Very few detailed records of underground utilities exist even for recent work, and route changes often go unrecorded. Records that do exist are often inaccurate and incomplete. Every year people are injured or killed as a result of hitting buried pipes and cables during construction and excavation work. In addition, damaging existing utilities can lead to substantial cost overruns by causing delays for repairs and/or relocating of conflicting utilities. Utility surveying provides an up-front and cost-effective means of locating buried utilities.
Subtronic Corporation specializes in the location, marking and mapping of all underground utilities, using the latest in electromagnetic, acoustic and surveying technologies. Our utility locators undergo extensive in-house and onsite training and are all certified as "competent locators" in compliance with Senate Bill 1359.
Depending on a client’s needs, Subtronic can:
- Mark the utilities locations at the site.
- Sketch the utilities onto existing site plans.
- Perform accurate and detailed topographical surveys of all on-site utilities using a combination of GPS (Global Positioning System) or Total Station.
- Create an AutoCAD file using provided or arbitrary coordinates.
- Overlay the Utility AutoCAD fil onto exising site or topographical surveys.
Locating buried utilities is an art as well as a science. Experience, tenacity, and equipment are the most important factors for successful utility location. Subtronic has over 20 years of experience gained at thousands of sites.