A horizontal directional drilling rig boring beneath a road at night, the bore path curving underground to an exit pit on the far side

Drilling Contractor · Melbourne, Victoria

Underground services
installed without the dig

All Network Connections are a No-Dig contractor working throughout Australia. Steered horizontal directional drilling that puts pipes, ducting and cables exactly where you need them, without tearing up the road above.

  • Available 24 hours
  • Melbourne & regional VIC
  • No-dig specialists

0

Trenches through the surface

An entry and an exit pit, nothing else

100%

Of every bore tracked

Head located for the full run

24/7

Crew availability

Night works & shutdowns

1

Contractor, start to finish

Concept, permits, reinstatement

What we do

Trenchless capability
for hard ground

Steered drilling, and the groundwork that proves it stacks up before anyone mobilises. One crew from the first site walk to reinstatement.

Two All Network Connections Vermeer directional drilling rigs set up on an open site with the crew at the controls and an excavator working the entry pit01

Horizontal Directional Drilling

A steered technique for installing underground pipelines, ducts and cables. We launch from a compact entry pit, track the head the whole way, and surface exactly on target — under roads, driveways, rail corridors and waterways.

  • Steered bores
  • Live-service avoidance
  • Roads, rail & waterways
An All Network Connections crew member marking up a footpath with service locating equipment before a bore02

Feasibility Studies

Before anyone mobilises, we tell you whether the bore stacks up. Ground conditions, existing service locations, entry and exit points, clearances and permit requirements — assessed and reported so you can price the job with confidence.

  • Service locating
  • Ground assessment
  • Permits & approvals

We also take on civil construction in both regional and rural locations — useful when a bore is one part of a bigger scope.

Talk through your job

Our method

Why go
no-dig

As a leader in trenchless technology we work directly with companies and contractors throughout the country to install underground pipes, ducting and cables — with the absolute minimum of disruption.

Digging a trench is rarely the problem. Putting everything back is. Trenchless installation skips that bill entirely.

01

The surface stays put

No open cut means no reinstating road pavement, kerbs, driveways or established landscaping. What you save on making good usually covers the bore.

02

Traffic keeps moving

Bores launch from compact pits set back from the carriageway, so lane closures shrink and businesses, residents and freight keep their access.

03

Cost-effective and low-impact

Trenchless technology is now recognised as one of the most efficient methods for installing pipes and ducts — causing little or no disruption to the landscape or local environment.

04

Obstacles stop being obstacles

Rivers, canals, rail corridors, motorways and heritage ground are all crossable when you can steer a bore beneath them instead of across them.

Where we work

A proven track record
underground

Having completed projects on main roads, motorways, environmentally sensitive sites, railways, rivers and canals, military bases, nuclear facilities and sporting venues, All Network Connections has a proven track record in major underground installation projects.

A trailer loaded with a coil of white HDPE conduit beside a mini excavator on a residential job

Telecommunications

Multi-way conduit banks and fibre hauling routes pulled in under live infrastructure.

Conduit, ducting & fibre
A night road job under traffic management — the All Network Connections float and tipper on a coned-off lane, with the cone taper running away down the carriageway

Roads & Motorways

Bores beneath main roads and motorways with the traffic still running over the top.

Crossings under live carriageway
All Network Connections crew working at a bore pit beside their Vermeer directional drilling rig

Water, Gas & Power

New mains, service connections, and replacement or upsizing of tired buried pipework.

Utility mains & services
An All Network Connections service truck and a trailer of coiled conduit on a freeway verge, transmission towers and industrial sheds behind

Civil & Commercial

Drainage, sleeves and service runs across developments, industrial sites and subdivisions.

Site works & subdivisions

How it runs

Conception to completion

By working in partnership with our clients, we deliver safe, cost-effective and innovative solutions. We prioritise the expertise of our team to ensure the success of every project, with one contractor accountable from the first site walk to the final reinstatement.

01

Conception

You tell us what needs to get from A to B. We walk the route, take the constraints seriously, and give you a straight answer on whether a bore is the right call.

02

Plans, searches & licences

Dial Before You Dig searches, service locating, ground assessment, traffic management and the permits or licences the job needs — handled before the rig turns up.

03

Drilling & installation

Pits opened, bore steered and tracked to the design line, product pulled through. Clean, monitored, and kept clear of everything already in the ground.

04

Reinstatement & completion

Pits backfilled and compacted, surfaces made good, site handed back tidy — with as-built detail so the next crew knows exactly what is down there.

FAQ

Questions
from the field

Not covered here? Call 0450 873 619 — we would rather answer it properly than have you guess.

We are based in Melbourne and work across the City of Melbourne, greater Melbourne and regional Victoria, as well as further afield throughout Australia. A good deal of our work is in regional and rural locations where getting plant to site is half the challenge.

Bore size is set by the job rather than by a fixed catalogue. Send us the product that has to go in the ground, the distance it has to run and whatever you know about the ground conditions, and we will confirm what is achievable before you commit to anything.

Every job starts with Dial Before You Dig searches and on-site service locating, then potholing or vacuum excavation to physically prove the location of anything critical. The bore head is tracked for its entire length, so we know where it is at all times rather than hoping.

On anything with a finished surface above it, usually yes. The bore itself may cost more per metre than a trench, but you avoid pavement reinstatement, kerb and channel, landscaping, extended traffic management and the disruption cost to whoever is above. On bare paddock, open cut can still win — we will tell you when that is the case.

Yes. Plans, searches and the licences needed at the start, right through the drilling and installation to reinstatement on completion. You deal with one contractor rather than coordinating four.

We are available open 24 hours. Night works, weekend possessions and planned shutdowns are routine for us — often they are the only window a road authority or asset owner will give you.

Call 0450 873 619 or send through the enquiry form with the location, what you need installed and how far it has to go. If you have a site plan or service drawings, attach those details in your message — it lets us give you a realistic number rather than a range.

Start a job

Got something that needs
to get under something?

Tell us the route, the product and the ground. You will get a straight answer on whether we can bore it, what it takes, and what it costs.

24 hours a day, 7 days a week — including night works and shutdowns