Underground Locating
Olameter provides underground locating services for the buried assets of gas, electric, fiber-optic, water and sewer utilities, and communications companies, as well as property managers in many regions of the United States and Canada.
Locating and Marking Utilities
Sites are marked with paint, flags, and offset marking using industry-standard conventions so that excavators will not inadvertently damage nearby facilities as they excavate. Tickets can be completed with sketches for reference in the field. We are capable of converting all data gathered in the field into formats suitable for the clients' asset databases and for updating their as-built drawings. We can also provide GPS mapping of locates performed in the field.
As a locating contractor, we understand the importance of having a locate done properly - and safety is our number one concern. Our technicians undergo considerable training in order to master locating techniques and to have practical knowledge of how the buried facilities were originally constructed. A syllabus with comprehensive testing has been developed for Olameter employees by Staking University, a leading state-of-the-art locate training facility. Our technicians are audited and certified on a yearly basis. Olameter's ticket management system assigns and redistributes workloads to our locators in the field. Our system allows ticket progress to be tracked in real-time.
Benefits resulting from the use of this system include:
- All field technicians receive tickets via real-time wireless or internet on their company laptops
- Full compatibility with One-Call Centers, including positive response capability
- Real-time Positive Response to the excavator via fax or e-mail
- All events associated with the ticket are captured in chronological order
- Clients are granted full access to the system
Locate Techniques
Location is accomplished using one of the following basic techniques:
- Electromagnetic detection
- Ground-penetrating radar
- Field measurement based on client data
Quality and Safety
All of our locate personnel are subject to ISO 9001 quality audits, ISO 14001 environmental management audits and OHSAS 18001 health and safety audits. All company vehicles are equipped with GPS and monitored 24/7.