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Underground utility locating is about more than following regulations—it’s essential for preventing costly delays, protecting infrastructure, and ensuring safety. Common mistakes like skipping locates or relying on outdated plans can lead to dangerous accidents and expensive setbacks. Accurate mapping and professional locating services help reduce these risks, keeping projects on schedule and within budget while safeguarding workers and infrastructure.

Explore how the crumbling utility systems beneath us are not just an aging problem but a daily crisis. With billions of dollars flowing from the U.S. infrastructure bill, why are we still missing a critical piece of the puzzle—future-proofing? Discover how poor documentation and outdated technology leave us vulnerable to a legacy of underground risks that could haunt generations to come.

Discover Spearhead’s GPS/GIS Utility Mapping Service! Enhance safety, efficiency, and compliance in construction. Say goodbye to vanishing markings and step into a secure, efficient future.

Spearhead Locating Services has received the prestigious A+ rating from the BBB for providing exceptional service, reliability, and customer satisfaction.

With miles of largely unseen snaking pipes, wires, and roads on campus, the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), created a unique underground utility management system to map its electric, natural gas, domestic water, reclaimed water, chilled water, seawater, sewer, and storm lines.

Spearhead Locating Services has added Underground Cable Fault Detection to its growing list of services offered.