BL Companies provides integrated services including — architecture, engineering, environmental sciences, land surveying, landscape architecture, planning, transportation engineering, structural engineering, MEP engineering and subsurface utility engineering — to clients in Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania and throughout New England. The diversity of our services, projects, corporate atmosphere and seven locations help us offer and maintain a high quality degree of service and passion for our projects.

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What’s not seen is usually the thing that can have the biggest and most costly impact. Such is the case with Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE), a relatively new branch of civil engineering recognized by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). SUE accurately enables the location and mapping of subsurface utilities during the early phase of any project. BL Companies can apply subsurface utility engineering and mapping techniques to take control of utility coordination for a proposed project or during an on–going project.

BL Companies provides subsurface utility engineering and mapping services to commercial, industrial, municipal, institutional and private clients. We specialize in:

  • Utility conceptual design
  • Utility data collection, designation, locating and mapping
  • Utility design development
  • Conflict identification and resolution
  • Conflict resolution drawings and specifications
  • Cost estimating, negotiation, draft agreements
  • Administration of utility coordination strategy
  • Major utility relocation
  • Offsite improvements
  • Hookup of utility services

BL Companies has proven experience with both highway officials and utility owners to implement SUE services. Our Subsurface Utility Engineering Team manages utility coordination for clients; provides global and logical strategies; and promotes a spirit of cooperation among all parties. We use the latest in computer equipment and software in SUE engineering and mapping technology to meet the needs of the client and project. CADD based mapping is also available to provide 3–D imaging for design engineering and GIS application.

According to FHWA, "Studies have shown that SUE, typically costs less than 0.5 percent of the total project construction cost, saves more than $4 for every $1 spent, and may reduce project delivery time by as much as 20 percent." For additional information: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/programadmin/sueindex.cfm

BL Companies has a talented team of professionals providing subsurface utility engineering services.

Contact: Paul Curcio, PE, Director, Utility Engineering

“When subsurface utilities are discovered during the construction phase, the costs of conflict resolution and the potential for catastrophic damages are at their highest.”
— American Society of Civil Engineers