Utilities are like the arteries of our cities and towns and include water, gas, sewage, waste water and cabling for power and communications. The networks of pipes for these utilities form a vital part of infrastructure.

Whether it's work on new subdivisions or replacement of existing pipes, infrastructure pipelaying provides the opportunity of learning specialist skills such as plant operation, opening and closing road trenches, traffic control and pipelaying. Team work plays an important part as do the health and safety requirements for safe trenching. There are also opportunities for gaining specialist knowledge of water reticulation and horizontal directional drilling which enables pipes to be installed without having to dig a trench.