Damage Prevention Programs
Move from reactive locating to proactive underground risk management. UII supports contractors, utilities, owners, and infrastructure operators with repeatable damage-prevention programs that combine locating, verification, field documentation, project support, and escalation.
Protect the Project, Not Just the Dig Point.
A locate mark is one control in a larger damage-prevention process. UII can support the full workflow around excavation risk, recurring project activity, critical crossings, and changing site conditions.
Pre-Excavation Review
Understand scope before mobilization.
- Records review
- 811 coordination
- Private utility scope
- High-risk area identification
Locate & Mark
Establish field positions using appropriate technologies.
- EM locating
- GPR
- Private/public locating
- Tracer and marker locating
Verify
Increase confidence where consequences are highest.
- Depth verification
- Potholing
- Bore crossing support
- Conflict investigation
Document
Create a defensible project record.
- Photos
- Coordinates
- Field reports
- As-builts
Manage
Support recurring excavation over the life of the project.
- Re-locates
- Ticket tracking
- Escalations
- Trend review
Ideal for high-activity sites.
Damage-prevention programs are especially valuable for directional boring, fiber deployment, site development, industrial campuses, utility construction, roadwork, and multi-phase projects.