{"id":771,"date":"2017-06-02T04:48:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T04:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.udscivils.co.za\/?p=771"},"modified":"2017-06-02T06:41:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T06:41:25","slug":"demystifying-land-surveying-utility-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.udscivils.co.za\/pt\/2017\/06\/02\/demystifying-land-surveying-utility-detection\/","title":{"rendered":"Demystifying Land Surveying and Utility Detection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Surveying and understanding the nature of existing utilities that is present in the land is incredibly important for construction. <strong><em>Topografia<\/em><\/strong> divulges all the intricate little details of an area such as important ground levels, existing building lines, and any subsurface construction that is present. <em><strong>Dete\u00e7\u00e3o de utilidades<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0also known as subsurface scanning, underground detection, and 3D or GPR scanning, provides a detailed breakdown and status of all subsurface utility structures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.udscivils.co.za\/pt\/contactar-nos\/\"><em><strong>UDS Civils<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is a professional company that employs cutting-edge technology to comprehensively assess the characteristics of any landscape surface as well as\u00a0subsurface, with nearly complete accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Any construction requires a great deal of <strong><em>underground<\/em><\/strong> work and therefore\u00a0Utility Detection is ever so crucial. Land Surveying provides you with all information about the <strong><em>above ground<\/em><\/strong> and Utility Detection provides you all the relevant details of any subsurface features.<\/p>\n<p>Think of them as two sides of the same coin. UDS Civils specializes in both these services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>O <em>Importance<\/em> of Land Surveying<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It provides a detailed\u00a0<em><strong>topographical map<\/strong><\/em> which shows the hills, rivers, villages, towns, forests, etc<\/li>\n<li>Assists in preparing a <em><strong>cadastral map<\/strong><\/em> showing the boundaries of houses and other properties<\/li>\n<li>It helps to prepare an <em><strong>engineering map<\/strong><\/em> which shows the details\u00a0such as roads, railways, existing buildings etc<\/li>\n<li>A <em><strong>contour map <\/strong><\/em>will determine the capacity of a reservoir and to find the best possible route for roads, railways, etc<\/li>\n<li>UDS Civils provides a precise <strong>as-built<\/strong> drawing on completion of all new services showing exact location, invert and diameter, depending on utility installed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The importance of a Utility Detection Survey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assists Engineers with design functionalities when it comes to <em><strong>existing services<\/strong><\/em> underground<\/li>\n<li>Assists construction companies when it comes to excavations and avoidance of existing services<\/li>\n<li>Makes use of <strong><em>non-invasive<\/em> <\/strong>methods, therefore no excavations needed<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0When Utility Detection is run concurrently with Land Surveying it <em><strong>saves time and money<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Top Tips for Construction Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Get access to <em><strong>wayleaves<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; detailed underground maps of current infrastructure and other services<\/li>\n<li>Use Utility Detection and Land Surveying in the <em><strong>planning phase<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Use Eco-friendly and non-invasive methods such as Utility Detection<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Have you ever wondered if:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Land surveys are not necessary if you have survey stakes?<\/strong> This is a grossly inaccurate statement that could land you in a world of legal trouble. Just because survey stakes are present, it does not mean that those stakes are accurate or applicable in today&#8217;s world.<\/li>\n<li><strong>You do not need an updated land survey?<\/strong> The land is always changing, and if no land survey has been conducted on a piece of land in more than 2-3 years, you definitely should get one done. In most regions, you will be legally obligated to do so.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At UDS Civils we have a highly skilled team of professionals providing both of these complimentary services to Civil Engineering and Construction Corporates around Africa. \u00a0Contact us today for a consultation and remember SCAN first, then dig. \u00a0Safety first, Safety last, Saftey ALWAYS.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surveying and understanding the nature of existing utilities, both conductive and nonconductive, (metallic and nonmetallic),\u00a0that is present underground is incredibly\u00a0valuable present in the land is incredibly important for construction. UDS Civils specializes in both these services.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,32],"tags":[15,27,28,20,26,21,24,23,22,25,29,30,11],"class_list":["post-771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-land-surveying","category-utility-detection","tag-3d-scanning","tag-construction-maps","tag-construction-services","tag-land-surveying","tag-mapping","tag-scanning","tag-sub-surface","tag-sub-surface-scanning","tag-subsurface-scanning","tag-topographical","tag-underground","tag-underground-scanning","tag-utility-detection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.udscivils.co.za\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.udscivils.co.za\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.udscivils.co.za\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.udscivils.co.za\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.udscivils.co.za\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.udscivils.co.za\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":775,"href":"https:\/\/www.udscivils.co.za\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions\/775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.udscivils.co.za\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.udscivils.co.za\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.udscivils.co.za\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.udscivils.co.za\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}