Property owners may contact a private locator to locate utilities buried on private property and not otherwise marked by the utility company.
Utility companies generally do not mark underground utilities located outside of the utility company’s right of way. Thus, a property owner may contact a private locator to locate and mark underground utilities in these otherwise unmarked areas.
The following is a list of some private locator companies in South Carolina. This list is provided solely to assist property owners in contacting private locators.
By using this site, property owners recognize that SC811 does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any products, goods, or services provided by the private locators listed below.
Please contact these companies directly for pricing information.
Atlas Surveying, Inc
Utility Locate & Land Surveying Services
POC: William Walker
Email: wwalker@atlassurveying.com
Phone: 843.573.7831
Service Area: Greenville, Spartanburg, Charleston, and Savannah/Hilton Head Region
Blood Hound
Utility Locating, Ground Penetrating Radar, Concrete Scanning, Vacuum Excavation, Leak Detection, and Sewer Camera Inspection
POC: Edward Walcher
Email: edwardwalcher@bhug.com
Phone: (864) 266-6622
Service Area: Entire state *Commercial use only*
Calyx Engineers
POC: Ryan Lyttle (Manager)
Email: rlyttle@calyxengineers.com
Phone: (704) 566-4321
POC: Brian Smith (South Carolina Supervisor)
Email: bsmith@calyxengineers.com
Phone: (704) 566-4322
Service Area: entire state
Carolina Locates
Private Locates for Residential/Commercial
POC: Daniel Wilson
Email: carolinalocates@gmail.com
Phone: (843) 263-5114
Service Area: Beaufort, SC and surrounding areas
First Call Locating.Inc
Private locating for water,sewer, gas, propane, storm, electric, and line fault detection.
POC: Russ LeGault
Email: firstcalllocating@gmail.com
Phone: (980) 269-4146
Service Area: Rock Hill & Fort Mill. Willing to travel for an additional fee.
Grassy Creek Group
Private Locator, Hydro-Excavation
POC: Will Richter
Email: will@grassycreekgroup.com
Phone: 1-877-4-GRASSY
Service Area: Greenville & Entire State
Lowcountry Locating
POC: Matthew West
Email: matthew@lowcountrylocating.com
Phone: (843)-810-6979
Service Area: Greater Charleston Area (willing to travel for additional fee)
Master Utility Locating
POC: Darren Bennett
Email: darrenb@mulocating.com
Phone: (864) 706-3057
Service Area: Spartanburg Area (willing to travel for additional fee)
McKim & Creed
POC: Jeremy Willoughby
Email: jwilloughby@mckimcreed.com
Phone: (770) 962-4125
Service Area: Private underground utility locates, EM & GPR, investigation, underground tank surveys, vacuum excavation, SUE
Misu Underground
POC: Darlene Wells
Email: misuunderground21@gmail.com
Phone: (803) 747-4574
Service Area: Covering the Low country and will travel for a small fee.
Penhall Technologies
Private Utility Locating, GPR Concrete Scanning
POC: Garrett Griffith
Email: ggriffith@penhall.com
Phone: (803) 223-7445
Service Area: entire state
Projects R&F USA, INC
POC: Edilberto Rojas
Email: customers@utilitylocatingservices-ryf.com
Phone: (864) 635-2460
Service: Greenville
Reed Tech
Private Utility Locating, GPR, Electromagnetic Profiling
POC: Duke Brantley
Email: reedtechinc@gmail.com
Phone: (803) 750-9971
Service Area: entire state
Vaughn & Melton Consulting Engineers
POC: Joe Montgomery
Email: jfmontgomery@vaughnmelton.com
Phone: (803)-532-7179
Service Area: entire state
West Locating Services, LLC
POC: Tim McNally
Email: west@westlocating.com
Phone: (843) 747-5101
Service Area: Charleston region/statewide