Utility Location
Know where underground pipes, cables and utilities are located with Infraservs utility locating services.
Minimise Risk & Think Before You Dig
Prevent injury and reduce damage to workers and infrastructure assets.
Avoid Expensive Repair Costs
Encountering a strike is not only unsafe, but it can also result in major delays and un forecasted costs to your next project.
Be Well Informed Before You Dig
we help assist in the essential first steps ensuring the prevention of damage and disruption to Queensland’s underground infrastructure network.
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The Importance Of Utility Locating
Underground Utility Locating is important anytime you are going to break ground on a property or job site. Utility maps identify what type of underground cables and pipes are running through the site and their location. These utilities include power cables, gas pipes, water, telecommunication cables, storm drains, and abandoned/unknown underground services. Our underground utility locating services aim to give you a comprehensive report of what’s underground, helping you ensure a safer work environment and avoid preventable utility damage. Once our team have identified and marked out the locations of your detectible underground cables and pipes, we can then arrange the utility mud mapping process.
We have a dedicated team of DBYD Certified utility locators. Infraserv uses both electromagnetic cable locating and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technology to designate underground utilities.
- EML Locating – Used to locate conductive utilities such as metallic pipes, electrical and communication cables
- Ground Penetrating Radar – Used to locate non-conductive material such as Poly or Nylon gas lines, blue brute and uPVC water mains, empty conduits, underground storage tanks and possible underground voids
- Traceable Rod with EML – Used to locate accessible empty pipes or conduits i.e. sewer and storm water pipes and empty conduits.
Years Experience
Completed Projects
LOCATING
Gas, water, electricity, cable TV, drainage, NBN and telephone utility lines. Please allow a minimum 24-48 hour lead time for all cable and utility locating services, as per Dial Before You Dig standard response times.
EQUIPMENT
Latest technology in signal transmitting, ground radar and concrete radar equipment including Rycom 8879 PLS Locator, Noggin Gold 250 Smart Card and Conquest PCD Enhanced System. Hydrovac trucks provide access.
ACCREDITION
We are a member of the National Utility Locating Contractors Association, Telstra accredited locators, ERGON authorised personnel and Dial Before You Dig Accredited.
OPERATIONS
Specialist cable and utility locating services across Cairns and surrounding regions, from Cardwell to Gordonvale, Atherton to Kuranda, Cairns to Palm Cove and north to Mossman. Will travel to regional and remote areas.
Know What’s Below
All our work complies with the Australian Standard AS-5488.1:2019 classification of subsurface utility information. We compile this with detailed reports that are completed and sent directly from site to the client with the Infraserv trademark of clear and accurate colour coded utility markings.
Common Utility Locating Questions
Why should I use utility locating services before digging?
Any excavation, irrespective of size, has the potential to damage assets located around the work site, leading to service interruptions, delays to the project, costly repairs and in the worst case scenario, injury or death.
Obtaining information from what is under the surface significantly minimises these risks by providing information about the work site. Safety is a fundamental aspect of any excavation project and so utility locating services should always be the first point of contact: The Essential First Step.
Who should use utility locating services?
Builders, contractors, farmers, excavation companies, councils, landscapers, underground network maintenance workers, plumbers, home owners, cable and pipe location companies – in fact anyone who intends to work around any infrastructure asset(s) should lodge an enquiry with Infraserv before commencing works.
Are underground utilities installed in a straight line?
No. Mainly due to obstacles that may have been in the vicinity when the cables or pipes were installed. And NEVER assume the depth or alignment of pipes and cables. Due to the possible deviation in alignment, manual excavation (if instructed by the asset owner) may be required to determine the exact location of infrastructure assets to avoid any mishaps.
Could I be financially liable if damages were to occur to infrastructure networks?
Yes, court proceedings may commence against individuals and / or companies for the recovery of cost of repairing or reinstating damaged assets where negligence appears to be a contributor.