GPR Utility Locating in British Columbia
Not every buried utility carries a current or a tracer wire. Plastic water mains, clay and concrete sewers, and fibre ducts are invisible to EM. GPR locates these by the radar reflection of the pipe and its trench, filling the gap EM leaves.
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GPR utility locating sweeps an area with radar to detect non-conductive buried services — and to cross-check metallic lines found by EM. It's essential where non-metallic pipe is present and as the second method in any thorough pre-excavation locate.
- Grid the area and run GPR passes across it
- Identify pipe reflections and trench signatures
- Cross-reference with EM-located metallic lines
- Mark non-metallic and confirmed services
- Plastic, clay and concrete pipe
- Fibre and telecom ducts
- Trench lines from past installations
- Non-conductive services EM misses
Locating non-metallic buried utilities and verifying a metallic locate.
On any dig with non-metallic services — most modern sites — GPR is how the plastic pipe gets found before the excavator reaches it.
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GPR Utility Locating — FAQ
Yes — that's a key reason to use it. GPR detects the radar reflection of non-metallic pipe and the disturbed soil of its trench, locating plastic, clay and concrete lines that EM equipment can't see because they carry no signal.
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