The number one reason to hire Dig Smart of Maine to mark your site's underground objects is the most important thing at any job site: safety. Knowing where obstructions and potentially hazardous objects are beneath the surface means you can dig without any surprises.

Often, particularly in built-up areas, there are no visible indications that there are underground utilities nearby – not even of dangerous ones like gas lines and high-voltage cables. Modern excavation machinery is amazingly efficient, able to move huge amounts of earth in an hour, but that same efficiency can mean disaster if the excavator gets hold of a gas line or power cable.

Even non-lethal utilities are worth missing: fiber optic data lines, for instance, are extremely expensive and time-consuming to repair, and often form vital network links between facilities like schools and hospitals. Site plans are notoriously unreliable, so the only way to know for sure what's below is to have the area inspected by a utility locator like Dig Smart of Maine.

A nice side-effect of improving safety on the job site is increased efficiency. Once your crew knows exactly where they can't dig, they can go full throttle where they can dig. Accurately marking utilities keeps hand-digging to a minimum, and lets you get the job done faster. It's been said that every dollar spent on utility locating ends up saving fifteen dollars in improved productivity.

The savings are even greater when working in utility-bearing concrete. In addition to preventing damage to in-slab utilities like power lines, data cables and radiant heat pipes, our concrete scanning can find rebar and other obstructions in the slabs before your cutting tools do.

We have the experience to ensure that we get the job done right: this is our 7th year locating utilities, after twenty-odd years as an earth-moving contractor. We know what needs to be done to ensure a successful excavation, because we've done many of them ourselves. We take responsibility for our work, and we're fully insured.

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