ANIC Utility Services is Ontario's dedicated hydro vac contractor — using high-pressure water and vacuum excavation to expose, locate and work around gas, hydro, telecom and water lines without ever striking them.
Hydro vac excavation uses pressurized water to break up soil while a powerful vacuum lifts the slurry into an onboard tank for proper offsite disposal. Also called hydro excavation, daylighting, potholing or vacuum excavation, it's the non-destructive standard for digging near live infrastructure.
ANIC doesn't dabble in vac work as a sideline — hydro excavation is all we do. Here's how that specialization shows up on your site.
Our core service. High-pressure water breaks the ground; the slurry is vacuumed into the truck and hauled to a proper disposal facility. A safer, cleaner, non-destructive alternative to mechanical digging near buried infrastructure.
Safely exposing buried utilities so they're visible and verified before any adjacent work begins.
Precise vertical test holes that confirm the depth and location of a utility before you commit to a design.
Non-destructive digging alongside your locators to physically confirm crossings, unknowns and conflicts — the trusted second set of eyes before machine excavation.
Narrow, clean trenches for conduit, cable and small-diameter pipe with minimal surface disturbance.
Vacuuming, hauling and responsible offsite disposal of spoil at an approved facility.
Need a truck on site today? Our emergency line dispatches for urgent and essential-service work.
Standing hydro vac support for public works, road, transit and airport programs across Ontario.
Flip between a traditional mechanical dig and the ANIC hydro vac method — watch what happens to the buried lines.
A tight, controlled excavation that exposes the utilities without touching them. The crew stays out of the hole and the surface restoration is minimal.
Illustrative comparison. Actual approach is scoped per site, locates and utility owner requirements.
Since 2001, one focus and a reputation built on projects that can't afford a mistake.
The Ministry of Transportation, GTAA, the Government of Canada and municipalities across Ontario rely on ANIC — the credential no marketing can buy.
Not a general contractor with a vac truck on the side. Hydro excavation is all we do — refined over 20+ years into the most efficient methods in the field.
Founder Cary brought 15 years of utility and infrastructure experience before starting ANIC — and has spent every year since deepening the specialization.
Our whole method exists to protect people and buried assets. Fewer crews in the hole, no struck lines, a UCA-member commitment to doing it right.
Training that minimizes environmental impact and boosts productivity — which turns into real cost savings for our customers.
Confirm locates and scope the dig around every known utility before a drop of water flows.
High-pressure water breaks up soil precisely where it's needed — and nowhere it isn't.
The slurry is lifted into the onboard tank, leaving a clean, controlled excavation.
Spoil is hauled to an approved facility for responsible offsite disposal.
Water, sewer, road and utility projects for municipalities and regions across Ontario.
Proven past performance with the MTO, GTAA and the Government of Canada on tendered work.
The reliable vac sub that keeps your schedule moving and your machine crews out of trouble.
Non-destructive excavation around gas, hydro, telecom and water assets — prequalification-ready.
Purpose-built hydro vac units on Kenworth, Peterbilt and CAT chassis — on jobsites from downtown Toronto to the highway network.
Every technique ANIC uses traces back to two commitments: send everyone home safe, and leave the ground better than a blade would. That's why government and utility clients keep calling.
The questions contractors and project owners ask most.
It's a method that uses high-pressure water to break up soil while a vacuum lifts the slurry into a truck for offsite disposal. Also called hydro excavation, daylighting, potholing or vacuum excavation, it's a safer, non-destructive alternative to digging with a backhoe or by hand.
Because water can't sever a buried gas, hydro, telecom or water line the way a metal bucket can. It keeps crews out of the trench, exposes utilities precisely, and dramatically reduces the risk of a strike and the cost of restoration.
Yes. Call our mobile line at (416) 678-2347 to book a truck for urgent and essential-service excavation.
We're based in Milton, Ontario and work across the province — including the GTA — on municipal, provincial and federal projects.
Government and infrastructure clients including the Ministry of Transportation, the GTAA, the Government of Canada, municipalities, general contractors and utility owners.
Tell us about your project and we'll get the right unit and crew scheduled. For urgent work, call the emergency line — day or night.
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