WHAT IS LOCATING?
STANDARD METHODS
SUBSURFACE UTILITY ENGINEERING (SUE)
UNDERGROUND UTILITY MAPPING
COLOUR CODE FOR MARKING

Services Offered

Terra Discovery meets or exceeds Ontario Regional Common Ground Alliance (ORCGA) standards for marking and mapping of buried utilities and is positioned to provide the following services:

Utility Locates

  • PUC locates
  • Private property locates
  • EM tracing & marking
  • Non-metallic pipe tracing via sonde transmitter
  • Ground penetrating radar (GPR) investigations
  • Concrete scanning
  • Fault detection
  • Tracer wire certification
  • Preparation of base drawings – CAD format
  • Preparation of “as-built” drawings for utility installation
  • Geo-referencing of drawings

Camera Services

  • Push camera investigations
  • QuickView â zoom camera investigations
  • Robotic crawler camera investigations
  • CCTV pipeline inspections

Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Investigations

  • Records searches
  • Field reviews
  • Designating
  • Test pits
  • Project management and utility locates coordination
  • Arrange utility stakeouts through “One Call”
  • Utility records confirmation / correction
  • Conversion of drawings to digital format, geo-referenced

Confined Space Entry

  • Manhole inspections
  • Sewer and culvert investigations
  • Work in Confined Spaces
  • Provide permit and “Work Safe Plan” for every job
  • Provide atmospheric monitoring and rescue equipment for every job
  • Provide staff with safety, first aid & CPR training for every job