Every dig starts with trusting the marks
When a crew breaks ground, the integrity of your infrastructure depends on what was located and how well it was marked. Our locate programs get the mark right and get it there on time – every ticket, every crew, every day.
Your infrastructure runs under roads, through neighborhoods and across service territories where someone is always digging. Every one of those digs depends on what we deliver. We respond to more than 2 million locate requests a year — each one a deadline, each one a system that has to be marked right.
Damage prevention has been part of Sparus operations for decades — performed by three different companies in three different parts of the country: OneVision, United Locating Services (ULS) and Southern Cross’s damage prevention team. Sparus Utility Services brought those three teams together, taking the best processes from each and combining them into one operation, run to one standard, nationwide. Some of the programs we run today have been continuous since 2001.
Where we work, we structure ourselves around you.
One team. One set of procedures. One operation shaped around your infrastructure.
Why Clients Choose Us
Many locating programs spread a team across multiple clients in the same territory. When your system needs attention, the technicians that respond may have someone else’s needs and timeline in mind.
At Sparus, we build each program around a single client per area. The technicians on your program know your system, work your tickets and answer to your timeline — not someone else’s. Infrastructure stays protected. Construction keeps moving.
- 99.985% damage-free locate performance across active programs
- Real-time client dashboards with ticket status, locate documentation and performance KPIs
- Serving investor-owned utilities, municipal systems and electric cooperatives
Our Services
811 Utility Locating
Every locate request has a deadline, and a missed mark is missed protection. We manage your 811 ticket intake to positive response, routing through dispatch keeping technicans ahead of the work, and closing the loop back to your state notification center.
- Electric, fiber, gas and water line locating
- Electromagnetic and ground-penetrating locate methods
- GPS-tagged, photo-documented completion records
Damage Prevention Inspection
The highest-risk digs involve excavation crews new to the area, unfamiliar with your system or working in high-consequence locations. Our DPI program puts experienced technicians on-site, alongside active excavators —verifying locates, supervising work within the tolerance zone and coaching crews before damage occurs.
- High-risk and high-consequence excavation identification and monitoring
- On-site locate verification, ticket validation and tolerance-zone supervision
- Excavator education on safe digging practices near your infrastructure
Emergency Response
Infrastructure emergencies don’t follow business hours. When the situation requires immediate locate coverage, we respond. We’re ready. No setup time. No queue.
- 24/7 emergency locate response
- After-hours ticket handling and field deployment
- Coordination with utility emergency operations
Untonable Mitigation
Lines that can’t be reliably toned turn every nearby excavation into guesswork. We restore confidence and locate-ability through tracer wire repairs and electronic markers placed at the critical points where toning fails, fixing the problem before a damage event proves the gap.
- Tracer wire repair and mitigation
- Locate verification after mitigation
The platform behind the program
Our platform runs every Sparus locate program. 811 ticket intake, dispatch and routing, mobile field technician software, real-time tracking, damage investigation, billing and reporting all run on one system. Our client portal gives your team continuous visibility into every locate, ticket and metric.
Our platform integrates with your 811 center and any third-party systems you use. The system doesn’t ask your operation to fit a vendor’s product. It fits yours.
Contact Us
Sparus Utility Services
192 Technology Parkway
Suite 500
Peachtree Corners, GA 30092
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