WE SPECIALIZE IN
QUALITY ACCURATE
UTILITY LOCATES

PRIVATE UTILITY LOCATES

Prior to excavating on private property, anyone breaking ground must be aware that privately-owned buried facilities may exist within the work area and, based on Ontario Reg. 213, these facilities must be marked prior to any ground disturbance activities. These privately-owned buried facilities will not be marked when obtaining locates through Ontario One Call. We work with excavators and private landowners to marked privately owned buried facilities situated on private property after the demarcation point to provide a Private Locate. Our Private Locate Process ensures that all private facilities are accounted for before you dig on private property.

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GROUND PENETRATING RADAR / CONCRETE SCANNING

There are many challenges with indoor renovation and investigation projects when having to cut or core a concrete slab. Many electrical and communications conduits and post-tension cables can be embedded within a concrete floor or just beneath it, or you may not want to disturb the rebar within a concrete building floor. You want to ensure that before you saw cut, core, or drill inside a building, that you scan the work area for buried infrastructure. Our well-trained, skilled, and experienced technicians use a combination of electromagnetic locate equipment and high-frequency ground penetrating radar for every indoor project to ensure you are safe.

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PUBLIC UTILITY LOCATE VERIFICATION

Have you ever felt uncomfortable with a public locate or have you received public locates that were not accurate that resulted in a damage? Let our Damage Prevention Technicians give you peace of mind by reviewing your locate package and performing a quality analysis of the buried facilities marked to give you an idea of their accuracy and depth. 

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SUBSURFACE UTILITY MAPPING (SUM) & SUE

Our Subsurface Utility Mapping Services provide customers with accurate and reliable utility mapping for surveyors, project managers, utility owners, designers, engineers, and contractors.

 

Premier uses a variety of techniques to prepare an accurate and reliable utility locate for design purposes:

 

• Utilities Record Research

• Utility locating using EM Cable Locators, Sondes, Ground Penetrating Radar

• Utility Locating using Hydro Vacuum Excavation

• Manhole and Catch basin Investigations

• Sewer and Conduit video scoping with CCTV cameras and robotics

 

CCTV SEWER & PIPE INSPECTIONS

Verify the location of untraceable pipes or sewers made of non-conductive material or installed without tracer cable. CCTV Sewer camera inspections add an additional layer of information and confidence that compliment interior and exterior ground penetrating radar scans.

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GEOPHYSICAL SERVICES

Unknown geotechnical and environmental liabilities can be expensive and hazardous to projects across Canada. We use state of the art geophysical technologies to accurately identify the locations of environmental concerns before they become a risk. PLI’s geophysics technicians apply extensive techniques that are applied to geological engineering reports, groundwater investigations, geotechnical and environmental studies.

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CONTRACT LOCATES

Premier Locates provides contract locate services for Public Utility Owners, Locate Service Providers, Land Surveyors, and Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) contractors during peak periods.

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HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE TESTING

Downtime can be incredibly costly in the event of a high voltage cable fault within your infrastructure network. We provide high voltage cable testing that can quickly and accurately identify and locate any issue before it is too late. 

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CABLE FAULT LOCATES

We use state of the art TDR and thumper equipment to identify cable faults or to detect any potential issues that may cause a problem down the road.