SUI, concrete scanning and mapping across Newcastle, the Hunter Valley and Port Stephens. No job too small. No project too large. From small contractors to major infrastructure.
Newcastle sits on a coalfield. Much of the inner city and the suburbs towards Lake Macquarie are undermined by workings from the 1800s onward, the port and Honeysuckle precincts are reclaimed land over fill, and the city centre was rebuilt around the Newcastle light rail and the Hunter Street renewal. Voids, old mine shafts and the subsidence district rules change how a site can be founded, and the subsurface investigation has to find them before the geotechnical drilling is targeted.
The asset owners are different from Sydney: Ausgrid for electricity, Hunter Water for water and sewer, Jemena for gas, and Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Cessnock and Port Stephens councils for stormwater. The Hunter Expressway, the Newcastle Inner City Bypass and the Main North and coal rail lines are Transport for NSW and ARTC corridors. We cover the Hunter Valley to Singleton and Muswellbrook and Port Stephens to Nelson Bay from the same crew.
The same accredited crew and AS 5488-2022 report across Newcastle & Hunter and NSW, whether it's a single locate or a tier-one program.
Detection, tracing and marking of underground services using electromagnetic and ground-penetrating radar, to the accuracy each site demands.
Engineering-grade utility survey and drafting to AS 5488-2022, delivering 12D/DWG models, BIM-ready 3D strings and GDA2020 deliverables.
Safe vacuum potholing to positively identify services and achieve the highest Quality Level (QL-A), without damaging the asset.
GPR concrete imaging before cutting, coring or drilling. Locates rebar, post-tension cables, conduits and voids. Radiation-free, no site shutdown.
Push-rod and crawler camera inspection, connectivity mapping and condition reporting for pipes up to 2 m in diameter.
USTs, concrete substructures, voids and rock seams, plus unmarked-grave, forensic and archaeological investigations.
Hunter Water, not Sydney Water. Its plans, drafting standard and access rules differ, and our utility surveys are delivered to its requirements across Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Cessnock and Port Stephens.
Ground penetrating radar and other geophysical methods map shallow voids, shafts and disturbed ground in the top few metres, which targets the deeper geotechnical investigation the Subsidence Advisory NSW process requires. Deep workings need drilling, and we say where.
Yes. Reclaimed land there carries buried rail, old wharf structures and abandoned pipelines under the fill, and a subsurface investigation before design or piling is standard practice.
Maitland, Cessnock, Singleton, Muswellbrook and the vineyards are regular work, as are Port Stephens and the Lake Macquarie suburbs, with same-week scheduling for most jobs.
Send us the site and program. We come back with a same-day quote and deliverables to suit.
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