directional pre-drill utility surveys

Due to the dangerous nature of drilling into the ground around existing utilities, structures and voids, pre-drill utility surveys have become a necessity if not a requirement by clients of late.

Our directional drill surveys are used widely across the industry. We have a team of dedicated directional drill specialists who are able to prove a drill or indeed disprove its feasibility and should the client wish, we are experienced in this field to advise accordingly.

Dependent on the client's specification, we can give depths of most plant that has metallic content with an electromagnetic survey. We can also send a signal transmitting sonde into non-metallic utilities where we can gain access to give an accurate depth reading.

Utilities that we are unable to locate with radio techniques may be locatable using a Ground Penetrating Radar system which will also be used to confirm depths of electromagnetically located plant. If a radar is deployed or requested we will also look for voids and solid structures in the ground along the route of the proposed drill to look for potential issues. This again is at the clients request and has proven to be valuable on many occasions in our experience, saving abandoned drills and the expensive loss/ damage of drill heads.

If we are undertaking a drill survey to prove or disprove its viability we will often suggest that a sketch or topographical survey is performed to record the results accurately and produce a CAD output such as that shown on this page.

We are also able to offer traffic management for these surveys should the client require.

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