What We Do
USIC Locating Services combined the two best brands in the utility locating industry, SM&P Utility Resources and Central Locating Services(CLS), to form the market leader in underground utilities locating and marking services. USIC has a national presence with a 40% market share in the outsourced locating services market.
Managing Fundamentals
Our guiding principle is to manage the fundamentals of underground utility locating better than anyone else. Every day, with every utility locate, we concentrate on making the four fundamentals of the USIC performance principles work together flawlessly. As a result, we are more efficient and our customers are better assured of both cost effectiveness and superior performance:
USIC Locating Services combined the two best brands in the utility locating industry, SM&P Utility Resources and Central Locating Services(CLS), to form the market leader in underground utilities locating and marking services. USIC has a national presence with a 40% market share in the outsourced locating services market.
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USIC serves a diverse customer base of over 500 leading utility, telecommunications
and private infrastructure companies in 20 states in the continental US.
USIC customers include over 90% of the Fortune 500 utilities and telecommunication
companies in the states in which we operate.
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USIC has a mobile workforce of over 3,000 technicians serving our customers at construction sites, excavation sites,
commercial sites, and residential sites.
- Our existing portfolio of utilities locating services include:
- Gas Locating
- Electric Locating
- Telecommunications Locating
- Cable TV Locating
- Water and Sewer System Locating
- Other Utility Locating
Managing Fundamentals
Our guiding principle is to manage the fundamentals of underground utility locating better than anyone else. Every day, with every utility locate, we concentrate on making the four fundamentals of the USIC performance principles work together flawlessly. As a result, we are more efficient and our customers are better assured of both cost effectiveness and superior performance:
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Safety Management:
"Safety First" is the most critical operating principle. Our Technicians are continuously trained on new
and better ways to be both safe and productive. The result: A strong record of safety performance,
day in and day out.
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Quality Assurance and Damage Prevention:
What does it take to be a leader in the utility locating industry? At the center is a commitment to quality
and damage protection that is, quite simply, unprecedented. That’s why we are an industry leader in infrastructure
damage prevention, with one damage per 3,000 locates.
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On-time Performance:
Our locating professionals operate at an on-time performance level of 95% or better.
- Value: By locating multiple customer facilities at each site, we can pass on cost efficiencies to you. That makes everything we do on your behalf more cost effective without cutting corners.