Underground utilities can now be detected more easily with the launch of a new specification for underground utility detection, verification and location has been launched.

PAS 128 aims to provide a clear and unambiguous provision for those engaged in the detection, verification and location of active, abandoned, redundant or unknown utilities.

The new standard is applicable to surveyors, geophysicists or subsurface utility engineers as well as engineers, constructors, project managers and utility owners, who are responsible for recording information about underground utilities.