Utilities

Utility coordination that keeps stakeholders aligned

HADONNE helps project teams identify and document existing utilities, coordinate with utility owners, municipalities, designers, and contractors, and resolve conflicts before they affect construction. From S.U.E. and field verification to relocation planning, agreements, and construction support, our team brings clarity to complex utility conditions.

Subsurface Utility Engineering

HADONNE provides Subsurface Utility Engineering services to identify, locate, verify, and map existing underground facilities. Using field investigation, Ground Penetrating Radar, vacuum excavation, and utility mapping, our team delivers accurate, design-ready information that helps clients, engineers, contractors, and designers make informed decisions, reduce conflicts, and plan confidently before construction begins.

Detailed surface and subsurface utility mapping helps design teams identify conflicts early and adjust designs to reduce avoidable relocation work.

Field locating and verification services help contractors identify known and unknown utilities, reduce risk of damage, and respond to time-sensitive field conditions.

HADONNE assists municipalities with locating and mapping existing above- and below-ground facilities, including water, sewer, power, gas, and telecommunications infrastructure.

Customized utility locating and mapping services help developers, private institutions, and utility companies understand conditions beyond conventional One-Call coverage.

Utility Coordination Services

Successful projects depend on timely, informed coordination between transportation agencies, utility agency owners, municipalities, design consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders. HADONNE combines technical knowledge with a disciplined communication process to help identify conflicts, define responsibilities, manage relocation requirements, and support critical project decisions through design and construction.

HADONNE assists design consultants with utility records and as-builts, conflict matrices, utility-conflict resolution, relocation-plan review, reimbursement review, agreement support, permit administration, constructability review, and final utility certification.

Our team supports design-build teams with conflict analysis, relocation concepts, utility relocation costs and schedules, utility agreements, and Utility Work Plan development particularly where utility relocation is on the project’s critical path.

HADONNE coordinates with utility agency owners to develop Utility Assessment Packages that document existing and proposed facilities, compensable interest determinations, and the time and cost associated with relocation tasks.

We assist public and private clients with utility-owner coordination, relocation negotiation, schedule monitoring, quality-control review, permits, project records, and utility installation or relocation planning needed to maintain project momentum.

Resolve Conflicts Early

Our team coordinates with utility owners, agencies, designers, and contractors to evaluate conflicts, support relocation planning, and keep critical utility decisions moving. The result is clearer responsibilities, fewer surprises, and a more reliable path to construction.

Know What’s Below

Utility issues often start with incomplete records or unknown conditions in the field. HADONNE combines utility research, designating, mapping, and field verification to help project teams understand what is present before design and construction decisions are made.

Hadonne Capabilities
      • 3D Utility Mapping
      • Air Vacuum Excavation (Verification of Vertical and Horizontal Test Holes)
      • CAD to GIS Migration
      • Concrete Scanning
      • Digital Data Migration
      • Electric
      • Fiber Optic Cables
      • Gas
      • GIS Database Design
      • GIS Mapping of Underground Utilities
      • GPS Field Data Collection
      • Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
      • Pipelines
      • Private Utility Locates
      • Route Survey Designates
      • Sewer
      • Stormwater Inventory and Mapping
      • Subsurface Utility Engineering
      • Underground Void Mapping
      • Utility Coordination
      • Utility Designating
      • Utility Inventory and Mapping
      • Voids
      • Water
      • Water and Sewer As-Built Survey
      • As-Built Reviews
      • Assistance to Client with Project Paperwork
      • Compliance with Local Authority Procedures
      • Conducting Field Reviews
      • Obtaining Utility As-Builts
      • Permitting Review
      • Quality Control Review
      • Researching Government Permit Files
      • Conflict Analysis and Development of Conflict Matrix
      • Design Adjustments to Reduce Utility Relocation and Construction Time
      • Recommendation of SUE Quality Levels
      • Review Existing Permits or Issue New Permits for Proposed Relocation Work
      • Review of Utility Relocation Plans and Estimates
      • Scheduling Review
      • Utility Constructability Review
      • Communication
      • Group Utility Meetings According to Plan Phase
      • Meetings with Railroad Companies
      • Meetings with ROW and Construction Departments
      • Notification of All Affected Utilities
      • One-on-One Meetings with Utility Owners
      • Page-by-Page Plan Review at Meetings
      • Processing / Review of Agreements
      • Write and Review Utility Contract Special Provisions
      • Claim Settlement
      • Construction Meetings
      • Determination of Reimbursement to Utilities
      • Expert Witness
      • Shop Drawing Reviews
      • Utility Placement Inspection

Meet Our Experts

Pedro Ugas, SUE
UTILITY COORDINATION MANAGER

Pedro Ugas is HADONNE'S S.U.E. and Utility Coordination Manager, with more than 25 years of experience in utility inspection, construction, and coordination. He helps agencies, utility owners, designers, municipalities, and contractors work through utility conflicts, relocation planning, permitting, and construction-phase coordination. His experience on FDOT and design-build projects helps teams reduce delays, claims, and field disruptions on complex infrastructure work.

Pedro.Ugas@HADONNE.com
Frank Paruas, PSM
LAND SURVEYING LEAD

Frank Paruas, P.S.M., is Vice President and Executive Survey Manager with more than 27 years of experience leading complex infrastructure and development projects across Florida. He has directed major survey programs for FDOT, Miami-Dade Aviation Department, and public- and private-sector clients. A Florida-licensed Professional Surveyor and Mapper, Frank brings expertise in design surveys, geodetic control, LiDAR, BIM, photogrammetry, right-of-way mapping, and roadway design.

Frank.Paruas@HADONNE.com
Hermes Aguilar, SUE
Utility Coordination Manager

Hermes Aguilar is a seasoned surveying professional with more than 10 years of experience in Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) and land surveying. As SUE Practice Leader, he specializes in utility locating, roadway and transportation surveys, FDOT survey services, right-of-way mapping, and topographic surveys, ensuring accurate subsurface utility data to support infrastructure and development projects. His extensive field expertise, technical proficiency, and commitment to quality make him a valuable leader in delivering reliable and efficient utility engineering solutions.

Hermes.Aguilar@HADONNE.com

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