Whether you’re renovating your home or developing a large civil project, utility locating is essential to ensuring a safe and successful excavation. Here’s a guide to this service.
What utilities are located?
There are a number of critical utilities located underground, including gas lines, telephone lines, sewage pipes and water pipes. Having the ability to accurately locate and map underground utility locating services is vital in excavation work.
Electronic Pulse Generator
EPG is one of the most popular ways to identify and locate underground utilities. EPG generates, sends and receives an electromagnetic radio frequency through the ground. It is an effective way for locating utilities that contain metal and other conductive materials, such as electric lines, telephone lines, and gas lines. However, this technology is unable to locate plastic pipes or utilities more than 5 metres underground.
Ground Penetrating Radar
GPR is another popular tool that can be used to detect non-conductive services as well as metallic ones. The GPR emits high-frequency radio pulses into the ground and provides results based on how the pulses are reflected by different objects underground. GPR is also useful for finding buried chambers, voids, manhole extents and underground storage tanks.
What are the most common projects?
Underground utility locating mapping technology is used for a range of residential, commercial, and civil applications throughout Australia. It is widely used by private building companies and government organisations who are involved with infrastructure projects. They include:
- Bridges
- Hospitals
- Shopping Centres
- Roads
- Highways
- Land Subdivisions
- Apartment Buildings
- Parklands
- And more…
Call the experts
Our experienced team at TVE will help reduce the risk of hitting and breaking underground pipes and other services. Our underground utility locating technology provides you with accurate underground utility mapping needed when excavating your project. You can count on us for an accurate assessment.
Want to know more? Call our friendly team at TVE – Park Ridge South on 07 3802 2229 and we’ll be happy to answer your questions and arrange a free consultation.