Sewage Pump Stations: Why the Electrical and the Digging Should Be the Same Job

A sewage pump station install isn’t just an electrical job. Before any wiring happens, there’s excavation — digging in the tank, running the conduit, getting everything ready for the plumber and the electrician to do their part.

On most jobs, that means three separate trades: a civil contractor for the digging, a plumber for the pump and pipework, and an electrician for the wiring and controls. Every handoff between trades is a chance for a delay, a miscommunication, or a scheduling clash — someone’s waiting on someone else, and the homeowner is the one stuck in the middle.

We do the excavation and the electrical work ourselves. Owning and running our own excavation equipment means there’s no separate contractor to book, coordinate, or wait on for the digging side of a pump station install. One trade, one schedule, one point of contact — from breaking ground to the system running.

It also means fewer surprises. When the same team doing the digging is also doing the wiring, there’s no guesswork about clearances, conduit runs, or where the controller needs to sit — it’s planned as one job, not stitched together after the fact.

If you’re looking at a sewage pump station install or need an existing one serviced, get in touch — we’ll walk you through what’s actually involved for your property.