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Expansion of Underground Services Location and
Utilities Mapping Capacity in Gauteng
Ground Penetrating Radar or GPR: used for locating all utilities including non-metallic pipes and cables, such as fibre optic lines or UPVC water pipes
Bosch Munitech’s vision is to become the pre-eminent and
preferred service provider for underground services location
(USL) and utility mapping projects, not just in South Africa,
but also across our borders into sub-Saharan Africa. We
recognise that this can only be achieved by creating and
maintaining highly skilled and well-resourced technical
capacity in line with the Bosch core values of technical
excellence and the development of people.
Active in the utility mapping sector in Gauteng since August
2011, we established our first permanent USL team, led by
Shoes Dlani, in Johannesburg in September 2012. This capacity
was further augmented in July 2013 with the appointments of
Refilwe Moadi and JC Slater, who brought in-house survey and
draughting capacities respectively, to the team.
L to R: Marno Mynhardt (Field Technician), Luke Crouch (Field
Technician), JC Slater (Draftsman), Refilwe Moadi (Survey Technician),
Hurn Merrington (Regional Manager, Gauteng).
The recent appointment of Hurn Merrington as Regional
Manager: USL and LD, is a particularly exciting development
for Bosch Munitech as it not only brings Hurn’s formidable
knowledge and skills into the company, but also cements
underground services location and utility mapping as one of
the core services offered from our Johannesburg office.
Typical USL projects conducted out of the Johannesburg
office include servitude surveys for bulk water pipe route
design; pump station underground pipe route identification
and utilities location and mapping for construction activities.
Chris Otto - [email protected]
Hurn Merrington - [email protected]
Electromagnetic Locators: this unit is used to locate all live power
cables, copper telecommunication lines and conductive pipes that can
transmit an electromagnetic signal.