The dirt work does not wait on a subcontractor
Cannon keeps a dedicated civil crew inside the organization for the trenching, excavation, grading, foundations and restoration that every power, fiber and drilling job depends on. The schedule, the permits and the risk stay inside one contract.
What the civil crews build
Trenching, excavation and plowing
Open cut trench, rock trenching, vibratory plowing with Bron 175, Bron 250 and Ditch Witch Quad Track RT125 plows, and CAT excavators with rock hammers for vault, duct bank and foundation placement.
Duct bank, manholes and vaults
Conduit systems, concrete encased duct bank, manhole and vault placement for power and telecommunications routes, including the 825 vaults set on a single 195 mile route from Quincy to Spokane.
Foundations and pads
Drilled and formed foundations for steel and fiberglass poles, reinforced concrete pads for switchgear, transformers, generation and battery storage equipment, and the grounding grid beneath them.
Site grading and access roads
Clearing, grubbing, grading and access road construction for substations, switching stations, microgrid sites and remote structure locations.
Asphalt and concrete restoration
Roadway, sidewalk, curb and landscape restoration to the jurisdiction's standard, closed out with the permit rather than left for another contractor.
Vacuum excavation and potholing
Utility locating and daylighting ahead of drilling and excavation, with bore mud and spoils vacuumed, hauled and disposed of under permit.
Permits, easements and erosion control carried in house
Environmental permits, easements, pole attachment and jurisdictional approvals are handled by Cannon's own permitting staff alongside the engineering group, so the civil schedule is built around approvals that are already in motion.
Work near water and wetlands runs under the project's erosion and sediment control plan, with restoration using native vegetation where the permit calls for it. Cannon's environmental practices apply on every site, and the safety program treats excavation, trenching and traffic control as planned hazards with a job briefing before each task.
One crew for the ground, one organization for the rest
Horizontal directional drilling
Owned rigs and crews for rock, cobble and river crossings, with the civil crew handling pits, vaults and restoration.
High voltage power
Foundations, pads, grounding grids and access for transmission, distribution, substation and microgrid work.
Outside plant
Trench, plow and duct bank for fiber and coax routes from the backbone to the premise.
Scope that starts in the ground?
Send the drawings or the route. Cannon will come back with a self-performed plan for the civil work and everything that follows it.