Typical Accumark Project Schedule

Each Accumark team member attends weekly meetings aimed at reviewing progress on current projects, upcoming projects as well as required completion dates. Close coordination between client representatives, Project Managers and field technicians ensures timely completion of each step towards overall completion of a project.

Upon receipt of a request for services, Accumark is adequately staffed and able to immediately begin preparing the work plan/scope and man-hour estimates. Because of the nature of our projects, simultaneous tasks orders are easily organized and accomplished. We receive work-orders either by mail, phone, fax, e-mail or our request for proposal form.

Subsurface utility projects involve four basic steps:

Meet with client to discuss project requirements
Records Research & Documentation
Permitting Requirements, Traffic Control & Operational Planning
On-site designating or locating
Inventory and report generation
Quality Control/Quality Assurance Project Review

Our in-house staff of researchers routinely work on several projects at the same time, allowing us to easily accommodate simultaneous tasks. This portion of the project typically takes two or three days depending on the age, condition and location of existing records. While this is being done, a Project Manager will begin the Traffic Control and Operation planning to determine the condition of the testhole site (soil, concrete, gravel), the need for any right-of-way or jurisdictional permits and the accessibility of the site.

Once these first two steps are complete, we notify the client and schedule the on-site fieldwork. Upon completion of the field work, including utility locations exhibit and CADD services, a thorough QC/QA project review is performed. A complete inventory of all test holes performed is completed by the end of the next business day. Formal Test Hole Reports are generated and delivered within seven business days.