Recent work

On the tools across the Peninsula and South East Melbourne.

A look at recent jobs, from vac-truck digs and site cuts through to new drainage runs, sewer and stormwater connections and civil work. Every site has its own challenge. Every install gets the same standard.

Vac truck Excavation Drainage Sewer & stormwater

Non-destructive digging

Vac truck, on site.

Vacuum excavation to dig safely around live gas, water, power and comms, with the truck and gear set up for potholing, trenching and clean-outs where machines can't go.

  • Rear of the Hoad Drainage vacuum excavation truck set up on a job.
    Vac unit working off the back of the truck.
  • Operator running the vacuum excavation hose beside the truck.
    Potholing safely around live services.
  • PVC pipes stacked and loaded ready beside the vac truck.
    Materials on board, ready for the next run.
  • Branded Hoad Drainage service truck loaded with equipment.
    Gear loaded and ready for a service call.

Excavation & site works

Digging in and cutting sites.

From tight residential access to full site cuts, our machines get the ground open, the levels right and the trenches ready for drainage to go in.

  • Orange Kubota U55-4 excavator with a crew member working alongside.
    Kubota U55-4 in for a tight residential dig.
  • Excavator digging close in beside a house.
    Machine working in close to the house.
  • Mini excavator working on a narrow residential block.
    Mini excavator on a narrow-access block.
  • Excavator trenching out for a new drainage run with orange pipe alongside.
    Trenching out for a new drainage run.
  • Aerial view of a suburban block cut and stripped back to subgrade.
    Site cut stripped back to subgrade.
  • Excavator operator in the cab setting depth on the dig.
    Operator setting depth on the dig.

Drainage installs

New runs going in.

Pipe laid to fall, set out and checked before any cover goes back on, from single connections through to full new-build drainage layouts.

  • Crew laying drainage pipe in an open trench on site.
    New drainage run going in on site.
  • Deep drainage trench with pipe laid and graded before backfill.
    Deep run laid and graded before backfill.
  • Crew working a wet trench during a drainage install.
    Working a wet trench to keep the job moving.
  • Crew using a laser level to set drainage falls in a trench.
    Setting the falls with a laser level.
  • Long drainage trench running across an estate block.
    Drainage run across an estate block.
  • Aerial view of a residential block with the drainage layout set out on the soil.
    Drainage set out and ready for sign-off.

Sewer, stormwater & pipework

Connections and the detail underground.

Junctions, stacks, risers and pits set true and jointed to last, with the paperwork issued so it lands on record for your inspector and your files.

  • Fresh PVC sewer junction seated at the base of a deep trench with a worker above.
    Sewer main run with a tee for a future group.
  • Worker fitting a DWV junction by hand in the trench.
    Fitting a DWV junction in the trench.
  • Worker cutting PVC pipe to length on site.
    Cutting pipe to length on site.
  • Solvent-welding PVC pipe joints in the trench before backfill.
    Solvent-welding the joints before backfill.
  • Row of vertical PVC stormwater stacks set in a backyard trench.
    Stormwater stacks set for the slab connections.
  • Crew installing white PVC stormwater risers along a trench.
    Stormwater risers going in along the run.
  • Precast concrete stormwater pits staged on site ready to set.
    Precast pits staged and ready to set.
  • Crew setting a precast concrete drainage pit into an excavated trench.
    Setting a precast pit on a civil job.
  • Crew member making a connection at a drainage access point.
    Making the connection at the access point.

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