GroundHawk | Full-Service Utility Locating Experts

SUBTERRANEAN
INTELLIGENCE

About Our Team

UTILITY LOCATING EXPERTS

GroundHawk is the trusted subsurface utility locating partner for citizens, contractors, facility managers, and municipalities all across the Southeast.

Our technicians are trained to deliver an accurate inventory and analysis of everything underground so our clients can design, dig, and build with confidence. GroundHawk provides full-service utility locating, mapping and analysis, subsurface utility engineering, video pipe inspection, and a variety of auxiliary services in order to equip our clients with the subterranean intelligence necessary to avoid the costly service interruptions, long lead times, and serious injuries that often result from uninformed digging.

Senior Utility Locating Technician Ed Acobe performing utility locating services
Video Pipe Inspection services
What We Do

INSIGHT BELOW THE SURFACE

GroundHawk provides high-quality professional service, easy-to-understand deliverables, and community-focused utility solutions. We are proud to offer service in the following disciplines:

Proudly Serving the American Southeast

CHECK OUT OUR LATEST PROJECTS

Athens | Atlanta | Augusta | Birmingham | Charlotte | Cumming | Greenville | Nashville
Georgia | Alabama | Florida | Mississippi | Tennessee | South Carolina | North Carolina | Kentucky

North Carolina Solar Farm

1,159 acres | full-service utility LOCATING | MAPPING & ANALYSIS

City of Sandy Springs, Georgia

FULL-SERVICE UTILITY LOCATING | SUE

City of St. Simons, Georgia

FULL-SERVICE UTILITY LOCATING

City of Greenville, South Carolina

SUE LITE

Fort Lawson Airfield - Columbus, Georgia

1,250 ACRES | FULL-SERVICE UTILITY LOCATING

Georgia Square Mall - Athens, Georgia

FULL-SERVICE UTILITY LOCATING| VIDEO PIPE INSPECTION

Here's What Our Clients Are Saying:

"We feel very fortunate to have Groundhawk as a reliable partner that provides us with awesome service. Groundhawk consistently provides us with quick service, accurate marking, and great follow up service, quickly answering questions that may come up. I would absolutely recommend them."

BRAD CASH, PLS

GeoSurvey CEO Brad Smith
GroundHawk Director of Operations Ryan McCranie performing utility locating services
Meet the Founder

RYAN MCCRANIE

Ryan McCranie founded GroundHawk (then Ryken Utility Detection) in February 2020 as a one-person utility locating operation in Northeast Georgia.

In four short years, GroundHawk has grown to be a leading utility locating provider with a team of seasoned professionals proudly serving communities in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Ryan leads the GroundHawk team in delivering accurate analysis and inventory of everything underground because we know that what’s beneath the earth is essential to life above ground.

Ryan McCranie Signature

MEET OUR TEAM LEADS

Need to chat with an expert? Our utility locating professionals are eager to provide you with all the information you need to dig, design, and build with confidence. No matter where your project takes you, our team is here to help.

GroundHawk Director of Operations Ryan McCranie

Ryan McCranie

Director of operations

Ed Acobe

Project Manager

GroundHawk Director of Field Operations Alex Whitten

Alex Whitten

Director of Field Operations

Project Manager James Sartain

James Sartain

LEAD Project manager

GroundHawk Utility Coordinator Emily Eberhart

Emily Eberhart

UTILITY COORDINATOR