DIAL BEFORE YOU DIG QLD
Why You Should Dial Before you Dig
At South East Scanning, safety and responsible excavation practices are at the core of our operations. We understand the critical importance of avoiding damage to underground utilities and infrastructure during excavation activities. To ensure the safety of our team, the public, and the environment, we adhere to the “Dial Before You Dig” principle.
“Dial Before You Dig” (DBYD) is a nationwide service that provides excavation stakeholders, including contractors, builders, and property owners, with crucial information about the location of underground utilities and infrastructure before commencing any digging or excavation work. It is a vital step to prevent accidents, injuries, and costly repairs caused by unintentional damage to underground assets.
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The Importance of Dial Before You Dig in Queensland
In Queensland, safety and responsible excavation practices lie at the heart of South East Scanning’s operations. Recognizing the paramount significance of preventing harm to underground utilities and infrastructure during excavation endeavors, we prioritize the well-being of our team, the public, and the environment. To ensure utmost safety and adherence to best practices, we firmly uphold the “Dial Before You Dig” principle.
“Dial Before You Dig” (DBYD) remains an essential statewide service, facilitating excavation stakeholders, including contractors, builders, and property owners, by furnishing indispensable insights regarding the precise location of underground utilities and infrastructure prior to the commencement of any excavation or digging project. It constitutes a critical measure in averting accidents, injuries, and the expensive reparations stemming from inadvertent damage to underground assets.
Why is "Dial Before You Dig" Important?
Safety
In Queensland, the paramount goal of DBYD is the assurance of safety for all parties involved. Accidental harm to critical utilities such as gas lines, electrical cables, water pipes, and telecommunications infrastructure can lead to severe injuries, property damage, and even tragic fatalities. By acquiring advanced knowledge of the precise locations of these assets beforehand, we proactively steer clear of hazardous situations.
Enhanced Efficiency
In Queensland’s diverse terrain, efficiently planning excavation endeavors with the insights provided by DBYD serves as a cornerstone of our operations. It empowers us to select the safest and most efficient routes for excavation, resulting in reduced downtime and a streamlined project progression that ensures both efficiency and safety.
Cost Efficiency
Damaging underground utilities in Queensland carries substantial financial consequences. The expenses associated with repairing and replacing damaged infrastructure can be exorbitant, and those responsible may be held liable for these substantial costs. Through the acquisition of precise, reliable information via DBYD, we adeptly circumvent unnecessary expenses, preserving valuable resources.
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Asset Location & Protection Specialists
You’ve likely witnessed people joyfully digging holes for sandcastles on the beach – perhaps you’ve even indulged in this pastime yourself! However, the world of mechanical excavation is a far cry from the simplicity of beachfront fun. Instead of digging into sand concealing only rocks, when you embark on mechanical excavation, you’re essentially delving into the unknown world of underground assets. These assets comprise a complex network, including water pipes, communication cables, stormwater conduits, electrical wiring, sewer lines, and fiber-optic cables.
Unlike the visible components of a sandcastle, these underground assets remain concealed from view. However, their invisibility doesn’t grant permission to dig recklessly and hope for the best. The consequences of inadvertently striking one of these critical cables or pipelines are far more severe than the temporary enjoyment of digging in the sand. The benefits of diligently identifying and utilizing underground asset locations far outweigh the risks associated with uninformed excavation. Get in contact with our Dial Before You Dig Brisbane experts!
What is mechanical excavation?
Mechanical excavation entails the utilization of substantial machinery such as trucks, excavators, and backhoes. Due to the considerable size of this equipment, the risk of inadvertently striking underground assets is more significant than one might anticipate. Typically employed for large-scale projects, the use of such machinery is predicated on the assumption that there are no concealed cables or pipelines beneath the surface. Nevertheless, in the rare event that a hidden cable exists, excavating into it could result in weeks or even months of work disruption. In such scenarios, prudence dictates that it is wiser to err on the side of caution and take preemptive measures to ensure the safety and integrity of these critical assets.
What is ground penetrating radar technology?
In Queensland, as urban and coastal development continues to thrive, the demand for underground assets to support these construction sites has risen. To mitigate the potential disruptions to these vital assets, South East Scanning employs cutting-edge ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technology to meticulously map out their precise locations, ensuring we avoid any accidental excavation into them. GPR is a recognized geophysical locating method that leverages radio waves to create comprehensive sub-surface images. What sets this method apart is its status as a Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) technique, which means it doesn’t alter the surface in any way before excavation, ensuring the utmost accuracy in asset detection.
At South East Scanning, we take pride in our commitment to using industry-standard equipment for all our projects, ensuring both quality and the successful completion of the job. To achieve this, we rely on Continuous Wave sensors, renowned for their unparalleled penetration depth and resolution. This technology provides us with live, real-time, and exceptionally clear 3D images, enabling us to make informed decisions and execute projects with precision and confidence.
What Markings Do We Use?
We Like To Keep Things Simple By Using The National Colour Coding System For Underground Utilities!
- Red - Electric power lines, conduit and cables
- Yellow - Gas, oil, steam, petroleum, or other flammable material
- Blue - Drinking water
- Pink - Temporary survey markings, unknown/identified facilities
- Orange - Telecommunications, alarm or signal lines
- Green - Sewage and drain lines
- Purple - Reclaimed water, irrigation and slurry lines
- White - Proposed excavation limits or route
Before You Dig: The Critical Importance of Underground Asset Detection
In Queensland, construction work carries inherent risks, but many can be reduced by knowing what lies beneath the ground before excavation begins. Proper planning helps protect workers, prevent costly delays or legal action, and ensures compliance with Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) requirements.
Underground environments are never identical, even on familiar sites. Hidden assets such as water, sewage, gas, and telecommunications lines can be damaged, leading to injuries, service disruptions, and serious liability. A ruptured gas line, in particular, poses a severe explosion risk.
Using underground asset location services is a simple, effective way to meet duty of care obligations, protect lives, and safeguard your business from preventable incidents.
Why more Locals Choose South East Scanning
1. We use sophisticated scanning technology
Our Swiss made scanning devices are state of the art, safe and non-destructive to deliver an efficient service from start to finish.
2. Same-day reporting
No one wants to be hanging around for reports to get back so you can start work. We offer a same service enabling you to get on with the job faster.
3. Expert concrete scanning professionals
Our skilled team ensures precise and safe concrete scanning. With meticulous attention to detail, they deliver accurate reports, guaranteeing a secure on-site environment.
4. Reliable and honest
We pride ourselves on providing an honest and reliable service to each of our customers.
5. Fully insured
You can proceed with confidence knowing that South East Scanning are fully insured for up to $20,000,000.
6. Friendly and down to earth
We value being friendly and down to earth. Our team creates a warm and welcoming environment, fostering genuine connections based on kindness, respect, and authenticity.
Who We Are
We understand that you and your team are on the clock for getting a project underway. To cater for deadlines, our responsive team of locators can provide same-day reporting to this effect to ensure that your organisation is meeting its duty of care obligations as well as allowing you to continue with the build. The purpose of underground asset location is to minimise the chance of damaging underground services during mechanical excavation. Here at South East Scanning, we use a combination of radio-detection equipment as well as ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technology to locate water pipes, communications cables, stormwater pipes, electrical cables and conduit, sewer pipes and fibre-optic cables.
As we’ve been operating for a long time, our qualified team has worked on large-scale projects, from government departments, builders and project managers, surveyors, engineering companies as well as private homeowners and small businesses. South-East Scanning is a provider of asset location services for the prevention of damage to underground assets. Our team of experienced locators are equipped with knowledge, experience, and industry-standard locating equipment to provide your business with utility detection works carried out in accordance with Australian Standard 5488-2013, “Classification of Subsurface Utility Information”.
For more information, contact our team today on 1300 175 543!
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- Gold Coast
- Brisbane
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- Sunshine Coast
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