Leak detection contractors

Hi all

Burdekin Shire Council have contacted us seeking information on contractors who offer leak detection services.

We hear periodically from some with in-house expertise but were wondering if anyone had had good experiences recently with contractors we could point in their direction?

As a secondary question - we've been contemplating setting up a directory on the web site for these sorts of specialist service providers with a simple listing open to all/ and paid ad option.  The intention would be no spamming, just something simple and searchable when you need it. Have started this a little bit with the training providers.

Do you reckon anyone would anyone use it?

Cheers

Sorry can't help with anything that far north.  We invested in our own gear.  For about $30k  and an hour a day from a technical officer, we are systematically working our way through our whole retic system and have cut our real losses back to less than a quarter what the were. The gear is then available for specific leak detection as well.  Doesn't work too well on plastics and fibro pipes though.

As far as a register goes, it would be far more valuable if it was tied in with LGAQ's TenderPanel arrangements to make sure all certifications, insurances etc only had to be checked once and we could go straight to engaging people on the panel without breaching the the Local Gavernment Act.

Cheers

Thanks Shaun

Is that Localbuy or something else?  I've googled tenderpanel and there is a building works web site but I'm not sure if that's what you mean.

Sounds like a plan either way, will see how we go.

Dave

Yes, Local Buy Dave.

Cheers

Shaun,

When you say you bought your own gear what exactly did you buy?

Terry Fagg Treatment Manager WDRC

A set of Primayer loggers(12) and a set of correlators(6).  2 sets of listening gear- 1 with ground microphone.  Loggers determine if leaks exist in area; correlators measure relative locations of leaks.  Ground mic used to pin-point location before digging.  Almost all of the work needs to be carried out in the dead of the night to be effective (lower ambient noise and vibration levels).

Cheers