Pre-Construction · Production QC
Pile Load Testing
Uplift, lateral and compression tests for Engineers of Record.
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A rock drilling and pile driving contractor with a newly expanded Epiroc fleet, over 20 GW of pile load testing since 2018, and zero recordables since 2015.
XCEL works in the industries where the ground decides the schedule. For solar, that means pile load testing, rock drilling, and pile installation, from first engineering through production quality control. For construction, mining and aggregates, and seismic exploration, it means rock drilling sized to the job. Engineering support is there when an Engineer of Record needs trained crews and field data for a test plan.
We run modern Epiroc rigs with trained crews, use GPS to support our own operations, and coordinate rapid nationwide mobilization to the job.
Major EPCs and leading tracker OEMs trust our crews on some of the country's largest utility-scale solar projects, typically 100 MW to 600 MW each.
From the first test pile to production, one subcontractor keeps engineering, drilling and installation moving together.
Uplift, lateral and compression tests for Engineers of Record.
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Solar pre-drill, 4" to 10" across utility-scale projects, plus anchor-hole, blast-hole and seismic shot-hole drilling.
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A newly expanded Epiroc surface drill fleet gives us the capacity to run multiple rigs on one project and hold production in hard rock.
Specialty drilling and solar pile installation work, sized to the ground and the schedule.
Load testing, drilling and pile installation for utility-scale solar.
Rock drilling, tiebacks and anchor holes for highway and data centers.
Bench drilling for blasting at mines and quarries.
4" to 6" shot holes for oil and gas programs.
Operators and field data techs for EOR test plans.
EMR 0.89. Every employee holds MSHA 48, OSHA 30 and CPR/First Aid.
Our Safety ProgramMore than 400,000 holes drilled since 2024 across 1.7+ GW of utility-scale solar.
Solar pile pre-drilling.
Solar pile pre-drilling.
Solar pile pre-drilling.
Tell us where your project is and when you need to start. Projects in other states are available. Contact XCEL to discuss your project location and requirements.
DOL-approved Registered Apprenticeship. Wages above industry standard. Travel per diem and mobilization covered. Health coverage through an ICHRA plan.
Drawings, geotech, a pile count or just a start date. We respond to every quote request within 24 hours.