Whiteford Geoservices

Within our towns and cities a large number of poorly recorded utilities lie buried beneath carriageways and footways and from time to time it becomes imperative that the location of such services is determined so that road schemes, cable routes and pipeline schemes can progress unhindered.

At present such services are located using slit trenching, which can involve great expense and disruption to traffic. Because of this, geophysical service location offers the following distinct advantages:-

Non Destructive Testing
There is no need for road closures, diversions and reinstatements along with associated cost of claims arising from excavation work.
Speed
Typically 200m of route can be surveyed in one day as opposed to 1 or 2 slit trenches.
Economics
Because of its speed, reduced labour and plant requirement as well as reduced health & safety risk the rate per metre for such investigations can be reduced significantly.

This geophysical survey method involves a number of key stages:-

An initial visual route inspection.
A second stage involving the use of radio detection methods to locate metallic and cable services.
The third stage is to conduct a ground radar survey to determine the depth of services located during the previous surveys and locate concrete drainage pipes and other hidden obstructions.

Whiteford Geoservices Ltd has already conducted such surveys for BG Centrica, Enelpower, Sir Robert McAlpine Group, Mott MacDonald Cons. Engineers as well as a host of other multi-national organisations on projects both at home.

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