Subsurface Utility Exploration Services:
Subsurface Utility Exploration (S.U.E.)
Allen & Company’s S.U.E. teams are highly experienced and equipped with the latest utility locating equipment. They perform precision locating and mapping of utility infrastructure and buried assets, with a full understanding of the necessity for precision and safety, to ensure the wellbeing of both life and property.
Allen & Company works with local utility, gas, cable, and other service/utility providers to support their project needs and conforms with ASCE/USEI/CI 38-22, standard guidelines for investigating and documenting existing utilities & ACSE/USEI/CI 75-22 standard guidelines for recording and exchanging utility infrastructure data.
Quality levels explained:
- Quality Level D: Gathering Information from Records or Stories
Quality Level D involves collecting information from existing records or through conversations with people who know about the subject. It gives a general sense of how crowded utilities might be, rather than a complete view.Quality Level C: Noting Visible Surface Features of Utilities
In Quality Level C, we gather data about utility features that are above the ground by conducting surveys and plotting their locations. This adds to the information from Level D and helps identify mistakes or missing details in the records. - Quality Level B: Locating Utilities Using Technology
Quality Level B uses advanced technologies to find and mark utilities that are underground. We then link their positions to specific points on project plans. The data collected in the field is then added to the plan documents. - Quality Level A: Precise Underground Utility Mapping
Quality Level A involves carefully exposing, measuring, and mapping utilities using special equipment that doesn’t damage them. This provides exact horizontal and vertical location details for the utilities.
By effectively identifying buried utilities such as water mains, gas lines, electric cables, and other underground infrastructure, companies can dig and manage their utilities with accuracy and safety. Additionally, Allen & Company’s SUE department offers extensive features, benefits, and value to include:
Features
- State-of-the-art designating & vacuum excavation equipment
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Data management and integration
- Coordination and Collaboration
- Comprehensive data
Benefits
- Availability & Up-Time: SUE can help eliminate or reduce the disruption of critical utility services associated with accidental events that can affect underground electrical, plumbing, or telecom service on or near a work area.
- Personal & Project Safety: Safety is a paramount value in SUE since we work diligently to prevent serious injuries or loss of life by minimizing accidental strikes. This includes ensuring the safety of workers, protecting the environment, and minimizing the risks of accidents and hazards associated with subsurface operations.
- Sustainability: SUE aims to balance economic development with environmental and social considerations. This involves implementing sustainable practices minimizing resource consumption, and mitigating adverse impacts on communities and ecosystems.
- Efficiency: SUE seeks to optimize the use of resources and improve efficiency beyond traditional methods that could be unreliable. This could involve using advanced technologies, data analysis, and modeling techniques to streamline processes, reduce costs, and enhance productivity
- Innovation: SUE often requires innovative solutions to address complex challenges. This value encourages the development and application of new technologies, methodologies, and approaches to improve exploration.
- Long-Term Planning: SUE often involves long-term projects with significant implications. Considering long-term impacts, anticipating future challenges is essential in this field.
Value
- Cost Savings: Increased savings by 4x when implementing SUE, which uses technology and resources that only an expert company has within its arsenal of tools.
- Project Efficiency: Construction clients can see immediate value as SUE provides accurate and reliable data about existing underground infrastructure/utilities.
- Risk Reduction: SUE services can reduce the risk of utility damages and project redesign by allowing our experts to manage underground assessments.
- Compliance & Regulation: SUE adheres to applicable regulation guidelines and industry standards related to utility mapping, construction, and safety. Compliance with these standards ensures that projects meet legal requirements and quality benchmarks.
Additionally, Allen & Company’s SUE services can help you ensure the safety of your field teams when planning to dig at an existing or future project location with other critical services:
Vacuum Excavating Services:
- Keyhole Coring Capabilities
- Vault Cleaning
- Street Valve Box Cleaning
- Pot Holing Utilities for New Construction and Mapping
- Pipeline Integrity
- Water Service Terminations
- Tree root preservation
- Damage investigating
- Standby Services
- Clearing for pole placement
Utility Designating:
- Electromagnetic induction tools help to locate conductive underground utilities
- State-of-the-art ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment is used to locate conductive and non-conductive underground utilities.
- After the existing utilities are designated, the next step is to verify their locations at all points of interest and where the new proposed utility route crosses the existing utilities
- Pipe Camera for sewer lateral inspection
Focused on Commercial, Industrial, Construction, and Developer Support
Allen & Company focuses on commercial construction, development, and industrial scope projects. Please know at this time we are not currently offering individual homeowner surveying services.