RJ44
join:2001-10-19
Nashville, TN
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Re: They should be bonded and insured
said by Chaoswar  :Maybe they could get a ground scan done before they excavate? What, exactly, is a ground scan? |
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Tursiops_G
Technoid
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| said by Chaoswar :What, exactly, is a ground scan? Checking for the presence of buried utilities with ground-penetrating radar (more effective than using a plain Metal Detector) 
»www.geomodel.com/
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RJ44
join:2001-10-19
Nashville, TN
| said by Tursiops_G :said by Chaoswar :What, exactly, is a ground scan? Checking for the presence of buried utilities with ground-penetrating radar (more effective than using a plain Metal Detector) » www.geomodel.com/ -Tursiops_G. I see, that's great stuff. Somehow though, I expect it costs just a bit more than they're paying for locations today.
BTW, that was me who asked, the quote got mixed up. |
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Tursiops_G
Technoid
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Time4aNAP
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Des Plaines, IL
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said by RJ44 :I see, that's great stuff. Somehow though, I expect it costs just a bit more than they're paying for locations today. Even if ground-penetrating RADAR is too costly for now, an amped-up version of a plain ol' metal detector can be used. I say "amped-up" because the utilities should have a much better idea of what they're looking for. Therefore their equipment can be optimized to find the specific metals (Cu, Fe, Pb), and at greater depths. |
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Claybraker
join:2002-04-13
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| said by Time4aNAP :said by RJ44 :I see, that's great stuff. Somehow though, I expect it costs just a bit more than they're paying for locations today. Even if ground-penetrating RADAR is too costly for now, an amped-up version of a plain ol' metal detector can be used. I say "amped-up" because the utilities should have a much better idea of what they're looking for. Therefore their equipment can be optimized to find the specific metals (Cu, Fe, Pb), and at greater depths. Finding metals underground isn't a problem. Figuring out which of the underground cables is live, and which are abandoned is. |
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