Kentucky GIS Conference 2024

Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) as it relates to land surveying most deals with the location of underground utility lines or pipes and the different levels of confidence associated with that location. SUE is mainly used at the design stage of an engineering project when information is being collected for potential design conflicts. When a SUE investigation is carried out for a design project prior to construction, the land survey objective is generally to collect accurate utility information on the location and the size and material of the facility for use in all stages of the project. Project owners and design engineers may be missing information about their underground utilities or have inaccurate data. In this session, we will discuss the benefits of having accurate locations of underground utilities according to the four quality levels prescribed by ASCE Standard 38-22 as well as the safety implications if utilities are not properly located.