The world's most innovative trenchless technology

Petra has invented the first green trenchless multi-tool to bore through all geologies - including nightmare geologies like hard rock - at a variety of diameters, unlocking the ability to bore utility tunnels at scale.

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The PEtra Platform Ai-1

A trenchless multi-tool with swappable boring modules to excavate all geologies, including nightmare ones

Petra has built the first trenchless multi-tool robot - called the Petra Platform AI-1^TM, capable of boring utility tunnels in all geologies, providing the cheapest, fastest, and greenest tunneling service in the utility construction market.

Our Services

New products servicing customers

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Successfully completed projects in 2022

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90%

Up to 90% cheaper than conventional methods through difficult geologies
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Months from order to having a new machine on the job site

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Why Petra?

The Petra Platform AI-1 prepares you for the unexpected

The reason so many underground utility projects go sideways and incur added expenses is because the world doesn't have trenchless technologies that can bore all geologies at scale, with a single tool.

Until now.

Petra builds the only trenchless tools that can excavate the world's most difficult geologies like hard rock, cobblestones, boulders, water-logged soils, loose sand, dense clays, etc.

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How we bore through everything

We are olympians at boring through the world's most difficult ground types

Petra's multi-tool has interchangeable boring modules that contractors can easily swap out depending on geology and use case.

It takes 15 minutes to swap out these boring modules meaning that Petra can deliver a service that is faster than any other trenchless service on the market.

Petra deploys its multi-tool robot on water, sewer and pipeline jobs around the world.

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The first vertically integrated trenchless company

Combining R&D, manufacturing, and construction services under one roof drives cost efficiencies for our customers

R&D

Unlike other trenchless contractors, we have an R&D division which means we can quickly design and test new features in concert with the services team.

Manufacturing

Because our services, R&D and manufacturing teams are all under one roof, we can deliver the fastest time to market for new product introductions in trenchless industry.

Boring as a Service

Petra provides a trenchless service to contractors and project owners, using our proprietary technology, at a fraction of the cost.

Featured Projects

Taking on the hardest projects

Projects

30, 36 & 42 Inch Storm Water Tunnels

Cheaper Than Trenching Through Cohesive Clay

42-Inch Wastewater Pipeline

Water Project Through Multiple Geologies under the Tunjuelo River

44 Inch Wastewater Pipeline

Petra Rescues Stuck Boring Machine in Liquefaction Zone

PETRA'S Jet Bore module IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND

Groundbreaking innovation to crush rock without touching it

Petra's semi-autonomous non-contact tunneling robot utilizes a thermal drilling method that minimizes surface disruption while dramatically lowering the cost of boring hard rock. Petra's hard rock module is inserted into the Petra Platform to bore the hardest geologies - like 44,000 PSI Sioux Quartzite - faster and more reliably than conventional methods. When combined with the other modules in the Petra Platform, we can uniquely excavate all geologies, even the most difficult ones.

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Petra in the news

September 15, 2022

The world's most innovative trenchless technology

A trenchless multi-tool with swappable boring modules to excavate all geologies, including nightmare ones

New products servicing customers

‍

Successfully completed projects in 2022

‍

Up to 90% cheaper than conventional methods through difficult geologies
‍

Months from order to having a new machine on the job site

‍

The Petra Platform AI-1 prepares you for the unexpected

We are olympians at boring through the world's most difficult ground types

Combining R&D, manufacturing, and construction services under one roof drives cost efficiencies for our customers

R&D

Manufacturing

Boring as a Service

Taking on the hardest projects

Cheaper Than Trenching Through Cohesive Clay

Water Project Through Multiple Geologies under the Tunjuelo River

Petra Rescues Stuck Boring Machine in Liquefaction Zone

Groundbreaking innovation to crush rock without touching it

Petra in the news

Petra Acquires Zilper Trenchless

Petra emerges from stealth with $30M raised for tunnel-boring robot, Swifty

Petra CEO Kim Abrams on creating new tunneling technology

This New Tech Cuts Through Rock Without Grinding Into It

Ready to work together?

The world's most innovative trenchless technology

A trenchless multi-tool with swappable boring modules to excavate all geologies, including nightmare ones

New products servicing customers ‍

Successfully completed projects in 2022‍

Up to 90% cheaper than conventional methods through difficult geologies‍

Months from order to having a new machine on the job site ‍

The Petra Platform AI-1 prepares you for the unexpected

We are olympians at boring through the world's most difficult ground types

Combining R&D, manufacturing, and construction services under one roof drives cost efficiencies for our customers

R&D

Manufacturing

Boring as a Service

Taking on the hardest projects

Cheaper Than Trenching Through Cohesive Clay

Water Project Through Multiple Geologies under the Tunjuelo River

Petra Rescues Stuck Boring Machine in Liquefaction Zone

Groundbreaking innovation to crush rock without touching it

Petra in the news

Petra Acquires Zilper Trenchless

Petra emerges from stealth with $30M raised for tunnel-boring robot, Swifty

Petra CEO Kim Abrams on creating new tunneling technology

This New Tech Cuts Through Rock Without Grinding Into It

Ready to work together?

New products servicing customers

‍

Successfully completed projects in 2022

‍

Up to 90% cheaper than conventional methods through difficult geologies
‍

Months from order to having a new machine on the job site

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