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APWA color-coded paint and flags on the ground so the crew about to dig can see what is under them.
In Bergenfield, New Jersey — population 27,621, with buried infrastructure laid down over decades and recorded unevenly — line marking is how a site gets read before anyone breaks ground. Local construction work drives most of the demand.
Line marking is the deliverable most excavation crews actually need: the traced position of each line put on the surface in the APWA uniform color code, with flags where paint will not hold and a field sketch carrying measured offsets to permanent features so the marks can be re-established after rain or traffic. It covers private lines past the meter, re-marks on long-running projects, and white lining — outlining the proposed dig area in white before the one-call ticket goes in, which narrows what the member utilities have to sweep and gets cleaner marks back.
Project-planning data for Bergenfield, NJ — soil, climate, and regulatory factors that shape how locating crews scope work in this market.
Bergenfield sits in a temperate climate. Local ground: Clay, Loam, Sandy loam. Soil conductivity is the variable that decides how much of a locate radar can contribute, because conductive ground absorbs the radar pulse instead of reflecting it. Primary industries — construction — drive steady demand for line marking across the Bergen County area.
New Jersey One Call (811) requires 3 business days of advance notice before any excavation in New Jersey. That notification is free and it is separate from line marking: it brings out the member facility owners to mark the lines they own, and stops at the meter or the right-of-way. Wait for every member to respond before ground is opened.
Locating is quoted per job rather than off a rate card, because the work is a search and a search scales with the site rather than with the clock. On a Bergenfield job, the things that move the number are how much ground has to be covered, how many targets are in play, whether there are meters, valves, risers, or panels a transmitter can be clipped to, what the lines are made of, what the local ground (clay, loam, sandy loam) does to the instruments, and whether you need surface marks or a record you keep.
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Finding and marking the buried lines on the owner side of the meter, the ones a one-call ticket does not cover.
Turning a field locate into a permanent CAD, GIS, or coordinate record that outlives the paint.
ASCE 38 quality-level deliverables — records research, field designation, and test-hole verification, sealed by an engineer.
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New Jersey One Call — Always call 811 before excavation.
