The process uses specialized equipment like ground-penetrating radar to detect underground utilities. Technicians mark these locations above ground for safe excavation.
How Does Underground Utility Locating Work?
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How PCI Can Help

Private Utility Locating
Electromagnetic and GPR locating of privately owned underground utilities — the lines one-call services don't mark — before you dig.
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Ground-Penetrating Radar
Non-destructive subsurface scanning for utilities, tanks, structures and anomalies — seeing what electromagnetic locating alone can't.
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Sewer Camera & Sonde Locating
Camera inspection and sonde tracing of sewers, drains and ducts — locate non-conductive lines and see their condition from the inside.
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