Construction rock drilling, tieback and anchor holes for highway, data center and civil projects. Zero recordables since 2015.
Rock on a highway cut, a data center pad or a civil site puts the schedule at risk fast. XCEL is a construction rock drilling contractor with modern Epiroc DTH and tophammer rigs and crews who drill through it.
We drill for rock excavation support, tieback and anchor holes, and pile installation. When the schedule is tight, we can put multiple rigs on one site.
Production drilling for rock excavation, trenching and grading support, to your pattern and depth. We drill; your blasting contractor loads and shoots. Rock Drilling
Tieback and anchor holes drilled to spec for excavation support, retaining walls and slopes on highway and civil projects. The anchor contractor installs, grouts and stresses the anchors.
Our crews lay out holes with Topcon GNSS RTK.
Highway work runs on lane closures, night shifts and DOT inspectors. We drill rock cuts, tieback and anchor holes with crews used to working beside live traffic under your traffic control plan, and we staff day or night shifts to fit your closure windows.
Data center campuses move fast: huge pads, deep utilities and no tolerance for delay. When rock turns up in excavation, we bring multiple Epiroc rigs to drill it out on schedule, plus tieback drilling for deep excavations.
From utility corridors to commercial pads, civil and site contractors call us for production rock drilling and anchor hole drilling.
Trusted specialty subcontractor to top-tier utility-scale solar EPCs, general contractors, engineering firms and tracker/racking OEMs.
Construction sites bring traffic, overhead lines, utilities and many trades working at once. Our crews plan every task, work inside your safety program and hold stop-work authority to keep it that way.
Yes. We drill tieback and anchor holes to spec for excavation support, retaining walls and slopes on highway, data center and civil projects. XCEL only drills: the anchor contractor installs, grouts and stresses the anchors. Our Epiroc DTH and tophammer rigs let us match the drilling method to the rock.
Yes. We staff day and night shifts to fit your lane closure windows, and our crews are used to working beside live traffic under your traffic control plan. Tell us the closure schedule in the quote form, and we'll plan rigs, crews and lighting around it so the drilling fits inside each window.
No. We drill the blast hole pattern to your design for rock excavation, trenching and grading. Your licensed blasting contractor handles loading and shooting. We focus on accurate collars and consistent depths, so the blast breaks the rock the way the design intends and excavation stays on schedule.
Yes. We drill rock in mass excavation and drill tieback holes for deep excavations. Multiple Epiroc rigs let us put enough capacity on site to hold the schedule, and our safety record (TRIR 0 since 2015, EMR 0.89) clears prequalification.
XCEL provides multistate coverage in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho. Projects in other states are available. Contact XCEL to discuss your project location and requirements. We coordinate rapid mobilization with trusted third-party haulers, so rigs arrive when your schedule needs them. Our recent drilling programs run from Texas to New York. Tell us where your project is and your target start date, and we'll respond within 24 hours.
Send drawings, geotech and closure windows. We respond to every quote request within 24 hours.