Good management of utility conflicts is the key to executing a project with greater cost-schedule certainty and less inconvenience or interruption of service to the local area. Utility conflicts can arise at any time throughout the project timeline, from planning to post-construction, between an existing utility and a planned or ongoing design or construction process, as well as between an on-site process and regulations for utility accommodation, permitting, or safety and accessibility.
Many problems can arise when utility conflicts are not managed well, leading to:
4M uses a cost-effective, rapid, and remote utility mapping technique to discover utility conflicts as early as possible. Our data encourages better utility conflict management through avoidance, preservation, and coordination of utilities before construction begins, leading to lower overall costs and greater schedule certainty.
Once construction breaks ground, site markings can quickly become illegible and surface conditions can make locating unmanageable. 4M provides a consistent, reliable, and digital GIS record to keep track of known utility locations throughout the construction process.
Our utility mapping technology can identify buried infrastructure even when it is not discoverable by standard geophysics methods. That means we reduce the risk of accidental strikes or last-minute discoveries of abandoned or undocumented utilities that are in conflict with the planned site works.
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