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Horizontal Directional Drilling
Trenchless utility installation for fiber, conduit, and infrastructure crossings.
Florida underground utility contractor
Horizontal Directional Drilling & Underground Utility Construction in Florida
Directional drilling, fiber and conduit placement, and complete outside-plant support—built for prime contractors, utilities, and public-sector teams that need safe, documented production.
HDD
Directional drilling is our core business
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Crews serving multiple Florida markets
OSP
Turnkey outside-plant construction support
CGC
Licensed FL General Contractor #CGC1541851
Capabilities
Built for underground scopes.
From the pilot bore through placement and restoration, HQ supports demanding utility programs with the equipment, field leadership, and documentation discipline to keep production moving.
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Fiber & Conduit Placement
Placement support for communications networks and utility expansion programs.
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Missile Boring
Targeted pneumatic boring for driveways, sidewalks, and compact crossings.
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Hand Trenching
Controlled installation in tight, sensitive, or access-limited corridors.
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Vault & Pedestal Work
Excavation, setting, access preparation, potholing, and restoration support.
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Restoration
Surface repair and closeout work that leaves project areas clean and complete.
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Emergency Repair
Responsive field support for damaged facilities and urgent restoration needs.
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Turnkey OSP Construction
Coordinated field execution from preconstruction through final documentation.
The core operation
Purpose-built for productive HDD work.
D20x22-class directional drilling capability gives HQ the maneuverability and pullback performance needed for fiber and conduit programs in established rights-of-way.
- Pilot bore, reaming, and product pullback
- Potholing and excavation support for safe crossings
- Depth and utility documentation built into the field process
Why HQ
Production without shortcuts.
Fast footage only matters when the work is safe, visible, and documented. HQ gives prime contractors a field partner focused on protecting utilities, communicating issues early, and supporting clean closeout.
We bring scalable drilling capacity plus excavation support for vaults, potholing, and restoration—without turning capability into a stale equipment count.
Damage prevention
Expose utilities before shots and verify critical crossings.
Field documentation
Depth photos and utility records support accountability.
Clear escalation
Issues and damages are reported immediately—not concealed.
Production visibility
Regular field updates keep project teams aligned on progress.
Experience
Fiber programs we’ve built.
Our crews put fiber in the ground for some of the largest network programs in Florida. We know what production looks like at program scale — and we document every foot of it.
TillmanAT&TLumosLumenComcastGoogle Fiber
11HDD drill rigs in the fleet
18Trucks and pickups supporting field crews
60+Field professionals across Florida
800Feet per drill per day — Florida production benchmark
Service areas
Florida coverage where programs need crews.
South Florida
Broward
Palm Beach
Homestead
Treasure Coast
Port St. Lucie
Okeechobee
Jacksonville
Project process
Clear from scope to closeout.
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Scope review
Footage, route, utility type, access, schedule, and deliverables.
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Preconstruction
Locates, utility exposure, crossing review, and crew planning.
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Field execution
Production, communication, documentation, and rapid issue escalation.
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Closeout
Restoration, records, punch-list response, and final turnover.
Careers
Do solid work. Own the result.
HQ is building dependable field crews for Florida underground construction. We value safe operators, clear communication, care around existing utilities, and people who take responsibility for the job.
HDD Operators Field
Locators Field
Laborers & Bore Crews Field
Field Supervisors Leadership
Work With Us
Build with HQ.
As HQ takes on prime scopes across Florida, we are building a bench of qualified subcontractor crews — directional drilling, fiber and conduit placement, vault and pedestal work, and restoration. If your crew produces clean, documented footage, we want to hear from you.
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Qualified crews
Licensed and insured HDD, fiber, and restoration crews with verifiable production history and a clean safety record.
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Scopes we place
Directional drilling, conduit and fiber placement, vaults and pedestals, missile boring, hand trenching, and restoration.
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How it works
Send your company profile, service areas, crew size, and equipment list. We review fit, check references, and qualify you for upcoming scopes.
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Get qualified
Email your company details to our team with the subject line “Subcontractor Qualification” and we will take it from there.
Industry news
Directional Drilling News in Florida
What's happening in horizontal directional drilling and underground utility construction across Florida — the projects, the ground conditions, and the buildout driving demand for trenchless work.
October 2026
Nearly $70 Million Treasure Coast Fiber Build Underway Keeps Florida Directional Drilling and HDD Crews in Demand
A nearly $70 million investment announced October 22 will expand a 100% fiber, open-access network across Florida's Treasure Coast, covering St. Lucie, Martin and Indian River counties. Construction is already underway in Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce and Vero Beach, with additional projects planned in Sebastian, and the buildout is expected to support local jobs across construction, engineering and field operations. Buildouts on this scale are a continuing source of underground fiber construction work — and directional drilling demand — across Florida.
Fiber BuildoutOctober 2026
Gulf Breeze Underground Utilities Pass Hurricane Test as Florida Undergrounding and Directional Drilling Work Expands
City leaders in Gulf Breeze say more than two miles of power lines buried along the U.S. Highway 98 commercial corridor helped speed restoration and avoid downed live wires when Hurricane Isaias brought 91 to 116 mph winds to the area this month. About a third of the city's neighborhoods already have underground utilities, and phase two of the undergrounding effort is now under way. The second phase is expected to cost $8 million, within $18 million the city has allocated for the full project — another sign of steady Florida demand for underground utility construction.
Underground UtilitiesOctober 2026
Charlotte County Opens Annual Contract for Horizontal Directional Drilling Services in Florida
Charlotte County has posted an annual contract opportunity for horizontal directional drilling services, issued October 9 with responses due November 4, 2026. The solicitation is another sign that Florida counties are continuing to buy HDD capacity on a standing basis for underground utility work rather than project by project. For directional drilling crews, annual public contracts like this mean steadier trenchless work across Florida's Gulf Coast.
HDD ProjectsOctober 2026
Titusville Fiber Network Completion Keeps Florida Directional Drilling and Underground Utility Crews in Demand
Construction is officially complete on a fully funded $11.5 million, 100% fiber network in Titusville, bringing symmetrical speeds up to 10 gigabits per second to thousands more Brevard County households and businesses, with residents now actively connecting. It is the latest Central Florida fiber buildout to cross the finish line in 2026. Completions like this keep the pipeline of underground fiber construction — and the directional drilling crews who build it — moving across Florida.
Fiber BuildoutOctober 2026
Palm Beach Directional Drilling Milestone Advances $128 Million Florida Underground Utility Project
The Town of Palm Beach's $128 million program to bury overhead electric, telephone and cable lines and remove utility poles — under way since 2017 and expected to finish in late 2027 — reports all phases now complete or under construction. In the latest town update, one southern phase is 65% complete with conduit drilling finished and crews pulling wire, while the next phase to the north stands at 30% complete. Brief storm-restoration crew deployments this year have not significantly delayed the overall schedule, keeping directional drilling at the center of South Florida underground utility work.
Underground UtilitiesOctober 2026
Broward County Directional Drilling Project Launches Florida Fiber Optic Traffic Network on Commercial Boulevard
Construction began October 5 on a new underground fiber optic network along West Commercial Boulevard between Pine Island Road and University Drive in Tamarac and Lauderhill, linking traffic signals to the county Traffic Management Center. Funded through a transportation surtax program, the work runs through May 2027 with off-peak lane closures — another example of directional drilling and underground utility construction modernizing Florida traffic infrastructure without major surface disruption.
Fiber BuildoutCommon questions
Directional Drilling in Florida: FAQ
What is horizontal directional drilling?
Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) is a trenchless method of installing underground conduit, pipe, or cable. A drill rig bores a precise underground path, then the product is pulled back through it — under roads, driveways, canals, and existing utilities — without open trenching. The surface is restored afterward.
How deep does directional drilling go in Florida?
Most telecom and fiber bores in Florida run 3 to 6 feet deep, with deeper shots for road, canal, and waterway crossings. Depth is set by utility conflict review, soil conditions, and the requirements of the road or agency being crossed.
What does directional drilling cost per foot in Florida?
Cost per foot varies widely with soil conditions (sand vs. rock), bore length, pipe diameter, and restoration requirements. The only accurate number comes from a real scope review — send us your project details for a quote.
Can you drill under roads and driveways without tearing them up?
Yes — that's the point of HDD. We drill beneath roads, driveways, parking lots, and landscaping, then restore the surface. In Florida this avoids costly pavement replacement and keeps traffic moving.
Do you handle restoration after the drilling is done?
Yes. Sod, concrete, asphalt patching, and site cleanup are part of our closeout process. We document every bore and leave the site restored.
Do you work with subcontractor crews?
Yes. As we take on prime scopes across Florida, we qualify subcontractor crews for directional drilling, fiber and conduit placement, vault and pedestal work, and restoration. Email your company profile, service areas, crew size, and equipment list to admin@hqcommunications.net with the subject line “Subcontractor Qualification”.
What areas of Florida do you serve?
We're based in Coconut Creek and run work across South Florida — Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, Homestead, the Treasure Coast, and Port St. Lucie — plus Jacksonville and Okeechobee. Larger programs elsewhere in Florida are reviewed case by case.
Request a quote
Bring us the scope. We’ll bring the field plan.
For prime contractor, utility, and municipal opportunities, send the project location, approximate footage, scope, and required start window.
Licensed Florida Certified General Contractor — License #CGC1541851