can verify, not just claim

46+

Years as a utilities contractor

45+

Ditch Witch drilling units owned & operated

$12M

Largest project completed

7

Fiber-blowing machines in fleet

Markets · Telephone / Power / Fiber / Gas / Dry Utilities / OSP Buildouts

Trusted by major carriers and utilities including Verizon, AT&T, PG&E, SCE, Lumen, Level 3, Sprint, MCI, SBC, The Gas Company, Wave Broadband, Astound.

Safety Discipline

Every utility located before a bucket touches ground

Positive location is the law — and our standard. Hydro-vac potholing, trained operators, and fully insured crews on every jobsite.

Our Safety Protocols

Large Bids & Day-to-Day T&M

Ready to build beneath California?

Proposals on large projects and day-to-day time-and-material work. Send the scope — our Paso Robles office handles all bidding directly.

LTEC — Leo Tidwell Excavating Corp. Underground Utilities

Built BeneathCalifornia.

Leo Tidwell Excavating Corporation — 46 years of underground utility construction, horizontal directional drilling, and auger boring across California.

CA Contractor License #421831 — Class A & C-12

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