Profile: SiteWise LLC

About Us

SiteWise is Colorado’s premier subsurface utility engineering (SUE), utility locating and hydro-excavation (potholing) firm.  SiteWise’s professional staff consist of engineers, SUE technicians, AutoCAD technicians, certified utility locators, experienced hydro and air excavation operators, utility records and coordination specialist.  SiteWise’s staff have more than 76 years of combined experience in the locating, mapping of underground utilities and damage prevention. 

SiteWise is a Denver-based company, owned and managed by nationally recognized facility location and damage prevention experts.  SiteWise has a strong ownership and support from their parent company, Kelly Cable Corporation. 

In addition to the Denver headquarters, SiteWise has a Colorado Springs office.  From these locations, SiteWise can serve clients anywhere in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Kansas and beyond, for all their subsurface utility and hydro-excavation needs.  With the combination of management and experience that is behind SiteWise, we will continue to knowledgeably start and successfully complete all projects we undertake with the mission of client satisfaction and employee and public safety.

SiteWise provides cost-effective services for all stages of a project. Our services include:

• Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)
• Hydro/Air Vac Excavation Services
• Environmental Remediation
• Utility Locating Services
• Underground Camera Inspection
• Third party damage investigations

All SiteWise subsurface utility technicians are certified per the National Utility Locating Contractors Association (NULCA) standards.  SiteWise personnel use the latest geophysical technology tools, and hydro/air-vacuum potholing equipment to perform these subsurface utility engineering services. All of our hydro-excavation technicians are DOT Operator Qualified (OQ certified) and have successfully completed 40 hours of Hazwopper training to handle any type of material and soil conditions. 

SiteWise’s state-of-the-art equipment includes:

• Electromagnetic facility locating devices (Radiodetection Equipment)
• Precision Pipeline Locator (Radiodetection, 3M equipment)
• Underground inspection camera (Radiodetection)
• Smart Probe (Radiodetection)
• VectorBar (Radiodetection)
• VacMaster system 4000 - air vacuum trucks
• Vactor hydro excavation trucks, Model HXX
• Gap Vax hydro excavation truck, Model HX-44
• Tornado hydro excavation truck, Model F-3
• Hydro excavation truck, Model MaxVax 700

Subsurface Utility Engineering

SiteWise is one of the few professional firms in Colorado with the in-house staff and equipment to provide all four levels of subsurface utility engineering without sub-contracting any services.  Because of this, SiteWise offers better service, better quality control and better value to its clients in the performance of the SUE process.  

What is Subsurface Utility Engineering?

According to the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Federal Highway Administration, the definition of subsurface utility engineering is:

“A branch of engineering practice that manages certain risks associated with subsurface utilities via: utility mapping at appropriate quality levels, utility coordination, utility relocation design and coordination, utility assessment, communication of utility data to concerned parties, utility relocation cost estimates, implementation of utility accommodation policies and utility design.” 

Essentially, subsurface utility engineering provides accurate information that mitigates the risk of cost overruns and safety issues for underground utilities.

Benefits of SUE

According to a Purdue University / Federal Highway Administration study completed in 2000, for each $1.00 spent on the use of subsurface utility engineering services on street and highway projects, the overall project experienced a savings of $4.62.  This 462 percent return on investment resulted in:

     • Reduced facility damages
     • Eliminate the cost of re-design
     • Reduced property damage
     • Increased job safety
     • Reduced utility relocations
     • Mitigated constructor delays
     • Lower project bids
     • Improved contractor productivity

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