Trade
Site Utilities
Underground utility work lives and dies by sequencing — a slipped excavation date or a missing pipe-fusion crew can idle a whole site. SKILLS lets site utility businesses post a Crew Needed or Crew Available for water main, sanitary and storm sewer, gas main, or electric and telecom underground, then trade structured Coverage Offers. Accepting one locks an immutable, audit-logged Work Agreement between verified trade businesses.
Site Utilities work on SKILLS
11 sub-trades you can post needs or availability for — each tagged so postings reach the right crews.
Water Main
Municipal water installation
Sanitary Sewer
Sewer main installation
Storm Sewer
Storm drainage systems
Gas Main
Natural gas distribution
Electric Underground
Primary, secondary conduit
Telecom Underground
Duct bank, fiber routing
Manholes / Structures
Manhole, vault construction
Directional Boring
Trenchless installation
Pipe Bursting
Trenchless replacement
Meter Installation
Utility meter setting
Service Connections
Building service installation
Covering site utilities gaps
Execution-phase coordination between real site utilities businesses — see the full flow.
Post the gap — or your availability
Post a Crew Needed when you're short site utilities hands, or Crew Available to put downtime to work.
Trade structured Coverage Offers
Offers carry rate, crew size, and schedule — with anti-lowball guardrails so pricing stays fair.
Lock in an accountable Work Agreement
Accepting an offer creates an immutable, audit-logged snapshot both businesses commit to.
Site Utilities on SKILLS
What site utility work can I staff through SKILLS?
Post for or offer crews across underground utility specialties: water main, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, gas main, electric underground, and telecom underground. Use Crew Needed when a dig is ready and you're short, or Crew Available to put an idle crew to work on another company's gap — fair-rate, business-to-business.
How does SKILLS keep utility crew pricing fair?
Every Coverage Offer runs through anti-lowball guardrails — offer floors, rate caps, and submission limits. Floors block undercutting on skilled underground work, caps prevent gouging when you're in a bind, and submission limits cut spam. You negotiate inside sane bounds instead of fielding a flood of bottom-dollar bids.
How do I know an underground crew is properly insured and licensed?
Each business stores its COIs, licenses, and certifications in the Compliance Vault, and verification tiers run Basic to Trusted to Verified Pro as those documents are added. You can review a counterpart's compliance and verification tier before locking in — important for utility work with locate, permit, and right-of-way requirements.
Put your site utilities crew to work
Get early access — free for 3 months, then $99/year. Anchored to real trade businesses.