We understand each job is unique, and leave no stone unturned in identifying buried infrastructure, so you can be assured of maximum risk reduction.
Because our team are Certified Locators with DBYD Certification Ltd, you can rest easy knowing that your technician has passed stringent industry standards.
We employ flagship brands in our equipment arsenal, including the UK-made Radiodetection locators and Vetter trace rods built in Germany. All our equipment is calibrated at the regular recommended intervals to ensure the highest level of precision and safety is maintained.
We value trust above profit and seek to give an honest and accurate assessment to all our clients. Where necessary, we can involve or recommend our trusted partners in the industry for work sites requiring additional services.
Underground Service Location has been around for decades, but it is evolving. With the increasing installation of non-conductive assets such as optical fibre and PVC and polyethylene pipes, we embrace proven new technology and methods to improve our service to our clients.
Our team goes above and beyond to meet or exceed the expectations of our clients. This includes being receptive to both positive and negative feedback, which no organisation can improve without.
Subsurface Locating was established to meet the needs of both commercial and residential clients in the construction industry.
We understand the inherent dangers that come with any type of digging or excavation, and seek to deliver an honest assessment of each work site, significantly reducing our clients’ risk and helping to prevent costly mistakes and personal injury.
Josh is the managing director and senior technician at Subsurface Locating.
In addition to being a Certified Locator, Josh comes from a degree-qualified biological science background, and has worked in and run a variety of allied health clinics for over 10 years, including a Phase 2 and 3 Cardiac Rehabilitation clinic. Having treated veterans and amputees, he values honesty, clear communication and trust.
His commitment to both his own and his clients' health and safety, along with a scientist's curiosity, have made him meticulous in his process of locating hidden construction hazards.
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200 pair cable with 0.40mm copper conductors, cellular polyethylene insulated, jelly filled core, unit twin type with moisture barrier. You can only trace a cable that is conductive, usually those with copper or aluminium conductors, Read more…
Here we can see the electrical line marked in orange, at a nominal depth of 650mm. Depth readings can only be given at points along the line where the electromagnetic field is ’round’ i.e. not Read more…
What is Australian Standard 5488?
This refers to the Classification of Subsurface Utility Information. 
When Underground Service Locators mark out the location of infrastructure on your property or work site, they will generally mark the different assets in Read more…