UtilityCS is a family-run business providing utility plans and other utility-associated specialist services such as environmental searches and reports. We operate based on our reputation which has been built upon decades of utilities experience, innovation and continuous success in delivering the needs of our clients.
As a business focussed on sustainability, we are always mindful of the social, environmental and economic impacts of our actions and how we can leave our environment in a better condition that we inherited it. We invest in our employees to allow them to excel and have developed excellent professional relationships with the most common utility apparatus owners and local authorities to ensure that your get the best service possible in the shortest possible time.
We look forward to working with you.
UtilityCS is a family-run business providing utility plans and other utility-associated specialist services such as environmental searches and reports. We operate based on our reputation which has been built upon decades of utilities experience, innovation and continuous success in delivering the needs of our clients.
As a business focussed on sustainability, we are always mindful of the social, environmental and economic impacts of our actions and how we can leave our environment in a better condition that we inherited it. We invest in our employees to allow them to excel and have developed excellent professional relationships with the most common utility apparatus owners and local authorities to ensure that your get the best service possible in the shortest possible time.
We look forward to working with you.
Tony has spent a lifetime working with utilities, having worked for British Telecoms for over three decades, with sixteen of those supervising groundworks, including the laying of telecoms cables and the construction of underground manholes and chambers.
Several more years were spent in the Planning division, preparing proposals and methodologies for new construction and the diversion of existing utility apparatus. Tony’s skills and experience were later put to excellent use managing the expansion of the telecoms network across the whole of East Anglia.
After leaving BT, Tony’s work included training new employees in safety when conducting streetworks and working around other utility apparatus. He also worked for two nationally operating utility contractors managing gas, water, electricity and telecoms projects.
The UK fresh water network carries 16.6 billion litres of water every day and consists of 416,000km of mains and services. These mains and services can be constructed from many different materials, including iron, steel, PVC, polyethylene, asbestos cement and concrete. Water mains are usually laid deeper than other utilities to prevent freezing.
The sewage network consists of 393,000km of infrastructure, carrying surface water, foul water or a combination of both. Many different types of material have been used to construct and maintain the sewage network over several hundred years, including ceramic, brick, plastic, iron, concrete and asbestos cement. Sewers may be gravity-fed, vacuum powered, or pumped.
The UK gas transmission and distribution network covers 284,000km, delivers gas to 85% of households and has been in use for over 200 years. Gas mains and services are generally made of yellow or orange polyethylene, iron or steel. Nearly all of the network is underground. Pipes within the gas network are classified into a number of pressure tiers, from Low Pressure (up to 75 mbar) to High Pressure (over 7 bar).
Electricity is transmitted nationally on the National Grid covering 26,550km and operating between 132 kV and 400 kV. Local distribution networks are owned and operated by Distribution Network Operators whose networks operate at up to 132 kV. The electricity network consists of both above-ground suspended cables and buried cables which may be laid directly into the ground, or be contained within ducts. Although considered bad practice, it is common to find electricity cables encased within concrete.
Telecommunication networks are numerous with large national operators such as BT and Virgin alongside smaller regional operators with their own independent assets. These networks generally consist of twisted copper, co-axial and fibre-optic cables within and above the ground, alongside cabinets, poles, manholes and other apparatus. The drive for greater connectivity has led to an ever increasing amount of telecoms apparatus being laid.
There are numerous other types of utility apparatus which may be found within the ground but which do not form national networks. These can include Distributed Heating networks, access and utility tunnels, oil and fuel pipelines, Closed Circuit Television systems, power for street lighting and communications cables for Traffic Signals operated by local authorities.