Private Utility Locating in Burnaby

Public utility locates cover only the public-owned portion of buried infrastructure. Everything on private property — water lines from the meter, gas lines past the meter, irrigation, drainage, septic, private hydro, fibre, communication — is your responsibility to identify before excavation. Our private utility locating combines ground-penetrating radar, electromagnetic locating, and where applicable sondes and tracer wires to map every detectable subsurface line. Deliverables include site marks, photo documentation and a referenced map for the project file. We do this work routinely for general contractors, electrical contractors, plumbers, landscape architects and homeowners across Greater Vancouver.

What pipe gpr typically finds in Burnaby

Pre-construction utility locates for Skytrain-adjacent projects, concrete scanning for tower additions and TI work.

Burnaby's built environment — concrete high-rises around Metrotown/Brentwood, 1960s–80s single-family residential, light-industrial in Big Bend — shapes how private utility locating is delivered locally. Burnaby's split personality — rapidly densifying tower districts in Metrotown, Brentwood and Lougheed alongside long-established residential pockets — means leak detection here ranges from 50-storey concrete inspections to mid-century bungalow plumbing.

Who uses private utility locating in Burnaby

Three sectors, one standard:

• Residential — homeowners, condo owners, strata councils and property managers in Burnaby use private utility locating to identify hidden issues before they trigger insurance claims or compounding damage.
• Commercial — facility managers, building owners, retail and hospitality operators across Burnaby schedule private utility locating as scheduled maintenance and emergency diagnostics.
• Government & institutional — municipal facilities, schools, health authorities, and engineering consultants procure private utility locating with the documentation rigor public-sector audit and capital planning require.

What you get

• Precise marked location on accessible surfaces
• Photo-linked report formatted for insurance, engineering or procurement
• Methodology + equipment metadata for technical review
• Same-day delivery for emergencies in Burnaby

Burnaby neighbourhoods served