Virginia's preferred Private Utility Locator
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Northern Virginia
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Rapid Response - Nationwide Service
With over 300 Project Managers, strategically stationed in every major market and city across the United States, GPRS has an unmatched nationwide service network that makes it quick and easy to find an expert Project Manager in any potential customer’s area. GPRS ensures they can reach your location within 24 to 48 hours of contact to solve all and any of your utility locating needs. Contact GPRS for information, pricing and scheduling needs.
WHAT UTILITIES CAN GPRS LOCATE?
UNDERGROUND PRIVATE UTILITY LOCATING & MAPPING
UNDERGROUND PRIVATE UTILITY LOCATING & MAPPING
Private Utility Locating in Virginia
GPRS’ private utility locating services are meant to give your excavation team a detailed picture of what utility lines lie beneath the surface of your job site. To ensure the overall timely success of the job, utility detection is critical to any construction project where subsurface excavation is planned. If ignored, budget overruns multiply, your schedule turns chaotic and there’s risk of injuries taking place on your job site. The standard is one-call (811) utility locating, a state-sponsored public service that is required for every project. However, the scope of this service is limited to areas that only serve the public’s interest.
To achieve the complete success you're looking for, you’ll want to connect with an expert private service provider like GPRS.
Virginia’s Best Private Utility Locators
Underground utility locating services are vital to the success of any project involving subsurface excavation. Surprises on job sites are unwelcome and dangerous, so before even putting a shovel into the dirt, you and your crew need to have a clear idea of what’s waiting underground.
GPRS’s network of over 300 project managers throughout the 50 states ensures that when you call us for help with a private utility locating project, we can typically get someone out to your location within 24 to 48 hours. Every project manager goes through an extensive training program at GPRS’s own training center before they start to perform jobs, so you can be sure that you are getting the same high standard of customer service and professional utility locating work every time.
WHAT UTILITIES CAN GPRS LOCATE?
- Water Lines
- Gas Lines
- Sanitary Sewers
- Storm Sewers
- Electrical Lines
- Communication Lines
- Irrigation Lines
- Unknown Or Abandoned Pipes
- Underground Storage Tanks
Private Utility Locating: A Necessity for Every Subsurface Project
Before any project involving subsurface excavation commences, all underground utilities, including water, electric, storm, and sewer, must be located and identified in order to prevent line strikes and other accidents during the course of the project. Encountering an unexpected line or other object during excavation can result in costly damage, injuries to the crew, and unplanned increases in project costs.
Calling 811 before digging is an important first step. This number connects you to the national "call before you dig" line. 811 takes down your information and the location of your project, then lets utility companies know that they need to go to that location and mark the lines. However, 811 relies only on utility companies to let you know what is underground. If you only call 811, you may be missing information about private utilities, tanks, or lines, which is where a private utility locator company near you can help.
About GPRS: An Industry Leader Aiming for 100% Subsurface Damage Prevention
GPRS was one of the first companies in the country to focus only on underground utility locating and concrete scanning. Since 2001, we have been utilizing the latest equipment and technology to deliver the most accurate available data to our clients. We’ve expanded our expertise over the years to include leak detection, video pipe inspection, and 3D laser scanning. The technology we use makes our work possible, while our customer service and focus on building strong client relationships make us an industry leader.
Our specialties include video pipe inspection, concrete scanning, 3D laser scanning, and utility locating. Whether you need to locate water lines, assess damage to a pipe, or survey as-built conditions in a building, GPRS is here to help. We are the nation's largest utility locator and are proud to offer private utility locating services in Virginia.
Safety and Subsurface Damage Prevention in Virginia: Accuracy is Everything
Most line strikes occur due to either a failure to locate all underground utilities before commencing a project or lack of proper ground disturbance policies. Not only can line strikes severely delay your project, they can cause life-altering injuries to crew members. Safety should always be number one on a job site, and accuracy during the utility locating process is key to keeping everyone safe.
Here at GPRS, we are always looking for the latest and most reliable technology and processes to improve our accuracy. The implementation of the Subsurface Investigation Methodology (SIM) helped us achieve a 99.8% accuracy rate on the 72,000+ projects we worked on in 2019 – one step closer to our goal of 100% subsurface damage prevention.
Why GPRS: Leading the Utility Detection Industry Across the Nation
When you need to find a private utility locating company in Virginia, you can count on GPRS. Each of our over 300 project managers, who are spread out across the country in every major market and city, completes an average of 300 jobs per year. We have the experience, training, and technology to deliver the most accurate data while constantly striving to do better.
Don't leave it to chance. Call GPRS for the best private utility locating services in Virginia.
GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SERVICES IN VIRGINIA
EXCELLENT TRAINING AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE
GPRS of Virginia
Ground Penetrating Radar Systems LLC, is the nation’s largest company specializing in the detection of underground utilities, video pipe inspection, and the scanning of concrete structures. GPRS has an extensive nationwide network of highly trained and experienced project managers in every major U.S. market.
When clients hire GPRS, they have the peace of mind of knowing that they have the most reliable scanning technology on their job site and they'll receive the assistance of a project manager who can provide them with the most accurate data. For over a decade, GPRS has been the industry leader by providing outstanding service and cutting edge technology, keeping projects on time, reducing safety risks, and putting our relationships with our clients before profit.
WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO?
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Subsurface Investigation in Virginia
It goes without saying that the construction industry can improve in damage prevention. The main culprit of line strikes is the lack of proper ground disturbance policies and dig permits. Here at GPRS, we believe that the construction industry can get closer to achieving 100% subsurface damage prevention by implementing the Subsurface Investigation Methodology Specification or SIM. In 2019, GPRS saw an accuracy rate of over 99.8% on 72,000 concrete scanning and utility locating projects while using the SIM process. While this leads the locating industry, we are still not satisfied with these amazing results.
We will continue to pursue all avenues of technology, training and methodology in order to deliver this goal of safety for our clients. GPRS is in pursuit of 100% subsurface damage prevention, will you join us?
WHY GPRS?
When deciding who to hire for utility location, concrete scanning, 3D laser scanning and video pipe inspection, why not hire the top rated and best? Unlike countless companies that offer multiple services, at Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, we focus on a single task. That is our sole focus! We specialize in utility locating and our experience and expertise is second to none!
Safety and quality is our main focus, so much so, that we built our own training center where every GPRS project manager is required to complete an extensive training program before they can perform field services on your job site. Our staff includes a full time training and safety director to make sure all of our project managers are skilled in operating our equipment with high levels of competence and confidence, while always being diligent about performing our duties safely.
GPRS was one of the first companies in the country to focus on concrete scanning and utility locating, primarily using ground penetrating radar (GPR). Since we started in September, 2001, we have built a nationwide network of offices with staff strategically placed in every major metropolitan area in the United States. Since our founding, we have worked on some of the largest and most significant construction projects in the country. We stay busy: On average, each of our project managers perform 300 jobs per year.
We are the best at what we do because it is all we do. When you are faced with the need to know what lies below the surface.
Contact the nation’s best utility and concrete scanning company. Your project’s success could depend on it!
FEATURED PROJECTS IN VIRGINIA
GPRS provides private utility locating, leak detection, CCTV video pipe inspection, and concrete scanning throughout the state of Pennsylvania. GPRS provides subsurface obstruction location and analysis to keep construction and excavation projects on time, on budget, and safe. Prevent subsurface damage and avoid striking gas communication, water, sewer, or electrical lines. Schedule a project with us today!
Reinforcement Steel/Post Tension Cable Layout On Concrete Roof Slab In Tysons, Virginia
A concrete construction contractor was given the task of designing and installing massive light fixtures on the roof of the new state of the art addition to the Capital One Corporate campus in Tysons, VA. The massive light pole fixtures have base plates that are required to be anchored into the existing concrete roof slab in very precise locations along the roof.
Locating Piles Beneath A Concrete Slab On Grade – Virginia
Ground Penetrating Radar Systems was recently called to locate piles beneath a concrete slab on grade at NASA in Hampton, Virginia. Scope of work was to scan a 30’ x 30’ area in the basement of a building to locate and map out underground piles so the engineers on site could core drill and test the composition and structure of the existing piles.
Video Pipe Inspection Case Study
GPRS will get requests for video pipe inspection to assess different pipes and is instrumental in inspecting sewer service laterals. The one screen picture in picture will give you all the information you need for mainline and lateral viewing. If you would like to learn more about the value of video pipe inspection please take a look at a recent video case study.