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Before you cut
Existing surface model plus shallow utility investigation — multiarray GPR and electromagnetic locating — and a conflict plan against the planned mill or excavation depth.
Pavement and hardstand construction mapping · Adelaide
Pavement and hardstand
construction mapping.
Map what existed. Verify what matters. Measure what was removed. Document what was built.
Shallow utilities, verified exposures, removal volumes and a final as-built record — one controlled spatial environment from pre-start to handover, for asphalt contractors, civil contractors, councils and industrial asset owners in Adelaide.
Adelaide · South Australia · Australia-wide
The same investigation, continued through construction.
A Digital Site Intelligence vertical — the same controlled record Aus-OMI already issues before works begin, continued through pavement and hardstand reconstruction: what existed, what was detected, what was physically verified, what was removed, and what was built.
The problem
The evidence is split. The stripped surface does not wait.
Brownfield reconstruction rarely fails for want of a single mark. Paint, a hydro-vac photograph, a few levels, a pile docket and a finished surface that no longer shows what was underneath — issued by different people, on different days. Shallow services sit in the mill. Quantities have to be defended. The formation is only visible for a short construction window.
- Mapped
- Existing surface, utilities, verified points, stripped geometry and the finished pavement — in one coordinate frame.
- Issued
- Conflict plan, classified mark-out, cut-depth heat map, solid volume and a staged 3D model.
- Used by
- Asphalt and civil contractors, councils, industrial asset owners, project managers and the Principal.
The model
Original pavement to finished surface, related.
Existing surface, GPR and EMI, verified test holes, stripped surface, removal volume and the completed pavement — switched on and off in one environment.
Demonstration model
Illustrative model. Project deliverables use site-specific investigation, capture and design data.
Sequence
Six stages. One record.
Not every job buys the full sequence. The front end stands alone. Stripped-surface and as-built stages are the continuation of a report the contractor already has.
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Targeted verification
Pothole locations selected for decision value. A suitable NDD contractor exposes the service. Aus-OMI records the exposure and classifies it in the same model.
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Construction-ready mark-out
Verified points, interpreted lines, records-only information and unresolved anomalies kept distinct on the ground and on the plan — before the machine starts.
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After removal, before covering
Stripped-surface capture once the pavement is clean. Cut-depth heat map, solid geometric removal volume, cross-sections, under-removal and over-excavation.
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As layers go down
Optional hold-point capture of formation, subbase, basecourse or intermediate asphalt — a record before each layer is concealed.
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At handover
Finished surface, grades and crossfall, tie-in levels, design-to-as-built deviation, and an updated utility model beneath the completed pavement.
Responsibility
Who does what.
Aus-OMI
- Spatial control outside the disturbance
- Existing, stripped and finished surface capture
- Multiarray GPR, EMI and the conflict plan
- Exposure record, classification and mark-out
- Cut-depth, solid volume and the staged model
Pavement / civil contractor
- Removal footprint, planned depths and programme
- Hold-point windows and access
- The mill, the covering-up, the next layer
- Traffic management and site safety
- What the machine needs to know this shift
NDD contractor
- Physical exposure of selected services
- Water, spoil and excavation safety
- Utility-owner requirements at the hole
- Backfill and reinstatement where included
- The truck — their scope, their contract
Handover
One package the next drawing can use.
PDF for the decision. CAD, GIS, point cloud and a staged 3D model for the drawing that comes next. Verified, interpreted, records-only and unresolved features stay labelled as what they are.
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Methodology, control and site note
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Existing and finished surface models
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Utility interpretation and conflict plan
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Pothole register with photographs
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Cut-depth heat map and solid volume
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CAD / GIS, point cloud and staged 3D
Volume is informational construction evidence unless a payment method is agreed in writing. Quality Level A, where assigned, applies at the exposure point.
Questions
Before you brief us.
- Do you map pavement and hardstand construction in Adelaide?
- Yes. Aus-OMI is based in Adelaide and maps pavement reconstruction and industrial hardstands across South Australia — existing surface, shallow utilities, verified exposures, removal volume and the finished record, in one spatial environment. We work Australia-wide.
- How does hydro-vac / NDD sit with this work?
- Physical exposure is carried out by a suitable NDD contractor. Aus-OMI selects or confirms the locations, records the exposed utility and issues the classified register. The truck, spoil, backfill and reinstatement stay with that contractor’s scope.
- Is the removal volume a payment quantity?
- Solid geometric volume is calculated from compared surfaces after cleanup. It is informational construction evidence unless a payment method is agreed in writing. Loose stockpile volume is reported separately. Tonnage is issued only where an agreed density or weighbridge record exists.
- Can you attend night works and short hold-point windows?
- Yes. Hold-point attendance is booked against the programme. Capture is done in the window; an immediate field summary can be issued where required, with the full processed report following. Short-notice, night or weekend attendance is arranged as an additional mobilisation.
- Does a pothole verify the whole alignment?
- Quality Level A, where assigned under AS 5488.1:2022 and AS 5488.2:2022, applies at the physically exposed and recorded point. It does not automatically apply to the remainder of an interpreted line.
- Who releases the Principal’s hold point?
- Aus-OMI supplies the spatial evidence. The Principal or Superintendent releases the hold point.
Also in Adelaide
The same investigation, other jobs.
Pavement mapping uses the same GPR, locating and reality-capture investigation. Those methods are described on their own pages.
Next
Send the drawings.
We reduce uncertainty before works begin.
A mill-and-replace, a hardstand upgrade, a carpark with unknown services. Send the footprint and the planned depths. Brief us from Adelaide. We work Australia-wide.