Not all underground facilities buried in your yard belong to facility operators and therefore, some marks may be missing after you contact Tennessee 811. Here are just a few examples of underground facilities that may be present in your yard that YOU are responsible for having located yourself:
If you have any private underground facilities on your property, it is your responsibility to have them located. The underground facility operator did not install them, and cannot locate them for you.
Since it is important to have these private lines located, we will provide a short list of private locators that do business in Tennessee. We do not endorse, or recommend, any specific company. Feel free to contact any you wish for private locating.
Public utilities are owned and maintained by municipalities or utility companies and are part of a large public network. Examples of public utilities are water mains, buried electric lines, gas mains, fiber optic and telecommunications lines, and sewers.
When approaching a home, the public utility will usually end at the meter, or the point of service. (Points of service can also be a transformer, vault, valve, or junction box.)
Private utilities extend beyond the public utility network and are typically the responsibility of the property owner.
Examples would include:
Private Locating Company | Service Area | Contact Name | Office Phone | Website/ Email |
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A+ Tennessee Line Locators | East Tennessee | Cody Lively | (865) 660-2585 | tnlinelocators@gmail.com |
Barge Design Solutions | Knox County & Surrounding Area | Mark Wilson | mark.wilson@bargedesign.com | |
Projects R&F USA, Inc | Knoxville & Surrounding Area | Eddison Rojas | (844) 756-2286 | www.utilitylocatingservices-ryf.com |
Utility Locators, LLC | Middle Tennessee | Jeff Ford | (931) 400-0608 | https://utilitylocatorsllc.com |
Jones Locating Sevice | Northeast Tennessee | John Jones | (423) 943-7325 | www.facebook.com/joneslocatingservice |
Lost and Found Utility Locating | Northeast Tennessee | Richard Holland | (423) 579-3392 | www.lfutilities.com |
Tri-Cities Locating | Northeast Tennessee | Richard Hess | (423) 276-6797 | tricitylocating@btes.tv |
Blew & Associates, P.A | Statewide | Miles Stacey | (888) 933-2111 | subsurface@blewinc.com |
Blood Hound Underground | Statewide | JR Richardson | (317) 349-2918 | www.bhug.com |
Colliers Engineering & Design | Statewide | Jason L. Smith | (877) 627-3772/ (954) 422-6892 (cell) | www.colliersengineering.com |
GeoTecnica LLC | Statewide | George Waller | (931) 691-9696 | https://geotecnicallc.com |
Ground Penetrating Radar Systems (GPRS) | Statewide | www.gp-radar.com | ||
HiTech Utility Construction | Statewide | Jessie Ashley | (678) 630-9238 (cell) | www.hitechutilityconstruction.com |
JM Utility | Statewide | Jose Martinez | (319) 750-0458 | |
McKim & Creed | Statewide | Jeremy Willoughby | (770) 962-4125/ (904) 303-4383 (cell) | |
Penhall Company | Statewide | www.penhall.com | ||
SAM, LLC | Statewide | Andrew Clark | (865) 924-3395 (cell) | www.sam.biz |
Underground Loctors of Nashville | Statewide | Jonathan Pemerton | (615) 851-0210/ (615) 957-5962 (cell) | ugl@bellsouth.net |
ALSIP Locating Service | West Tennessee | Tom Alsip | (901) 605-8348 | www.alslocating.com |