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Cable and Pipe Locating Services and Non-Destructive Excavation Services that Keep Your Buried Utili

Author: Jayden Holden
by Jayden Holden
Posted: Oct 23, 2021

Various projects, particularly construction projects in Australia, use cable and pipe locating services to identify buried cables and pipes so that their location is correctly identified before beginning excavation work. This allows site workers to perform vacuum excavation neatly while avoiding damage to these utilities. This way, a facility can continue to operate even while vacuum excavation in Gold Coast is being performed by pipe location services. Pipe location services use equipment that detects electromagnetic radiation emitted by metalling pipes and cables. The equipment is capable of detecting underground utilities both passively and actively.

Some signals may already be present on a buried utility that can be detected either through signals emanating from the power cable, or re-radiation of radio signals induced onto the utility from a radio transmitter. The equipment used by cable and pipe locating services for passive utility detection detects signals in buried utilities, whereas those using active detection methods detect underground utilities using low-frequency signals induced into the utilities.

Active detection to locate buried utilities

Up to 60% of utilities may be missed and not detected by the passive method, as they would not be detected by a single sweep. This does not imply that they are not present and that vacuum excavation in Gold Coast is risk-free. Because these buried utilities may not carry a live current or emit radio signals, they may not be detected by searching for passive signals. An electrical current or signal must be applied to the buried metallic utility in order to detect it.

Pipe location services use inducers to generate active signals into the utility via direct connection or indirect electromagnetic coupling. Utilities can be located up to two metres away using the method used by cable and pipe locating services. It should be noted that accuracy may decrease as the depth of buried utilities increases.

A variety of equipment and tools can be used by pipe location services, such as:

  • Ground penetrating radar (GPR)
  • Electronic markers and locators
  • Metal detectors
  • Pipe inspection camera
  • Radiodetection underground locator
  • Manhole cover locator, and
  • Cable route tracer.

On-site dual-frequency detection Cable and pipe locating services use GPR to detect both metallic and non-metallic utilities. Aussie Hydro-Vac Services' cable and pipe locating services use advanced technologies to precisely locate the location of buried utilities.

Benefits of professional cable and pipe locating services

The benefits of hiring professional cable and pipe locating services include:

  • The equipment used by pipe location services can determine almost all types of utilities, including metallic and non-metallic.
  • The equipment used by vacuum excavation in Gold Coast work in almost all soil conditions.
  • The operators can confirm and identify the target pipes and cables for vacuum excavation in Gold Coast.
  • The equipment used are portable and easy to operate.
  • The company offering cable and pipe locating services keeps trained staff to perform vacuum excavation in Gold Coast with professional expertise.

Aussie Hydro-Vac Services' cable and pipe locating services ensure that your utilities remain operational when vacuum excavation in Gold Coast or other regions of Australia is performed by pipe location services. Because utilities have already been detected, the operators ensure that they are not damaged, and thus your facility will remain operational throughout the vacuum excavation in Gold Coast process.

Non-destructive excavation services

Aussie Hydro-Vac Services provides vacuum excavation services on the Gold Coast, as well as throughout Queensland and New South Wales. Aussie Hydro-Vac Services' non-destructive digging method employs cutting-edge equipment that keeps the jobsite clean while causing minimal noise and disruption. Water or air can be used in non-destructive excavation to loosen and break the soil. A dump truck is stationed near the excavation site and collects slurry and other debris from the digging operation before transporting it to a designated dump site away from the construction site. Aussie Hydro-Vac Services uses recycling technologies to ensure that all recyclable debris is recycled and reused, and that only non-recyclable debris is sent to a compliantly operated engineered landfill.

Other non-destructive digging services offered by Aussie Hydro-Vac Services include:

  • Drain cleaning and culvert cleaning
  • Liquid & solid waste disposal
  • Industrial cleaning & shutdown
  • Road sweeping, and emergency response & spills.
  • Technical services offered to businesses, industries and households by Aussie Hydro-Vac Services include:
  • Geotech and pavement investigation
  • Subsurface engineering and maintenance
  • CCTV inspection, and
  • Drone photography services.
The company has advanced equipment, plant, and vehicles to provide professional non-destructive excavation solutions, such as a Kaiser recycling unit, a tight access vacuum excavation unit, CCTV and geotech vans, an all-train medium vacuum excavation unit, and more. Contact Aussie Hydro-Vac Services for the best and most cost-effective pipe locating, cable and pipe locating, and vacuum excavation services on the Gold Coast and throughout Australia.
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Contact Aussie Hydrovac for waste management solutions with a focus on sustainability. The company will dispose of your vacuumed-up soil, sand and other waste in the most environmentally sustainable way.

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Author: Jayden Holden

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