Non-destructive Digging Makes the Construction Industry Safer

There have been many reports about construction workplace hazards, especially involving damages to dangerous underground utilities or assets like electricity cable networks, oil and petroleum pipelines, buried fuel storage tanks and other assets that risk of pollution, fire or explosion. You have read of workers getting injured at excavation sites, some buried alive at unstable and unsupported trenches, vehicles falling into unsecured excavations, the fatalities, the work stoppages, litigations faced by contractors and the resulting investigations surrounding excavation tragedy. The construction sector is indeed on dangerous industry. What relief is there for civil contractors who want to ensure safe digging operations?

Digging and excavation operations need not to be hazardous and risky, wrist-hurting and back-breaking any longer. Thanks to technology, workers can make use of non-destructive digging technologies, one of which is vacuum excavation, a method being utilised for various digging and suctioning purposes. Non-destructive digging is a safe and cost-effective work solution for the building and construction industry that has gone through a lot of issues as results of excavation risks and hazards.

Rather than using sharp mechanical or hand-held tools or operating huge equipment, workers can utilise high pressurised air or water to break up soil, clay and other surfaces and to collect excavated material and other debris. These two functions made possible with a suction excavator that has a strong vacuum unit and long vacuum hose to break up the surface and collect them in the storage tank for later backfilling or disposal.

Is not the suction excavator just another equipment to operate? Yes, it is, but not like those huge earthmoving vehicles that you usually see in most excavation sites. Moreover, the equipment’s suction hose is not that painful to handle unlike those shovels and pickaxes whose repetitive use can cause carpal tunnel syndrome. The hose is never a sharp object too, and you can even adjust the pressure level of the air or water to break up the ground, so no risk of damage to buried utilities in here.

The use of non-destructive digging does help prevent the perils and hazards related to damaging any existing underground utilities. Working around and accessing them become safer and less complicated, no damages caused, and no risks occurred. How’s that for workplace safety?

non-destructive digging does not only reduce gaps and minimise or eliminate the possibility of damages to pipes, cables and other buried assets. It also helps reduce work delay and disruption, thus ensuring a smooth work progress and keeping you ahead of task completion. By eliminating hazards and reducing work stoppage, the construction industry will cut on operating costs and workers’ compensation.

Being a non-mechanical excavation method, non-destructive digging is a more effortless and more secure alternative for manual digging and using huge earthmoving equipment, especially in confined areas and congested thoroughfares. No hassle and fewer disturbances for the public.

Thanks to technology, the construction sectors can reap the benefits and savings of non-destructive digging. This advantage is not only for the industry, but also for the public who has already grown tired of news reports on workplace accidents and injuries.

Are you a commercial or industrial client who is in need to non-destructive digging services? Please contact YunzContracting today. You can also visit our website