Subsurface Imaging & Utility Survey in British Columbia
The most complete answer to 'what's underground here?' combines EM and GPR into a single survey — every locatable utility, mapped and quality-rated. Subsurface imaging and utility surveys give designers and contractors that picture before they commit.
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A subsurface utility survey integrates EM line locating and GPR across a site to detect, map and quality-level the buried infrastructure, producing a designed-around-able record. It's the highest tier of locating, used on complex sites and capital projects.
- EM locate all metallic and tracer-wired services
- GPR sweep for non-metallic lines and anomalies
- Map routes, depths and features with quality levels
- Deliver a survey record for design and construction
- All locatable metallic and non-metallic utilities
- Depths, routes and conflicts
- Anomalies needing further investigation
Complex sites and capital projects needing a complete, quality-rated subsurface record.
Engineers, surveyors and GCs commission utility surveys to design around conflicts and reduce the risk and cost of subsurface surprises during construction.
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Subsurface Imaging & Utility Survey — FAQ
It's a survey that records each located utility with a confidence (quality) level based on how it was found and verified — from existing records up to exposed-and-measured. Combining EM and GPR and assigning quality levels gives designers a defensible picture of the subsurface.
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