Equipment

E.M. Based Locating:
Our professionals use the top of the line Metrotech 9800 series, i5000 MetroMark, Metrotech 810, Metrotech 530, and the Pipehorn to locate even the toughest utility systems as accurately and as quickly as possible. The i5000 MetroMark is a 100% digital Electronic Utility Locator. It is able to negate high levels of interference associated with variable frequency drives, which are often encountered at wastewater treatment facilities and around industrial cooling towers.

Vacmaster/Air Vac:
Mid-Atlantic utilizes three VACMASTERS System 4000 trucks, the world’s most powerful air-vacuum excavation ­system.  These allow for test pitting with both air and water, giving us the ability to excavate through the toughest of soils and ground conditions. Mid-Atlantic Utility Locating also uses the Air-Vac 7, a portable vacuum excavation unit designed for excavation in areas that are inaccessible with other equipment due to height, width, or weight concerns including inside buildings and remote locations.

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR):
Mid-Atlantic Utility Locating uses a Mala Geoscience Easy Locator to easily detect subsurface structures, including underground voids, vaults, and plastic or concrete utilities that would otherwise be undetectable with regular utility locating devices.  The GPR unit allows Mid-Atlantic to locate septic fields and tanks, research and recover historic sites, and identify non-metal utilities.

Electronic Utility Markers and Marker Locating:
Mid-Atlantic Utility Locating can provide electronic utility markers and marker locating to ensure that utilities are re-locatable long into the future. Electronic utility markers allow for the detection of utilities that are traditionally non-locatable because of paralleling utilities or damaged tracing materials.