Potholing Programme for a Utility Provider
Water utility
The challenge
A utility needed a programme of potholes across multiple sites to confirm asset positions ahead of planned works.
Our solution
Locating by LADS was paired with Dynamic hydro excavation to locate, expose and prove services across the programme.
Safety considerations
Each pothole was planned using available plans and locating data, then dug non-destructively to protect live assets.
What this work delivers
The asset owner gets confirmed positions and depths to plan its works from, rather than recorded positions alone.
The services behind this work
Hydro Excavation
Hydro excavation is a non-mechanical digging method that uses pressurised water to break up soil and an industrial vacuum to lift the resulting slurry into a tank. Because nothing strikes the ground, it is used as a form of non-destructive digging (NDD) to expose and prove buried services.
Hydro Excavation service details →Underground Locating (LADS)
Underground service locating identifies and marks the position of buried assets from the surface, using electromagnetic locating equipment and ground-penetrating radar. It establishes where services are likely to run; hydro excavation is then used to expose and prove them.
Underground Locating (LADS) service details →Related work
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