Capability Matrix // 08 Disciplines
Equipment.People.Know-how.
From horizontal directional drilling and trenching to conduit, fiber and cable placement, manholes, and turnkey OSP buildouts — LTEC handles complex underground projects across California.
Underground Utilities
Complete substructure construction: plowing, trenching, excavating, directional boring, rodding, pulling, conduit and cable placing, and manhole placement for telephone, power, fiber, and gas.
- Joint trench & dry utility substructure
- Conduit, fiber and cable placement
- Manhole and vault placement
- Turnkey OSP buildouts
Horizontal Directional Drilling
One of the first contractors in the HDD industry over 30 years ago. Bores up to 2,200 feet and pipe diameters up to 36 inches — under rivers, streams, highways, and through mountains.
- Bores up to 2,200 ft in length
- Pipe diameters up to 36 inches
- Rock boring with mud motors & recyclers
- PVC, HDPE, SDR 35, C900 & steel installs
Auger Boring
A reliable, low-impact solution for crossing paved surfaces, rail corridors, and other sensitive areas — protecting infrastructure and minimizing disruption while delivering long-term utility performance.
- Steel casing installations on grade
- Rail corridor & paved surface crossings
- Low-impact, minimal surface disruption
- Experienced pit crews & planning
High-Production Trenching
A Ditch Witch RT185 for high-volume dirt work — up to 7,000 linear feet per day — and a Vermeer T658 track trencher with rock chains that cuts 12 to 24 inches wide, even through asphalt.
- Up to 7,000 LF per day (RT185)
- Rock chains from 12" to 24" wide (T658)
- Trench in asphalt & self-load trucks
- Ground asphalt reused as backfill
Fiber & Copper Placing / Splicing
Geared up for fiber since 2000: seven fiber-blowing machines with air coolers, seven power pacs, three hydraulic mid-assist units, Hogg-Davis cable trailers, and winch trucks.
- 7 fiber-blowing machines w/ air coolers
- Hydraulic mid-assist placement
- Install or remove copper & fiber cable
- Reel trailers & winch truck support
Vacuum Potholing
Trailer-mounted Jet Vacs use high-pressure water and vacuum pumps to positively locate existing utilities — an eight-inch hole, ten feet deep, in as little as ten minutes, with no damage risk.
- Positive location of buried utilities
- High-pressure water & vacuum excavation
- 8" holes to 10 ft depth in minutes
- Zero damage to existing facilities
Design-Build OSP
Complete outside-plant buildouts with fiber, copper, or both — turnkey from concept to finished product, backed by 46 years of underground utility experience.
- Concept-to-completion delivery
- Fiber, copper, or hybrid networks
- Single accountable contractor
- Proposals on large-scale projects
HDPE Pipe Fusing
In-house butt fusion and electrofusion for HDPE and fusible C-900 — two butt fusion machines and three electrofusion machines joining pipe up to twelve inches in diameter.
- 2 butt fusion machines
- 3 electrofusion machines
- Pipe up to 12" diameter
- HDPE & fusible C-900
Any Size Project
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