Hole In One Locating provides professional utility locating services for contractors, property owners, municipalities, engineers, and facility managers throughout Salem, Oregon. Using advanced locating technology, we help identify underground utilities before excavation, drilling, construction, maintenance, or site improvement work begins.
From electrical and communication lines to water, sewer, gas, irrigation, and nonconductive utilities, our team provides clear field markings, reliable site information, and digital mapping options to support safer excavation and better project planning.
Know more about what’s underground before you dig.
Know more about what’s underground before you dig.
Trusted on projects for universities, municipalities, contractors, and private industry across Oregon.
Clear Information, Careful Locating and Documentation That Supports Safer Planning and Excavation.
Accurate utility locating helps prevent line strikes, costly repairs, service disruptions, and avoidable project delays.
Clear underground utility markings help crews dig, drill, and excavate with greater awareness of buried infrastructure.
Reliable utility information supports better decisions for excavation, construction, permitting, and site development.
Professional locating helps identify hidden utilities and gives crews a clearer picture of what lies beneath the site.
We’ve been locating utilities across Salem for more than 20 years. Our team supports contractors, property owners, and public agencies with accurate, professional locating and mapping services.
Identify privately owned underground utilities before excavation, construction, landscaping, or maintenance work begins.
Locate public utility infrastructure to support safer excavation, repairs, upgrades, and municipal construction projects.
Create clear digital records of underground utilities for planning, documentation, coordination, and future site work.
Detect plastic, concrete, and other nonconductive utilities using specialized equipment and advanced locating methods.
Safely expose underground utilities to verify their exact position, depth, condition, and surrounding site conditions.
Trace buried pipes and cables accurately to reduce the risk of damage and improve excavation planning.
Oregon 811 is an essential first step before excavation, but it does not mark every underground utility on a property. Public utility locates generally cover lines owned by member utilities up to the point where private ownership begins.
Private utility locating can help identify service lines, irrigation systems, private electrical lines, communication cables, water lines, sewer laterals, and other buried infrastructure that may not be included in an Oregon 811 locate.
For projects in Salem involving excavation, drilling, trenching, construction, or property improvements, combining Oregon 811 with private utility locating provides a more complete picture of what is underground before work begins.
Hear from those we have served
Utility locating in Salem, Oregon can often be scheduled within a few business days, depending on project size, site conditions, and current availability.
Larger properties, complex utility networks, or projects requiring multiple locating methods may require additional scheduling time. For excavation or construction work, it is best to arrange private utility locating early enough to allow time for field marking, documentation, and any follow-up investigation that may be needed.
Private utility locating can identify many buried utilities, including electrical lines, communication cables, water lines, sewer laterals, irrigation systems, gas lines, and other privately owned infrastructure.
The locating method depends on the utility material, accessibility, and site conditions. Conductive utilities can often be traced with electromagnetic equipment, while nonconductive pipes such as PVC may require tracer wire, acoustic locating, ground penetrating radar, or another detection method. Private locating is especially useful for utilities that are not marked through Oregon 811.
Yes, underground utilities can often be located beneath concrete, asphalt, parking lots, sidewalks, and other paved surfaces.
Electromagnetic locating can trace conductive pipes and cables through paved areas without disturbing the surface. Ground penetrating radar and other specialized methods may also be used when utilities are nonconductive or cannot be traced directly. The most appropriate method depends on the utility type, depth, pavement conditions, and surrounding underground infrastructure.
Yes, digital utility mapping can be provided for projects in Salem to document the location of identified underground utilities.
Utility maps can show the approximate routes of located lines and provide a more permanent record than temporary paint or flags alone. This information can support construction planning, site design, maintenance, future excavation, and coordination between contractors, engineers, property owners, and facility managers.
