Great Lakes Damage Prevention Conference & Expo
February 10–12, 2027
Grand Rapids, MI
DeVos Place
Booth #120
Why Crews Use Pipehorn for Damage Prevention
Built for Difficult Locates
Broken tracer wire, short services, and poor conductors can make utility locating difficult.
Verify Marks Before Digging
A Safety Sweep can help crews confirm utility marks and discover missed lines.
Find What Others Miss
Pipehorn helps crews identify difficult-to-locate utilities before excavation begins.
Explore the complete Safety Sweep process and best practices:
What is a Safety Sweep?
Before excavation begins, many crews perform a quick Safety Sweep to help verify marks and identify utilities that may not have been located.
Calling 811 and verifying utility marks is the first step before digging. But experienced crews know that not every line is easy to locate.
Sometimes marks stop short. Sometimes tracer wire is damaged. Sometimes there is an abandoned or difficult-to-locate line that does not match what crews see in the field.
That is why many crews perform a Safety Sweep before they dig—a quick scan with Pipehorn to help identify unmarked, damaged, or difficult-to-locate utilities before excavation begins.
Missing / Incomplete Marks
When marks do not make sense or stop short, a Safety Sweep can help crews verify the route before digging.
Difficult-to-Locate Utilities
Broken tracer wire, short services, poor conductors, and congested areas can make utilities harder to locate.
Reduce Risk Before Digging
A quick Safety Sweep helps crews find what others may have missed and avoid costly utility damage.
CGA Case Study: How Safety Sweeps Reduced Utility Damage
A 2022 CGA case study showed that combining a Safety Sweep, ultra-high frequency locating, and field training significantly reduced utility damages before excavation.
67%
fewer damages by in-house crews
77%
fewer damages caused by missed or unmarked utilities
In a 2022 case study, the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) highlighted how Peoples Gas & North Shore Gas used the Pipehorn Safety Sweep to help identify unmarked and difficult-to-locate utilities before excavation.
This is a proven approach crews can easily adopt without running their own test—Peoples Gas has already shown how a Safety Sweep reduces damages before digging.
Stop By Pipehorn's Booth & Enter to Win!
We're giving away gear made for the jobsite. Stop by Booth #120 and enter for your chance to win a Pipehorn Prize Pack that includes:
- Carhartt Backpack
- Cowboy Hard Hat
- Pipehorn Tumbler
- $100 Amazon Gift Card
What You'll See at the Booth
Find Us at Booth #120
What to Expect at the Pipehorn Booth:
- Hands-on locator walkthroughs
- One-on-one conversations about real locating challenges
Practical locating tips from people who’ve spent decades in the industry
This is for You If You…
- Work in utility locating, damage prevention, or verification
- Deal with difficult locates or unreliable signals
- Want tools that reduce risk without adding complexity
Featured at the Booth:
For full conference schedules and attendee information, visit the official Great Lakes Damage Prevention Conference & Expo website.
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Our Most Popular Locator. Our Best Value.
The Pipehorn 800-HL
Dependable performance across a wide range of locating conditions—all in one simple, rugged system.
Why crews choose it:
High + low frequency in one locator
Handles long runs and difficult conductors
No extra features you don’t need
Built to find what others miss.
Factory-direct. Assembled in the USA.
About Us
For more than 50 years, Pipehorn has been in the business of delivering solutions to address problems related to underground utility location and damage prevention.
The industries we serve are varied and complex; many, of which, have a great deal of assets at risk underground. Through intense focus on our customer’s unique needs, we are able to create solutions that excel in simplicity, accuracy, durability and value.
