Utility locating
At various stages of construction, prior to ground-disturbances and installations of new facilities, a basic utility locating service must be performed. The first step in this is to call Alberta 1st Call at 1-800-242-3447 and have them locate member utilities on public property. Then call Maverick at (780) 467-1606. We can pick up where Alberta 1st Call leaves off. We can use our E.M. based utility locator combined with Ground-penetrating radar to locate private electrical lines, private gas lines, public lines on private property and we can work towards confirming the results previously obtained by Alberta 1st call.

If your application isn’t listed here, call us anyways! We have been involved in ground-breaking work using GPR as a primary tool for investigations. We have consulted on unusual projects, we have modified our tools to work in real-world situations and we have provided unique solutions to complex problems in a nearly “on-demand” basis.

Maverick Inspection Ltd. has the tools and experience to provide a number of layers of detail for utility locating, depending on your job scope, accuracy requirements, time and budget.

We have performed work locating utilities for:

• Environmental engineering phase I and phase II reclamations (boreholes)
• Ground-disturbance permits for major oil & gas facilities
• Ground-breaking Greenfield construction
• Pre-construction planning and development
• Installation of new facilities into existing sites
• Pipeline route selections
• Many more

By combining GPR with E.M. detection and remote visual inspection technologies Maverick Inspection Ltd. is capable of performing the following:

• Targeted private utility locates – for lines you can see extending into the ground from the surface. This could include Natural Gas, Power, Telephone, Process or Control lines.
• Blind Sweeps with E.M. detection systems – used for locating known metallic lines, or lines with tracers which are not accessible from your location. This type of work is also done surrounding borehole locations or other ground disturbances to ensure that nobody gets hurt by contacting unknown utilities.
• Specifically target sweeps at 60Hz, and Cathodic protection (CPS) frequencies, to further reduce the risk of striking underground power and process lines.

The above listed services are all included in our lowest cost option. In addition, Ground-penetrating Radar (GPR) can be used to augment the above by locating Plastic, AC/Ductile, HDPE, Fibreglass or other non-conductive lines buried in the top few meters. For lines which were buried deeper, we can typically see the installation trenches and track the lines through the changes of soil density. This offers an extra level of protection for both the workers performing Ground-disturbance work, and for the infrastructure they might otherwise contact.

A final option is to combine utility locating services, with that of our Remote Visual Testing (RVT) department. By placing intrinsically safe, or explosion-proof camera systems into a line, we can a) visually inspect the interior condition of the line in question, or find the point of failure, and b) use the camera as a locate point, pinpointing both the line, and the point of failure.

For these, or any other application you can think of, contact James Harrison at (780) 467-1606.

Utility locating
At various stages of construction, prior to ground-disturbances and installations of new facilities, a basic utility locating service must be performed. The first step in this is to call Alberta 1st Call at 1-800-242-3447 and have them locate member utilities on public property. Then call Maverick at (780) 467-1606. We can pick up where Alberta 1st Call leaves off. We can use our E.M. based utility locator combined with Ground-penetrating radar to locate private electrical lines, private gas lines, public lines on private property and we can work towards confirming the results previously obtained by Alberta 1st call.

If your application isn’t listed here, call us anyways! We have been involved in ground-breaking work using GPR as a primary tool for investigations. We have consulted on unusual projects, we have modified our tools to work in real-world situations and we have provided unique solutions to complex problems in a nearly “on-demand” basis.

Maverick Inspection Ltd. has the tools and experience to provide a number of layers of detail for utility locating, depending on your job scope, accuracy requirements, time and budget.

We have performed work locating utilities for:

• Environmental engineering phase I and phase II reclamations (boreholes)
• Ground-disturbance permits for major oil & gas facilities
• Ground-breaking Greenfield construction
• Pre-construction planning and development
• Installation of new facilities into existing sites
• Pipeline route selections
• Many more

By combining GPR with E.M. detection and remote visual inspection technologies Maverick Inspection Ltd. is capable of performing the following:

• Targeted private utility locates – for lines you can see extending into the ground from the surface. This could include Natural Gas, Power, Telephone, Process or Control lines.
• Blind Sweeps with E.M. detection systems – used for locating known metallic lines, or lines with tracers which are not accessible from your location. This type of work is also done surrounding borehole locations or other ground disturbances to ensure that nobody gets hurt by contacting unknown utilities.
• Specifically target sweeps at 60Hz, and Cathodic protection (CPS) frequencies, to further reduce the risk of striking underground power and process lines.

The above listed services are all included in our lowest cost option. In addition, Ground-penetrating Radar (GPR) can be used to augment the above by locating Plastic, AC/Ductile, HDPE, Fibreglass or other non-conductive lines buried in the top few meters. For lines which were buried deeper, we can typically see the installation trenches and track the lines through the changes of soil density. This offers an extra level of protection for both the workers performing Ground-disturbance work, and for the infrastructure they might otherwise contact.

A final option is to combine utility locating services, with that of our Remote Visual Testing (RVT) department. By placing intrinsically safe, or explosion-proof camera systems into a line, we can a) visually inspect the interior condition of the line in question, or find the point of failure, and b) use the camera as a locate point, pinpointing both the line, and the point of failure.

For these, or any other application you can think of, contact James Harrison at (780) 467-1606.