Private Utility Locating in Vancouver

Private utility locating identifies the buried infrastructure on the client's side of the metre or property line — the work BC One Call does not cover. We combine ground-penetrating radar, electromagnetic locating and sonde-based methods to map every detectable subsurface line. The deliverable is a marked-up site, a referenced map, and confidence metadata about each detection. This is the foundational work behind every safe excavation in a developed area.

What underground leak detection typically finds in Vancouver

Subsurface utility scanning for City of Vancouver capital projects, BC Hydro work and Translink corridors.

Vancouver's built environment — high-rise concrete towers, wood-frame walk-ups, character single-family homes and pre-war duplexes — shapes how private utility locating is delivered locally. Vancouver mixes 1910s heritage homes with 60-storey concrete towers, so leak investigations vary enormously between properties. Heritage neighbourhoods like Kitsilano and Strathcona tend to show old copper and galvanized failures; downtown and Yaletown towers more often have slab penetrations and envelope failures behind window-wall systems.

Who uses private utility locating in Vancouver

Three sectors, one standard:

• Residential — homeowners, condo owners, strata councils and property managers in Vancouver 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 Vancouver 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 Vancouver

Vancouver neighbourhoods served