Subsurface Feature Locating
Van Note-Harvey Associates is uniquely qualified to provide markout and documentation of subsurface utilities/features and floor and wall obstructions before they affect your budget or schedule.
VNHA can provide these services at the pre-design or pre-construction phases of your project by marking out and locating existing subsurface utilities within the area of interest.
VNHA will select the appropriate investigative technology based upon your needs and the geophysical conditions within the project limits.
Methods employed may include:
- Magnetics
- Electromagnetic Conduction and Introduction
- Ground Penetrating Radar(GPR)
- Floor and Wall GPR Scanning Technology
- Non-invasive Test Holes
- Pipe Sonding Technology
This gives our clients the opportunity to minimize the overall risk, cost and liability in design engineering, pre-construction and construction activity with available technology.
Our cost-effective approach calls for subsurface features locates to be completed within one day’s time, offerring our clients the opportunity to minimize the overall risk, cost and liability in future design engineering, pre-construction activity, environmental investigations and remedial design.
Services typically provided during a subsurface utility/features markout/locate include:
- Records review and compilation.
- Marking identified features in the field.
- Soft dig excavation
- Preparation of an area sketch showing identified objects/utilities relative to existing features.
- Summary report which includes a description of services provided, equipment utilized and images of identified objects, as appropriate.
Before excavating always call state “Call-Before-You-Dig” services.