At Seeka Utility Surveys, we provide professional site mark-up services to ensure that everyone on site knows exactly where buried services lie before any ground is broken. Whether you’re undertaking ground investigation boreholes or trial pits, preparing for excavation on a housing development, a highways scheme, or a major civil engineering project, our mark-up service gives your team the visible, on-the-ground reference they need to work safely and confidently.
Striking a buried utility, whether gas, electricity, water, or telecoms, can have fatal consequences. Site mark-up is one of the most important and most straightforward steps you can take to protect your workforce and your programme. Site mark ups occur by default when Seeka carries out a utility survey.
Teams across the UK rely on us because we:
Knowing what’s buried is only half the job; your team on the ground needs to be able to see it clearly. Professional site mark-up ensures:
A utility survey without effective mark-up leaves knowledge locked in a drawing. Markup brings that information to where it matters most, on the ground, in front of the people doing the work.
Seeka Utility Surveys brings together a highly experienced team with decades of combined industry knowledge in utility detection, mapping, and on-site safety support. We’ve delivered site mark-up services across a wide range of projects, including housing and commercial developments, highways and transport schemes, renewable energy and utilities installations, schools, hospitals, universities and other public sector schemes, as well as major civil engineering works and complex brownfield redevelopments. Wherever people need to dig safely, we’ve helped make it possible.
Site mark-up is included by default when a Seeka utility survey is commissioned. Identified service routes are clearly marked on the ground surface using recognised colour-coded paint or flags in line with industry conventions, giving your team an immediate, visible reference before excavation begins.
Where required, we can enhance and extend this marking as part of a more detailed pre-excavation briefing for site teams.
Where a utility survey has previously been carried out, we can load the survey data onto a handheld augmented reality device, allowing site supervisors and operatives to see the buried services overlaid on the ground in real time.
This is particularly valuable when physical marks have been scuffed away by traffic or construction activity, or where a clear visual reference is needed in the absence of freshmarkings.
It’s an intuitive, practical tool that puts accurate utility information directly in the hands of the people who need it most.
Our utility surveys can be employed alongside our machine control models to create areas that prevent excavation from occurring when MC enabled excavators are employed by clients.
If trial pits, boreholes, or any other ground-breaking activity is planned, we can scan the specific proposed dig locations with our detection equipment prior to works commencing.
This ensures it is safe to proceed at the intended location or allows us to identify and recommend alternative safe positions if services are present.
This service can be arranged rapidly and is an essential precaution before any ground investigation team breaks the surface.
Areas We Cover
Our survey teams operate across the UK, regularly attending sites in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, and Bristol and South Gloucestershire, as well as supporting projects across the wider South West and beyond.
We can deploy quickly for pre-excavation mark-up and scanning, including at short notice, to keep your programme moving without compromising on safety.
Seeka Utility Surveys stands out thanks to our:
Site mark-up involves physically marking the routes of buried utilities on the ground surface, using paint or flags, so that site operatives can clearly see where services lie before and during excavation.
Yes. When a Seeka utility survey is commissioned, site mark-up is included by default. It can also be enhanced or arranged as a standalone service when required.
It’s a handheld device that overlays previously surveyed utility data onto the real-world ground surface in real time, allowing sitesupervisors and operatives to see buried services visually, even when physical marks are no longer visible.
Yes. We can scan proposed dig locations with our detection equipment before any ground is broken, confirming it is safe to proceed or recommending alternative positions if services are identified.
We can often mobilise rapidly, including at short notice. Get in touch to discuss your requirements, and we’ll work to your programme.
Yes, our setting out engineers can re-mark the original survey if the original marks have been destroyed or worn out. New services will not be detected however.
We support a wide range of projects, from small residential plots to large highways and infrastructure schemes. If ground is being broken, we can help ensure it’s done safely.
Kemp Engineering & Surveying and Seeka Utility Surveys are trusted specialists in precision surveying, engineering, and utility mapping. With decades of expertise, we deliver accurate data and tailored solutions to support infrastructure, construction, and development projects across the UK. Whether you need topographic surveys, PAS 128 utility mapping, or engineering consultancy, our team is here to provide industry-leading insight and results. Get in touch today to discuss your project needs.
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