Underground utilities come in many different material types, including Copper, Steel, Iron, Aluminum, Galvanized as well as Plastic, PVC, Fiberglass, Terracotta, Composites and more.
Modern Utility Locating Instruments for locating metallic lines vary from $3500 to $7000. In order to find material types that are non-metallic your equipment will run from $30,000 to $50,000.
Higher equipment costs and overhead equate to higher rates conveyed to the customer.
Non-Conductive Utility location equipment costs 750% +/-, more than today’s cutting edge metallic locating equipment.