Q. How is 3–D Line Locating able to locate underground facilities?
A. We use a combination of specialized equipment combined with certified and competent technicians working in teams of 2. The equipment we use applies an electromagnetic frequency, or “signal” by induction, or by direct connect method to an insulated conductor (pipe or cable) with the transmitter, and detects the frequency radiating from the conductor with the receiver.
Our workers will then mark out the facilities using stakes or spray-paint. The different colours of paint or flagging will inform the people digging of what is buried below. Read our post on What Do All The Marker Colours Mean? to learn more.
Read our past Q & A’s and learn more about Line Locating! Whats Required Before You Start Digging? What Do All The Marker Colours Mean? Q&A With 3-D: What Tickets Do Our Crews Have?
3-D Line Locating Ltd is a privately owned Buried Pipeline and Utility Locating company. For over 20 years, we have been at the forefront of the Damage Prevention industry in Western Canada. Although the industry has changed significantly over the last 20 years, we have been very fortunate to have been at the leading edge of the evolution and still maintain the highest levels of quality, accuracy, consistency and customer satisfaction in our industry.
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