Premier Infrastructure & Energy

What Premier Infrastructure & Energy does

Premier Infrastructure & Energy (Premier I&E) is a privately held, New York-domiciled LLC that provides damage prevention, concrete scanning, and pipe inspection services to utility companies, contractors, excavators, and property owners across the United States. The company was formed in 2024 by Marc Makely, who previously founded Premier Utility Services in 2003 (a subsidiary of Hawkeye) and scaled it to over 1,200 employees across 24 states. Premier I&E combines field-deployed locating services — Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), electromagnetic induction, concrete scanning, video pipe inspection, GPS mapping, vac excavation, and test holes — with a proprietary predictive damage prevention modeling layer that prioritizes risk levels of locate requests and digging activity. A Quality Assurance Auditing function adds oversight over markouts whether performed by Premier or third-party locators.

The company's core go-to-market is enterprise field sales, with on-site Damage Prevention Specialists and utility locating technicians dispatched to customer sites across the nation. Services are priced on a custom quote basis, with multi-year contract cadence, and customer acquisition is driven by direct outreach, industry reputation, and partnerships with utility companies. In 2024, Premier I&E acquired On Point Subsurface Utility Specialists and rebranded it as the Premier Private Locating division, extending the service portfolio to the private-side utility locating gap that 811 public services do not cover. The company maintains a core technology partnership with Sequel, whose geospatially correct mobile app allows field users to report unmarkd excavation activity and gives utility customers nationwide real-time access to field inspections, survey data, and project performance metrics. Customer segments span enterprise utility companies (primary), contractors and excavators, hospitals, schools and universities, and SMB property owners. The company is currently hiring field technicians via Paylocity, consistent with active build-out.

Name

Premier Infrastructure & Energy

Legal name

Premier Infrastructure & Energy, LLC

Website

https://leveragepremier.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Premier Infrastructure & Energy is a private field-services company that provides underground utility locating, concrete scanning, pipe inspection, and predictive damage prevention to utility companies, contractors, excavators, and property owners across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Underground Utility Locating & Damage Prevention Services

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360), Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (23711)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Damage Prevention & One-Call/811 Programs (Third-Party Excavation Risk) (EUAJADAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Trenching & Utility Excavation (IMAFAKAD)

Keywords

• Damage prevention services
• Underground utility locating
• Private utility mark-out
• Concrete scanning
• Subsurface infrastructure mapping

Headquarters

HQ city

Bohemia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Damage Prevention Services: Professional services including predictive damage prevention modeling, underground location and utility mapping services, quality assurance auditing, and vac excavation for utility companies and contractors.
2. Private Utility Locating: Private utility mark-out services for property owners, contractors, and businesses. Services include marking privately owned subsurface utilities, propane and septic tank lines, and power to detached outbuildings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Premier Infrastructure & Energy provides on-site damage prevention and underground utility locating services for utility companies, contractors, excavators, and property owners across the United States. The company combines predictive damage prevention modeling with field-deployed technologies such as Ground Penetrating Radar, electromagnetic induction, concrete scanning, video pipe inspection, GPS mapping, and vac excavation to identify, mark, and map subsurface utilities. Through its Premier Private Locating division it also performs private-utility mark-outs that lie beyond the scope of public 811 locates.

Product overview

Premier Infrastructure & Energy offers a unified portfolio of infrastructure protection and utility locating services. The core offering is Damage Prevention Services, which combines predictive damage prevention modeling, underground utility mapping, quality assurance auditing, and vac excavation. The company operates through its Premier Private Locating division (formerly On Point Subsurface Utility Specialists), specializing in Ground Penetrating Radar, Private Locating, Concrete Scanning, Pipe Inspection, Test Holes, Vac Excavating, and GPS Mapping. A partner-developed Sequel mobile app provides field workers with geospatially-correct reporting capabilities and real-time data access. The company was formed in 2024 through the acquisition of On Point Subsurface Utility Specialists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Premier Private Locating: A division specializing in private utility locating services including Ground Penetrating Radar, Concrete Scanning, Pipe Inspection, Test Holes, Vac Excavating, and GPS Mapping. Formerly known as On Point Subsurface Utility Specialists.

Products and services

• Damage Prevention Services Core service offering for utilities and contractors that combines state-of-the-art predictive damage prevention modeling, underground utility location and mapping, quality assurance auditing, and vac excavation to anticipate, prevent, and respond to risks across distribution networks and project sites.
• Premier Private Locating Wholly-owned division (formerly On Point Subsurface Utility Specialists) delivering private-side utility locating services that fill the gap left by public 811 locates, covering ground penetrating radar, private locating, concrete scanning, pipe inspection, test holes, vac excavating, and GPS mapping for property owners and contractors.
• Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Subsurface imaging service using GPR technology to detect and map underground utilities, embedded objects, and voids for contractors, property owners, and engineers.
• Concrete Scanning Service that scans concrete structures to detect rebar, post-tension cables, and other embedded utilities prior to coring, cutting, or demolition.
• Pipe Inspection Video camera-based inspection of storm and sanitary sewer systems and other pipelines to assess condition, identify blockages, or verify integrity before, during, or after construction.
• Vac Excavation Non-destructive vacuum excavation used to safely expose buried utilities or create test holes for verification, minimizing risk of damage compared with mechanical digging.
• GPS Mapping Geospatial GPS-based mapping of located utilities to produce accurate, documented utility-location records for project planning, asset management, and regulatory use.
• Test Holes Non-destructive test hole excavation used to verify the depth, size, and material of subsurface utilities prior to full-scale excavation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Damage to buried utilities costs society at least $1.5 Billion annually

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability1 record

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SequelcoreTechnology or IntegrationSequel is a partner company that developed a geospatially correct mobile app allowing field users to report on excavating activity being conducted without visible utility markings. Utility companies nationwide use Sequel platforms for real-time access to field inspections, survey data, and project performance metrics.
• On Point Subsurface Utility SpecialistscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOn Point Subsurface Utility Specialists was acquired by Premier Infrastructure & Energy and is now the Premier Private Locating division. Mike Carty and Tracy Rytwinsky continue to deliver quality customer service with enhanced tools, resources, and capabilities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Radiodetection: Radiodetection manufactures cable and pipe locators, ground penetrating radar, and inspection equipment used by locating service firms. It is a key equipment supplier whose products are deployed by Premier and its peers.
• Sequel (The Sequel Group): Sequel is Premier's technology partner providing a geospatially correct mobile app for field reporting and inspection data. As a software and data platform adjacent to damage prevention workflows, it is an ecosystem peer rather than a direct competitor.
• Utility Notification Center of Colorado (and similar 811 centers): 811 One-Call centers coordinate public utility locates before excavation. They are referenced by Premier as the boundary of the public-side gap that Premier's private locating services fill, making them adjacent ecosystem participants.

Direct peers

• Multiview Locates: Multiview provides private utility locating, ground penetrating radar, concrete scanning, and video pipe inspection nationwide. Its full-service locating portfolio closely mirrors Premier's Premier Private Locating capabilities.
• USIC Locating Services: USIC is the largest utility locating services provider in North America, performing public and private utility locates for utilities, contractors, and municipalities. It is the most direct national-scale competitor to Premier's damage prevention and locating offering.
• Blood Hound Underground Utility Locators: Blood Hound provides private utility locating and concrete scanning services across multiple U.S. states. It is a regional-to-national private locating competitor comparable in service mix to Premier Private Locating.
• GPRS (Ground Penetrating Radar Systems): GPRS provides private utility locating, concrete scanning, video pipe inspection, and leak detection across the U.S., serving contractors, facility owners, and engineers. It is one of the largest dedicated private-locate specialists and overlaps closely with Premier Private Locating's services.
• Penhall Company: Penhall provides concrete scanning, cutting, coring, and ground penetrating radar services nationally. Its concrete scanning and GPR offerings directly overlap with Premier's Premier Private Locating portfolio.
• Badger Daylighting: Badger provides non-destructive vacuum excavation services to utilities, engineers, and contractors across North America. Vac excavation is a core Premier service, and Badger represents the dominant scaled provider in this adjacent category.

Broad incumbents

• Hawkeye (now USIC Holdings): Hawkeye was the parent of Premier Utility Services, where founder Marc Makely previously served as President. Hawkeye is now part of USIC, the dominant locating platform, making it both a former employer and a key industry incumbent relative to Premier.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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