Private Utility Locating in British Columbia
Public one-call locating marks the utility company's lines up to the property, but everything beyond that — private water, irrigation, site lighting, gas to outbuildings, data — is the owner's and isn't covered. Private utility locating finds those on-site services before any dig or scan.
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Private utility locating uses EM and GPR methods to detect and mark buried services that public locate programs exclude: private supply and irrigation lines, site electrical and lighting, secondary gas, communications and more. It is essential on any property where excavation or coring will occur beyond the public connection.
- Review of available site plans and as-builts
- EM tracing of energized and tracer-wired lines
- GPR sweep for non-metallic and unknown services
- Marking and, where requested, mapping of all located lines
- Private water, irrigation and gas lines
- Site electrical, lighting and EV feeds
- Communications and data runs
- Septic and private drainage
Clearing a private property of on-site buried services before excavation, coring or landscaping.
Contractors rely on private locates because public one-call stops at the property — a strike on a private line is on whoever dug. A private locate de-risks the work.
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Private Utility Locating — FAQ
No. Public one-call programs mark only the utility companies' lines up to the property. Private and on-site services — irrigation, site lighting, gas to a shop, private water — are the owner's responsibility and are not located by one-call. A private locate covers those.
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