Todd Road Waterline Survey and SUE

Drone and GPS topographic survey with Quality Level A subsurface utility investigation for a 12,200 foot, 16 inch City of Midland waterline extension.

Topographic Surveys Subsurface Utility Engineering Drone & UAV Surveys

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Location

Midland, TXMeadowside St to Loop 250 to Todd Dr

Client

City of MidlandMunicipal utility

Timeline

2025Survey and SUE investigation

Alignment

12,200 ftApproximate proposed length

Pipeline

16 inchProposed waterline extension

Existing Conditions and Utility Data for a City Waterline

In 2025, the City of Midland selected Magrym Consulting to provide topographic surveying and Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Quality Level A services for a proposed 16 inch waterline extension. The approximately 12,200 foot alignment begins at Meadowside Street, follows Loop 250, turns south onto Todd Drive, and continues to the golf course.

Our scope included topographic data collection using drone and GPS surveying technology, along with Quality Level A investigations at utility crossings throughout the proposed alignment. Hydrovac excavation exposed existing utilities so their horizontal and vertical locations, diameters, and materials could be documented.

Services delivered on this project:

Todd Road Waterline Survey and SUE: Intersection at Todd Drive with existing hydrant, roadway, and overhead lines captured for the topographic survey.

Jul 24, 2025

A Corridor Full of Utilities Nobody Had Measured

Loop 250 and Todd Drive carry overhead power, communications, gas, and existing water and sewer lines. Record drawings show roughly where those utilities run, but not how deep. A 16 inch waterline designed against approximate depths runs into conflicts in the field, and every conflict becomes a change order.

The city needed reliable existing-condition data along more than two miles of roadway, plus verified depths at each crossing, before design moved forward.

Unknown depthsRecord drawings place utilities horizontally but rarely give the vertical position a waterline design needs.

Long corridorRoughly 12,200 feet of alignment along an active loop road and a residential collector.

Conflict avoidanceEach crossing needed verified data so the city could design around it instead of discovering it in construction.

Todd Road Waterline Survey and SUE: The Todd Drive corridor with overhead transmission lines and staged pipe along the proposed alignment.

Jul 24, 2025

Drone and GPS topographic survey

Collected existing-condition data along the full alignment using drone mapping and GPS survey for control and ground detail.

Crossing identification

Reviewed the corridor to identify every utility crossing where the proposed waterline would intersect existing lines.

Quality Level A test holes

Used hydrovac excavation to safely expose utilities at each crossing and record horizontal and vertical location, diameter, and material.

Design-ready deliverables

Delivered the existing-condition survey and utility data to support design, planning, and conflict resolution.

Fewer Surprises Between Design and the Trench

The resulting existing-condition and utility data supported the city’s design and planning while helping identify and reduce potential utility conflicts before construction.

With verified depths at every crossing, the waterline can be designed to clear what is already in the ground, and the city avoids the field changes that unverified utilities tend to produce.

12,200

Feet of alignment surveyed

QL-A

Utility data at every crossing

16 in

Proposed waterline