RodRadar, a pioneer in excavation safety and utility strike avoidance, has officially entered the UK market in alliance with Lynch, one of Britain’s leading plant hire companies. It is introducing its patented Live Dig Radar® (LDR), an innovative, AI-powered, real-time system embedded in excavation equipment that can automatically detect and alert operators to underground utilities while digging across sites nationwide. The partnership names Lynch as a sole plant-hire company in Great Britain, shifting from “blind digging” to data-driven safety.
An estimated 60,000 underground utility strikes cost the UK economy approximately £2.4 billion annually. Beyond direct repair bills, the actual cost of a strike reaches 29 times higher once project delays, property damage, traffic disruption, safety, and environmental incidents are included. RodRadar’s on‑bucket Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) provides operators with an instant alert for avoiding buried infrastructure, eliminating guesswork and reliance on outdated, missing, or inaccurate data, boosting safety and productivity. In a recent utilities-rehabilitation project at a US Naval Base, the LDR helped the contractor avoid 200 mismarked and unknown utilities, saving over 1,000 hours of downtime and more than $1.5 million.
“RodRadar is driven to give operators instant, actionable visibility beneath the surface during excavation,” said Yuval Barnea, VP Sales and Marketing at RodRadar. “By partnering with a national rental powerhouse like Lynch in a predominantly rental-driven market, any customer from Cornwall to the Highlands of Scotland will have access to our Live Dig Radar systems and ‘stop digging blind’, making ‘strike‑free sites’ an everyday reality.”
“Lynch’s strong focus on safety, digital innovation, and productivity aligns with RodRadar’s breakthrough and easy-to-use technology. Our customers have identified that utility strikes are a significant concern, and we believe that Live Dig Radar is the answer”, said Chris Gill, Director at Lynch. “We are confident that contractors will recognize the LDR as an essential tool with immediate ROI,” We are excited about the vast opportunity and are committed to ensuring that our products are fully accessible and successful for our customers nationwide, as the sole supplier to the rental market.”
Machine Tech, a newly formed technology solutions provider, led by industry experts, was selected as RodRadar’s exclusive Distributor for the UK to effectively expand the LDR reach and industry impact, providing best-of-breed services to Lynch and all contractors, utilities, and municipalities. “We partnered with RodRadar because underground safety must be real-time, automatic, and precise,” said Kris West, Technical Director and Co-Founder at MachineTech.
As Britain’s underground infrastructure becomes ever more congested, proactive risk elimination is overtaking reactive damage control. With the government’s National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) nearing full roll‑out and other leading industry stakeholders such as Line Search Before You Dig (LSBUD) and Utility Strike Avoidance Group (USAG), tools that make subsurface data actionable at the point of excavation are expected to become a standard. The RodRadar UK alliance provides contractors with a practical route to protect crews, budgets, and program schedules from day one.
About RodRadar
RodRadar offers a unique and unprecedented technology platform that automatically detects underground utility infrastructure in real-time, on-site, without the need for expert analysis. RodRadar’s proprietary and patented ground-penetrating radar technology, Live Dig Radar®, along with its line of products, facilitates a new ecosystem of synergistic services and solutions that are set to modernize excavation, increase operator safety, improve productivity, and introduce project efficiencies.
About L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage
L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage was founded over four decades ago and is recognised as a leading provider of plant hire for the UK’s construction industry. Known for its nationwide personal service and customer focus, the company sets itself apart by supporting its valued partners with sustainable solutions that work for them
