Land usage, asset ownership and buildable routes settled before anyone commits to a programme.
Before any job starts, we assess the site properly: what's around it, where the services run, what's already scarred the road, and where the dig actually needs to go. It's not a separate booking so much as standard practice on every job, run by the supervisors and managers before the crew moves in. On open land, that also means establishing who owns it; a leak in a farmer's field means a conversation about access before anyone digs. Where high-pressure gas, fuel lines or other unmarked services might be nearby, we bring in the relevant asset owner to confirm safe working distances before going further.
It's built into every job as standard — even emergency call-outs get an on-site assessment before work starts. It's rarely commissioned on its own.
A standard check — what's in the road, can we dig — usually takes about an hour. If it needs sign-off from another asset owner, like a high-pressure gas provider, that can take a few days.
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