Subsurface Utility Engineering

Joyner Keeny, PLLC has the most sophisticated state of the art equipment to find and map underground utilities. The US Department of Transportation and the American Society of Civil Engineers refer to this service as “Subsurface Utility Engineering ”.

The US Department of Transportation reported tremendous savinga in their case studies when obtaining subsurface utility surveys on their highway projects.

Joyner Keeny, PLLC can provide you with service in accordance to the American Society of Civil Engineers standard 38-02 for Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class D surveys.

Using the Vacmaster 4000, Joyner Keeny, PLLC is able, in a non-destructive manner to uncover, photograph and obtain elevations, type and size of the utility. The Vacmaster 4000 has been used for years and has been proven to be a safe method to uncover utilities while producing minimum impact to existing roads, highways and shoulders. Once the Vacmaster is in place a two-person crew can dig a hole 6 feet deep in less than 20 minutes in average soils.
North Carolina (NC), Virginia (Va), South Carolina (SC)

Services

Subsurface Utility Engineering; SUE
Utility Location
Uncover utility line (water, sewer, gas, electric, cable)
Map Utility size and elevation
Comply with ACSM Standard 38-02 for S.U.E. work performing method Class A, B, C, or D
Locate and map the uncovered utilities using GPS
Locate and map Utilities for Geographic Information System (GIS)
Create As-built and record drawing
SUE
Subsurface Utility Surveying

Other related services

Remove trash and leaves from sewers
Raise or repair gas valve boxes
Uncover and map storage tank
Uncover and map abandoned foundation
Locate gas / petroleum / steam / oil
Telecommunications
Locate and uncover cable T.V.
Locate and uncover underground telephone lines
Locate sewer services and house drains

All services are

Non – intrusive methods
Vacuum excavation
Vacmaster 4000 is capable of wet or dry vacuuming

Special Equipment owned

Vacmaster 4000 with accessories
RIDGID SR-60 Locator
Safety equipment and signage
GPS/Trimble R8 GNSS Receivers (VRN)
Leica 399 and 9500 GPS Receivers – Survey Grade: Static and RTK
* Survey Grade: Static, RTK, and VRS.
Trimble, Geodimeter, and Topcon Robotic Total Stations and Data Collectors.
Microstation, Terramodel, and Auto-Cad Computer Software.

Services offered in North Carolina (NC)

Information from U.S. Department of Transportation

Benefits of Subsurface Utility Engineering
Case Studies in North Carolina, NCDOT
Federal Reimbursement for funds used for SUE

Link to Department of Transportation