Design Utility Locates for Engineers & Project Managers
At Know Before You Dig Locates, we support engineers and project managers by reducing risk, avoiding redesigns, and improving constructability through clear, field-verified underground data. We provide design-grade underground utility data at the QL-D through QL-B level to support feasibility studies, permitting, and early risk evaluation.
Our role is to identify, document, and communicate underground conditions that often create uncertainty during planning. The data we deliver is practical, clearly labeled, and easy to integrate into civil design files, helping teams make informed decisions before construction begins.
Underground Utility Data That Engineers Can Trust
When preparing site plans, grading designs, or infrastructure upgrades, understanding what exists below ground is critical. We provide reliable underground data using proven locating methods and documented QL-D through QL-B standards to close the information gap before construction.
Our work helps your team:
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Identify potential buried facility conflicts early
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Reduce change orders and redesigns
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Improve coordination between design, survey, and construction teams
The focus is clarity and usability. You get underground information you can rely on during planning, not surprises later in the project lifecycle.
Why Engineers & Project Managers Work With Us
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We support design, permitting, and constructability reviews with QL-D to QL-B data aligned with ASCE 38-22.
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Our deliverables are field verified, clearly documented, and easy to integrate into plan sets and base files.
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If a surveyor or SUE consultant is already engaged, we coordinate directly to ensure data continuity.
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When test holes or QL-A exposure is required, we identify high confidence daylighting locations and support field coordination.
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Markings, photos, Quality Level labels, and optional structure documentation provide a complete and defensible picture of underground conditions.
Our role is to strengthen decision making, not replace engineering judgment.
What You Get
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Utility Record Research and Compilation (QL-D)
We gather and review available utility records to establish known underground conditions that may affect design decisions.
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Surface Feature Identification and Correlation (QL‑C)
Visible utility features such as valves, pedestals, meters, manholes, and vaults are identified and correlated to help interpret underground routing.
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Field-Based Utility Line Locating (QL‑B)
Using electromagnetic locating, sonde tracing, and ground penetrating radar, we identify buried utility lines where confirmation is possible to support early design and layout planning.
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Field Markings and Photo Documentation
Clear ground markings and photo documentation are provided to support interpretation and coordination with survey and design teams.
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Design and Project Coordination Support
We coordinate directly with your surveyor or engineer to ensure utility line information is captured and integrated correctly into base files and design workflows.
⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTE
We provide Quality Level data to support early-stage design and planning. We do not issue stamped engineering or Subsurface Utility Engineering deliverables.
Built for Engineering Workflows
We understand the pressure engineers and project managers face to make defensible decisions with incomplete underground information. Our deliverables are structured to support feasibility reviews, risk assessment, and constructability planning without disrupting established roles or workflows.
When projects advance beyond design-phase needs, we coordinate with surveyors, SUE firms, and engineers of record to support a smooth transition to engineered investigation.
CONTACT US
Or call us at 1-800-905-8204