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Utility Locating Quality Process
Our team of experts and service technicians provide a full suite of state-of-the-art utility locating services, designed to help your team avoid accidental underground strikes that can result in costly repairs, severe injury and time.
Step 1 : Site Walk
Visual Site Scan
On The Mark Locators perform a visual job site inspection. We look for surface features and inspect the interior of the buildings to ensure that all underground utilities are accounted for in your scope of work.
Step 2: Find & Verify the Known Utilities
EM Receiver / Transmitter
We locate the known utilities in your scope of work. This is done by connecting, tracing and marking utilities from surface feature to surface feature ( Gas Valves, Water Pit or Meters, Electrical Transformers and Communication Junction Boxes). This may require us to connect to utilities out of the scope of work and trace back through the scope of work to ensure a safe place to work,
Step 3: Find & Identify Unknown Utilities
EM Passive & Induction Scans
To ensure the overall timely success of your project, utility detection is critical to any construction project where a subsurface excavation is planned. If this critical first step is ignored, the risk for injury increases, budget overruns can multiply and your schedule can be delayed.
Step 4: Find Anomalies Underground
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
We have the knowledge along with the equipment to find Storm Drains, Fiber Optics Lines and Sanitary Sewer Lines that are passing through your scope of work. Those types of utilities are not usually located with accuracy. On The Mark Locators have the equipment to find these utilities. All we need is access.
Step 5: A Peace of Mind
A SECURE JOB SITE
On The Mark Locators documents all findings from each step and creates industry leading deliverables so you have full visibility and understanding of everything that was located on your job site.
Benefits Of Choosing Private Utility Locators Vs State Call
PRIVATE UTILITY LOCATORS
On The Mark Locators specialize in locating ALL buried utility lines in your excavation area, including:
- Water service lines (plastic or metal)
- Secondary electric (site lighting, signage, 480 volt/220/110 conduits)
- Communications (phone data, cable TV, fiber)
- Gas lines (plastic or metal)
- Sewer lines (include septic tanks, leach fields, field tile pipe, etc.)
- Misc. utility lines such as oxygen, steam, chilled water lines, nitrogen and other chemical transport lines
STATE CALL LOCATORS
Calling 811 could not fully locate:
- Water force mains and some service lines (typically only on public property like streets and right-of-ways, easements, etc)
- Primary Electric
- Communications (phone, data, Cable TV, Fiber)
- Gas and service lines (only if metallic pipe or tracer wire is used)
- Main Storm and Sanitary Sewer
Private Utility Locating Information Sheet
VALUE & PROTECTION MADE EASY WITH MPL
THE BENEFITS
TO KEEP YOUR PROJECT ON SCHEDULE
Our highly-experiences team has the knowledge, technology and resources to understand what your needs are, and to quickly take your information and put a plan together to protect your job site.
& PARTNER SERVICES
We can quickly give you a quote for your next project.
EVERY JOB IS DIFFERENT
And because of that, so are your needs. Our expert staff is prepared to walk you through what’s needed, so you jobsite is secured and you don’t incur costs for anything that isn’t needed.
LOCATE WHAT’S NEEDED
A quality locate isn’t just good for site safety, it also saves you time and money.
& UTILITY MAPPING
A quality locate is only as good as the deliverables you receive. We document everything that was completed and package it up so you have complete visibility on what was located, where it’s located, and with full supporting documentation that is second to none in the business.
ON EVERY PROJECT
It’s about you, and your job sites. We work hand-in-hand with every partner, on every job, no matter how big or small.
Private Locating FAQ'S
Anyone who plans to dig should call 811 its the State Law and just one of the ways to protect yourself from harm and damages.
The state one-call (811) only marks public utilities, those which are before the service meter. Any utility beyond the service meter is usually considered private, which will require a second call to On The Mark Locators.
New Technicians go through a comprehensive 16 week training program, but the learning does not stop there. New employees are then matched up with a veteran technician to continue additional field training, and when they begin to perform work on their own, all of their work is audited by management in order to make sure that only quality locates are provided to our clients. We perform audits on every technician to maintain the highest level of quality for our partners.
Clients are able to call our toll-free number (888-272-6065) that is routed to the on-call team.
We understand and professionalize the private locating industry by developing training, safety, and operational standards that are second to none in the industry. We understand that safety is the number one goal.
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