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Highlights
THE BOTTOM LINE
GPRS rapidly delivered accurate water and sewer locations, so that Grid Source went from having directional drilling crews on standby to adding additional crews to complete the fiber build-out more quickly than anticipated.
INDUSTRY
SERVICE
GPR, EMI, utility mapping with GPS/RTK positioning. Deliverables via SiteMap®
LOCATION
High Springs, Florida
PM Insight
Deliverables
PROJECT APPLICATION
ASK
Task
Provide up-to-date, accurate utility maps and locations of water and sewer lines for a full fiber build-out in High Springs, Florida
PROBLEM
- Grid Source was contracted by Cox Communications to complete a full fiber build-out in the city of High Springs, Florida
- The city was struggling to locate all their utilities in a timely manner, creating a bottleneck that stalled fiber line installations
- A lack of accurate, up-to-date as-builts further complicated the project, leading to a very high rate of utility strikes, including a water main that drained the city’s water tower
- Multiple directional drilling crews were left on standby, waiting for the go-ahead to drill
Solution
- Bring in GPRS to locate the city’s water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer lines
- All city-owned utilities were located and uploaded to SiteMap
- The project was able to proceed with accurate utility information
Benefits
- Instant reduction/elimination of utility strikes thanks to accurate subsurface data
- All crews were taken off standby and were able to continue to install rapidly
- Additional crews were brought in to complete the build-out more quickly thanks to GPRS’ accurate underground utility information
- SiteMap allows the contractor and Cox to have accurate information for future installs in the area
CASE STUDY GALLERY
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