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OE is proud to support local athletes and sports teams. For 2024, OE has chosen to support two exceptional athletes, who each demonstrate remarkable focus, perseverance, and grit. With their unwavering dedication, athletes Kim Lumsdon and Miranda Tomenson inspire others to pursue truly challenging goals. OE's support for such athletes strongly aligns with its core value of striving to be Industry Champions – and these two athletes personify the deep commitment required to be Champions. By supporting Kim and Miranda’s special journeys, OE contributes to an enduring legacy of excellence and community involvement.

OE Utility Services - Formerly Ontario Excavac We’ve changed our operating name but not our commitment to provide great service.

Expert Services at Your Fingertips Why waste time trying to piece together multiple service providers for your subsurface utility engineering (SUE) project? Just one call to our OE team gives you fast and easy access to streamlined end-to-end services including keyhole coring and hydro excavation that quickly and safely expose underground utilities. We fill and restore exposed surfaces to make excavation look like it never happened. Unlike other hydro excavation companies, we never contract out services to other third-party providers. Our team of experts work directly with clients, using the right equipment and resources to ensure projects get completed safely, on-time and on-budget. From coring to restoration, we’ve got you covered.

Achieving the Lowest Overall Cost Matters More. We know that comparing the cost of hydrovac services based on an hourly rate alone is not an accurate measure of customer value. However, this is how most other hydrovac companies measure their cost competitiveness. The problem is that other additional costs are often hidden. For example, hourly hydrovac rates do not account for non-value-added costs and activities such as travel and disposal time that can often amount to up to 40% of a customer’s total services bill. A more accurate measure of customer cost and value is based on the total services bill divided by working time on the job site. Our no-surprise pricing focuses on reducing our customers’ total services bill while continuing to offer competitive hourly rates for all of our services. Only OE Utility Services can achieve significant savings for our customers through our LEAN Thinking approach that ensures effective sequential workflow planning and execution coupled with our on-premises soil disposal, processing, and recycling facility that eliminates unnecessary travel and wait times. The result is increased value for our customers by eliminating waste, significantly improving productivity, and saving them time and money. That’s our LEAN Savings Guarantee. Try our cost calculator to find out how much you could save by working with OE, today.

According to the new Ontario Regulation 406/19, if you order the work, you will have liability for the proper disposition of your excavated soils. Your risk and liability have increased. For us, it’s business as usual. We are Ontario’s only utility services company offering our customers complete & compliant, end-to-end service including our on-premises soil disposal, processing, and recycling facility. We can help you navigate through your business-critical changes ahead so you can rest assured. We understand the approvals, designations, criteria, and exemptions. In fact, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks sought our counsel on best practices in the development of these expanded responsibilities for our customers. Our 2.5-hectare hydrovac waste disposal and processing site is Government approved and fully complies with Ontario environmental regulations. All waste is tested against industry best practices to ensure compliance with soil standards. If you have questions on what the new regulations mean to your business, speak to one of our experts at: 416-749-0005. Read the new Ontario Regulation 406/19 here .

Managing through the pandemic has been challenging for everyone. And now, with more people working from home, reducing noise pollution is more important than ever. When you hire OE Utility Services for your project using one of our next generation, whisper quiet hydrovacs, you help reduce unnecessary noise.

Ontario Excavac was the proud recipient of the Excavator of the Year Award – Electric, at the 2020 ORCGA Damage Prevention Symposium. This prestigious award recognizes best in class digging practices and is determined by each contractor’s individual damage rate. A damage rate is a calculation dependent on the volume of locates requests, measured against the number of digging related damages to underground infrastructure. Input from infrastructure owners is also used in the determination. To qualify, excavators must have a minimum of 500 locate requests to Ontario One Call. “The work we do impacts not only our customers but the public and our environment too,” said Barry Wood, CEO of Ontario Excavac. “Our unwavering dedication to safety is an essential element of the work we do every day because unsafe work practices can damage utilities, destroy property, cause injuries, and even claim lives. Our team is very proud to receive this important award.”  Ontario Excavac continues to be a strong advocate for improvement in industry safety standards and practices to ensure a safe work environment. To find out more, please visit www.ontarioexcavac.ca For media inquiries, please contact: Yvette Thornley ythornley@gmail.com

Ontario Excavac was the proud recipient of the Excavator of the Year Award – Electric, at the 2020 ORCGA Damage Prevention Symposium. This prestigious award recognizes best in class digging practices and is determined by each contractor’s individual damage rate. A damage rate is a calculation dependent on the volume of locates requests, measured against the number of digging related damages to underground infrastructure. Input from infrastructure owners is also used in the determination. To qualify, excavators must have a minimum of 500 locate requests to Ontario One Call. “The work we do impacts not only our customers but the public and our environment too,” said Barry Wood, CEO of Ontario Excavac. “Our unwavering dedication to safety is an essential element of the work we do every day because unsafe work practices can damage utilities, destroy property, cause injuries, and even claim lives. Our team is very proud to receive this important award.”  Ontario Excavac continues to be a strong advocate for improvement in industry safety standards and practices to ensure a safe work environment. To find out more, please visit www.ontarioexcavac.ca For media inquiries, please contact: Yvette Thornley ythornley@gmail.com