Underground Utilities
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The Challenge
Pothole locations vanish
You spend $500 per pothole to expose utilities. The depth and offset get written on a piece of paper that disappears. You end up potholing the same area twice.
As-builts are wrong
71% of as-built utility drawings are inaccurate by more than 2 feet. When the next project digs here they will hit something because your records are wrong.
532 utility strikes happen every day
That is not a typo. 532 times per day in the US someone hits an underground utility. Many are preventable with better location documentation.
Strike repairs average $400K
Hit a gas main and you are looking at emergency response, repair costs, project delays, and potential litigation. All because someone did not document a utility location.
The POD Solution Path
Voice-log utility exposures
Crew exposes a utility and speaks the details: type, depth, diameter, offset from reference. POD captures it with GPS coordinates and timestamp.
Photo before burial
Photograph every exposed utility before backfilling. POD links the photo to the GPS location and depth record permanently.
Utility conflict map
See all documented utilities overlaid with your site plan. Identify conflicts before you dig, not after you strike.
Accurate as-builts
Generate as-built utility records from field-captured data. Accurate to the depth and location documented during construction.
Underground Intelligence
Utility Registry
Every exposed utility logged with GPS coordinates, depth, diameter, and type. Permanent searchable database.
Conflict Mapping
Overlay documented utilities with planned excavation to identify conflicts before they become strikes.
Photo Documentation
Visual record of every utility exposure linked to GPS location. Evidence that survives long after backfill.
“We hit a fiber optic line that our own crew had potholed 3 months earlier. The location was on a sticky note on someone dashboard. POD would have had it logged with GPS coordinates.”
— Utility Superintendent, Civil Contractor
Your Schedule and Budget — In Two Gauges
POD tracks hundreds of KPIs from a 5-minute voice report. Here are just 2 of them.
Earned Value Performance
Both cost and schedule under pressure
Project DNA
PODThese update in real time from a 5-minute voice report. No spreadsheets. No data entry.
Frequently Asked Questions
Document Every Utility Before You Bury It
See how POD turns utility exposures into permanent GPS-linked records.