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2. Utility location - Wikipedia

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   Utility locator tool in use (Perry, Oklahoma, 2011) Utility location is the process of identifying and labeling public utility mains that are underground. These mains may include lines for telecommunication, electricity distribution, natural gas, cable television, fiber optics, traffic lights, street lights, storm drains, water mains, and wastewater pipes.

3. Cable locator - Wikipedia

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   Cable locator. A cable locator or cable avoidance tool ( CAT) is an instrument used for detecting the presence and approximate location of buried services in advance of undertaking excavation works. It aims to avoid accidents while excavating. [1] A number of types of detecting technology can be employed by such instruments, including use of ...

4. Directional boring - Wikipedia

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   Directional boring. Directional boring, also referred to as horizontal directional drilling ( HDD ), is a minimal impact trenchless method of installing underground utilities such as pipe, conduit, or cables in a relatively shallow arc or radius along a prescribed underground path using a surface-launched drilling rig.

5. National Utility Contractors Association - Wikipedia

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   Website. NUCA.com. The National Utility Contractors Association ( NUCA) is a trade association representing the underground utility industry in the United States. Founded in 1964, NUCA is the largest trade association for this industry in the country. [1] It represents contractors, suppliers, and manufacturers involved in water, sewer, gas ...

6. Utility tunnel - Wikipedia

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   A utility tunnel, utility corridor, or utilidor is a passage built underground or above ground to carry utility lines such as electricity, steam, water supply pipes, and sewer pipes. Communications utilities like fiber optics, cable television, and telephone cables are also sometimes carried. One may also be referred to as a services tunnel ...

7. Subsurface utility engineering - Wikipedia

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   Subsurface utility engineering (SUE) refers to a branch of engineering that involves managing certain risks associated with utility mapping at appropriate quality levels, utility coordination, utility relocation design and coordination, utility condition assessment, communication of utility data to concerned parties, utility relocation cost estimates, implementation of utility accommodation ...