When planning your directional drilling project, HDD utilities will carry out a full feasibility study to ascertain the location of services, ensuring your project is planned and carried out in the safest manner whilst following HSE executive guidelines.
During the project design stage we will carry out utility infrastructure and mapping searches of the drill area using the latest subsurface utility detection equipment to avoid service strikes during the excavation and drilling stages.
Existing drawings and records act as a guide to underground services and are not always accurate, that’s why HDD utilities will always carry out our own independent survey using the latest radio detection and ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment to ensure your project is carried out in the safest, most practical manner.
Our in-depth feasibility and mapping service compromises of:
Carry out a site survey to gather site specific information and record any attributes such as pylons, manholes or any other potential obstructions to the drill.
Reviewing existing underground utility and mapping drawings
GPR survey to analyse and provide accurate utility findings
Geotechnical investigation report
Topography Survey
Marking out of utilities
