Importance of Private Utility Locating Service

2.  As a free service, the 811 system helps homeowners to avoid hitting and breaking buried utilities while carrying out digging activities.  While planning a construction project, property owners call 811 to get the public utilities identified and marked.  But the 811 system currently do not cover a variety of underground utilities including electric and gas lines.  The law still requires homeowners to keep the underground utilities intact and safe throughout the construction project.  The private utility locating services help homeowners to identify and locate all underground utilities in a fast, accurate, and convenient way.  There are also a number of reasons why private utility locating services are important for every homeowner.

3. 5 5 R Re ea as so on ns s W H Ho om me eo ow wn ne er r 1 1. . L Lo oc ca at te e A Al ll l U Un nd de er rg gr ro ou un nd d U Ut ti il lit itie ies s  The 811 system currently does not cover a wide range of private utilities – gas lines, chilled water lines, irrigation lines, chemical lines, ash lines, vent lines, empty conduit and low-voltage control wire.  Hence, the property owners cannot call 811 to identify and locate these private utilities.  The private utility locating services help homeowners to identify and locate all types of underground utilities before starting the digging process. Wh hy y P Pr riv iva at te e Ut Utili ilit ty y L Lo oc ca at ti in ng g S Se er rv vic ice es s a ar re e I Im mp po or rt ta an nt t f fo or r E Ev ve er ry y

4. 2 2. . K Ke ee ep p t th he e U Un nd de er rg gr ro ou un nd d U Ut ti il lit itie ies s S Sa af fe e  The law requires homeowners to upkeep and protect the underground utilities continuously.  The homeowners have to face dire consequences of damaging underground utilities while carrying out a digging project. The private utility locating services help homeowners to complete the digging project without damaging the underground utilities. 3 3. . L Le ev ve er ra ag ge e N Ne ew w A Ag ge e U Un nd de er rg gr ro ou un nd d L Lo oc ca at tin ing g E Eq qu ui ip pm me en nt ts s  The utility locating services have been evolving consistently. The latest technologies help homeowners to locate and mark underground utilities quickly and accurately.  No homeowner can identify and leverage the latest utility locating technologies and tools without availing professional private utility locating services.

5. 4 4. . D De ep pl lo oy y S Sk ki ille  The new age utility locating equipments generate 3D images of underground utilities using pulsating radar. They even use GPR to locate the underground utility accurately and reliably.  The private utility locating service providers deploy skilled and certified technicians to verify and analyze the data collected by these tools. The skilled technicians can use the latest utility locating equipments optimally. 5 5. . R Re ed du uc ce e U Un nd de er rg gr ro ou un nd d U Ut ti ility  Many homeowners still identify and locate underground utilities by deploying excavating crews. The excavating crews have to put extra time and effort to identify exact location of the utility.  Also, they damage the private utility and its surrounding structure by digging the entire area. lled d T Te ec ch hn nic icia ian ns s lity L Lo oc ca at tin ing g T Ti im me e a an nd d C Co os st t

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