A GPRS Case Study

Accurate Utility Mapping Captures Data for 150-Acre Community College

Highlights

THE BOTTOM LINE

GPRS utility locating & mapping services ensured the fast and safe installation of new utilities at a 150-acre community college.

INDUSTRY

SERVICE

Utility Locating, Mapping & Mapping

LOCATION

Gilroy, California

PM Insight

Deliverables

PROJECT APPLICATION

ASK

Task

Provide accurate utility mapping for a 150-acre community college to ensure the safe installation of new water lines across campus.

PROBLEM

  • Arizona Pipeline Co. was installing new water lines across Gavilan College and did not have accurate as-built maps of the existing buried utilities
  • The firm was working within a tight schedule to complete their project

Solution

  • The GPRS Project Manager completed the utility locate, then showed the contractor the data in SiteMap®
  • The contractor was so impressed with the quality of GPRS’ data that they asked us to locate and map all buried utilities across the campus
  • GPRS and Arizona Pipeline Co. entered into a SiteMap Project agreement to ensure the data would be accessible for the entire project team throughout the lifecycle of their project

Benefits

  • Arizona Pipeline Co. was able to complete their work without damaging the college’s existing utilities, maintaining a positive relationship with their client
  • Accurate utility mapping ensured the project could stay on schedule while mitigating the risk of mistakes caused by incomplete/inaccurate data

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