Design Utility Locates for Home Owners & Builders
At Know Before You Dig Locates, we help homeowners, builders, and contractors avoid costly surprises during construction by locating underground utility lines before any digging begins. Whether you're installing a pool, adding a garage, building a backyard studio, or planning a full home addition—we make sure what’s beneath the surface won’t derail your project.
Why One Call Isn’t Enough
The free public locate (One Call or 811) locate system is designed for excavation, not design. If you haven’t hired an architect or surveyor, it might seem like you can just call in locates and start planning. But One Call won’t tell you where privately owned lines run—like irrigation, pool equipment feeds, gas to outdoor kitchens, or secondary power.
That’s where we come in.
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We offer design utility locates specifically for homeowners and builders working without full design teams. We identify public and private lines across the work area, so you don’t get hit with redesigns, utility strikes, or expensive reroutes halfway through the job.
Why This Page Exists
Most of our clients come to us without a full design team—and that’s exactly who this page is for. You might be a homeowner planning a pool, a builder overseeing site prep, or a contractor trying to avoid costly surprises. You don’t need stamped drawings or engineered plans to benefit from a design utility locate.
You just need to know what’s underground before construction begins.
We created this page—and our service—to support projects that often fall through the cracks of the One Call system. Our goal is simple: give you clear, field-verified utility data you can act on before breaking ground.
What You Get
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Underground Utility Locate Report – We mark and document buried lines across your work are
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Photo Documentation – Visual proof of markings and buried infrastructure
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Design-Safe Guidance – Clear recommendations for your contractor or installer
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Optional Record Research – We help uncover utility routes that aren't shown in any drawings
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Start-to-Finish Support – Need someone to explain our findings to your contractor? We’ve got you.
We do not provide stamped SUE deliverables but can support your QL‑B and QL-A exposure planning by identifying high-confidence dig points and coordinating with field crews.
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Not Using an Architect or Engineer? No Problem.
You don’t need to hire a full design team just to stay safe or avoid cost overruns. Our Design Utility Locates give you the confidence to move forward without the risk of cutting through power, water, gas, or data lines on private property. We work directly with property owners, pool builders, general contractors, and developers.
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Want to know why this matters? Read our blog: Why Every Project Needs a Design Utility Locate
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CONTACT US
Or call us at 1-800-905-8204