What services do Private Locators offer?
Private Locators are generally contracted to locate utilities buried on private property that have not been marked by a One Call Locator. Many Private Locators will only locate from the marked utilities located by the One Call service by placing a trace signal on those lines and identifying where the lines are buried using a Radio Detection or Electromagnetic (EM) device. Although this is an accurate method for locating those specific lines it is possible to miss utilities that are not identified by the One Call service. A more comprehensive underground survey is typically conducted by Private Locators who use additional technologies such as Ground Penetrating Radar equipment.
