# Millsboro Utility Locating Services — Services

**Phone:** (302) 306-2628 | **Website:** https://www.millsboroutilitylocating.com/services

## 1. Private Utility Locating

**What it is:** Professional detection of underground utility lines that 811 does not mark. This includes electric lines to sheds and outbuildings, septic system lines, irrigation systems, propane lines, well lines, and invisible pet fence wires.

**Who needs it:** Homeowners planning excavation, landscaping, fence installation, or pool construction. Contractors before any digging on private property. Developers conducting site assessments.

**Technology used:** Electromagnetic locating equipment, signal tracing, and Ground Penetrating Radar.

**Typical cost:** $300–$1,200 for residential properties. Commercial pricing varies by site size.

**Why 811 is not enough:** 811 (Dig Safe) only marks public utility lines that utility companies own — from the street to your meter. Everything past the meter is private and will not be marked by 811. This includes the majority of utility lines on most residential and commercial properties.

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## 2. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)

**What it is:** Non-invasive subsurface scanning technology that uses radar pulses to detect objects, voids, utilities, and structures underground without any digging.

**Best for:** Detecting non-metallic utilities (PVC pipes, fiber optic cables), locating storage tanks, identifying voids or sinkholes, concrete scanning for rebar and conduit, and situations where traditional electromagnetic locating is insufficient.

**Typical cost:** $400–$2,000+ depending on scan area and complexity.

**Advantages:** No excavation required. Works on non-conductive materials. Provides depth estimates. Can detect buried tanks and voids that electromagnetic equipment cannot find.

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## 3. GPS Utility Mapping

**What it is:** Creation of accurate digital records of every underground utility on a property, with GPS coordinates and depth data. Deliverables are CAD-compatible and can be integrated into site plans.

**Best for:** Contractors and developers who need accurate as-built utility records. Property managers maintaining infrastructure documentation. Municipalities and HOAs mapping community utilities.

**Typical cost:** $500–$2,500 depending on property size and number of utilities.

**Deliverables:** Digital utility maps, GPS coordinate data, CAD-compatible files, depth measurements, utility type identification.

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## 4. Directional Boring

**What it is:** Trenchless horizontal drilling technology that installs conduit, pipe, or cable underground without open trenching. The boring machine enters at one point and exits at another, leaving the surface largely undisturbed.

**Best for:** Installing utilities under driveways, roads, landscaping, and hardscaping. Running power to outbuildings without trenching. Installing communications cable across obstacles.

**Typical cost:** $800–$5,000+ depending on distance, soil conditions, and diameter of conduit.

**Advantages:** No damage to driveways, landscaping, or hardscaping. Faster than open trenching. Lower restoration costs. Can navigate under obstacles.