GPRS Ensures Safe Excavation of Leaking Utility Line

• A petroleum and natural gas electrical power station had a suspected leaking utility line that they believed was also causing a void
• The leaking utility was encased in a concrete or asbestos pipe, which also contained several other utilities that had all been buried for over 40 years
• There was no way to access this utility pipe, which sits under a newer steel building on the property

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• GPRS deployed ground penetrating radar and electromagnetic locating to map the utilities in and around the buried pipe
• The Project Manager also identified the likely location of the leaking utility, which aligned with data the client acquired with a thermal imaging gun
• GPRS went beyond the original project scope and located expansion joints along the buried utility tunnel
• In addition to marking out located utilities with spray paint on the asphalt, the data was uploaded into SiteMap®

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• The client was able to avoid destructive and potentially dangerous exploratory potholing to find the leaking utility line
• The accurate, actionable data obtained by GPRS will expedite the repair process by ensuring they only need to dig once
• All stakeholders have 24/7, secure access to this field-verified data thanks to SiteMap®, which is available via computer, tablet, or smartphone

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