Underground Utility Location or Utility Flag Marking / Mark-out is the process of locating, identifying and then marking of public or private utilities which are underground in most cases. We locate all types of utility lines and underground spaces such as:
Depending on where you are digging or excavating, you may even have large gas and/or oil pipelines, government operated communication lines, mass transit infrastructure, road & railroad tunnels also can be competing for space underground.
Since there are many types of materials that go into making each of these different types of underground lines, different utility location and detection methods must be used. For locating conductive metal cable & pipelines, we use electromagnetic underground utility location equipment consisting of a transmitter and a receiver. For concrete or plastic pipes, we use other types of radio location or Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) must be used.
Underground utility location service in Orlando, FL is necessary because public or private utility maps often lack the pinpoint precision which is needed to ensure proper clearance when excavating, building, etc… In some older cities, this is especially a problem because underground utility location maps are very inaccurate, or could be missing entirely.
Line Locators provides private underground utility location service which allows construction workers to locate where underground utilities are, and then identify each by color coding those locations with utility marker flags (see diagram for color-coding). Our experienced underground utility location professionals use portable state-of-the-art technologies to locate underground utilities. With our extensive knowledge of underground utility location systems, and Line Locators highly trained staff we can bring safety and confidence to any job site.