HKS Utility Services is a leading provider of utility field services in Colorado. We specialize in utility designation (locating), test holes (potholing), and other related Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) services. Our customers range from multi-state utilities to civil engineering firms and our primary focus is lowering our customer’s total cost of ownership through superior accuracy, timeliness and value. HKS Utility Services is a subsidiary of Harris Kocher Smith, a Denver-based consulting firm providing civil engineering and land surveying services. Specific services include:
Subsurface Utility Engineering
SUE is a field of engineering involving utility damage prevention applying existing utility investigation, designation and mapping (at appropriate quality levels), with utility design, coordination and assessment. Harris Kocher Smith is set apart from other SUE consultants because we provide all of the following as in-house services.
- Engineering review
- Utility designation (quality levels A, B, C and D)
- Senate Bill 18-167 and CI/ASCE 38-22 conforming
- Utility test holes (potholing)
- Surveying and mapping
- Ground penetrating radar
- Right-of-way management
- Conflict analysis
- Traffic control
Utility Designation (Locating)
Utility designation includes identification and marking of existing underground utilities by investigation and geophysical locating methods.
- Engineering locates
- Private and public locates
- Surveying and mapping
- Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
- Video pipe inspection
Vacuum Excavation
Vacuum Excavation is a non-destructive method of excavation utilizing pressurized water and/or air to loosen soil and a high-flow vacuum system to remove the material.
- Utility test holes (potholing)
- Storm drain cleanouts
- Hydro trenching
- Valve cleanouts
Utility Coordination
- Due Diligence
- Will serve letters, capacity checks, written analysis reports
- Utility Design Coordination
- Application for service, exception submittals, cost analysis of contracts
- Construction
- Pre-con meetings, schedule maintenance, CTs and meter housing, meter sets
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