WHY A SITE SURVEY IS ESSENTIAL BEFORE CARRYING OUT ANY EXCAVATION WORK

1. 08442412597 enquiries@sygma-solutions.com WHY A SITE SURVEY IS ESSENTIAL BEFORE CARRYING OUT ANY EXCAVATION WORK

2. 08442412597 enquiries@sygma-solutions.com WFH – Working From Home – has become the norm for many people today. This seems to be especially true if you happen to be a civil servant, but many businesses have people who now only come into the office on one or two days a week, working on the kitchen table, or wherever, for the rest of the time. However, if there is no broadband and you are working from home, you are then unable to work. Period. And your broadband can disappear in a flash if some workers carrying out an excavation of any sort should cut the cables. This is just one of the issues resulting from striking underground services of any sort. But they can cause more problems than that. It should be fairly obvious that if you are a worker on a construction site and you hit an electricity cable or a gas pipe, there is a grave risk of serious injury and even death. And yet, there are still quite a number of companies that are prepared to dig “blind” without undertaking a full and thorough survey of the site beforehand.

3. 08442412597 enquiries@sygma-solutions.com Misconceptions About Water Pipes Striking some services is less likely to cause injury than others, but there seem to be serious misconceptions about water pipes. No, it may not be as serious as striking electricity cables or gas pipes, but water under pressure can hurl stones and other objects out of the soil. Possibly more likely is the threat of flooding. Back in 2019 a farmer in Derbyshire was knocking in some fence posts when he hit a water pipe, causing a 100’ “wall of water” that ran downhill and hit neighbouring villages, resulting in considerable damage to homes and businesses.

4. 08442412597 enquiries@sygma-solutions.com Take Precautions All of this is why it is absolutely essential to take all precautions before undertaking any excavation work. This means obtaining plans – STATS – from the local utility suppliers to begin with. However, these can vary considerably in their accuracy for a number of reasons. You must never rely on them alone, but only use them as a guide. It is necessary to carry out an on-site survey using the appropriate tools, and for this you need underground surveyor training which we provide at Sygma Solutions. Our underground surveyor training teaches operatives to think outside the box, which is an essential element of the location and identification of underground services. Our underground surveyor course is divided into two sections – classroom, and on-site practical training. The classroom part of the course can be taken either in a physical location or online in a fully interactive format where the operatives can ask questions and get answers.

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