Dustin Faddis, 26, and Hunter Brooks, 23, both Underground Technicians from Salisbury, NC, installing bore conduits for fiber optic cables on East John St. Equipment they’re using include a Horizontal Directional Drill (behind) and radio-frequency locator box (in hole). By the time this job is finished, they will have completed nearly two months of replacement work on approximately 25,000 feet of cable.