Ensure Your Project Is On Time And On Budget With Utility Surveying Services

By Author: Patrick Watkins
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Utility Mapping
Utility mapping involves the detection, location and positioning of buried pipes and cables. It is essential that a utility survey is undertaken, as building companies can then determine the feasibility of working on the site.

Anyone wishing to develop or work on a particular site needs to obtain an accurate survey that outlines where everything is. Once the particular utilities have been identified and mapped, builders and developers should then discover who owns the site to avoid any legal wrangles.

Utility detection surveys can also minimise disruption to the public. If a builder were to burst a water pipe or an important electrical cable, this could cause serious problems for the entire community and cost the economy thousands of pounds. Expert utility surveyors can carry out a detailed, extensive survey, helping to keep your project on time and on budget.

Utility Surveying
When conducting a utility detection survey, specialist surveyor companies can provide a permanent record of all the utility mapping carried out. Top quality, colour coded survey drawings outline the ...
... detected utilities and key topographic features.

You can select either a national or local surveyor to conduct a utility mapping survey. However, it’s important to ensure you choose a well established business that provides high quality drawings. This will help site workers find their way around the area with ease.

Any utility marked on the ground surface should be accurately recorded using a range of Total Station surveying techniques. Depending on your needs and requirements and the nature of your project, the drawing can include additional details. Many clients often require fixed surface utility features, including inspection chambers, valve boxes and telegraph poles. Some people also find key topographic features such as fence lines, street furniture and kerb lines useful, along with geographical information, including house names and numbers, street and building names.

Once the appropriate information has been collated, the data is then referenced to an arbitrary grid and level datum. If requested, drawings can be supplied to a specific grid and level datum and/or overlaid on an existing topographic survey.

GPR Survey
GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) surveys are commonly used for utility mapping. The concept involves an electromagnetic pulse radar signal which is directed into the ground. GPR survey tools can be extremely powerful and ideal for utility detection when ground conditions are favourable. With uniform, sandy soils they can locate utilities and map the necessary features without risk of damaging them.
Ground penetrating radar techniques can also be used in archaeology, geology and environmental industries and are also useful for tasks such as concrete inspection, bridge and road condition assessments.

Utility mapping surveys are perfect for building companies who need to undertake excavation works.

SUMO services are a multi-disciplinary survey business committed to maintain the highest possible standards in all aspects of surveying. Visit their website and order your appropriate survey today.
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