Fluke Corporation, a leader in industrial tools and integrated software, today announced SmartTrace™️ 2082 Series of Underground Locators in Saudi Arabia, as demand accelerates for safer and more precise infrastructure development across the Kingdom’s large-scale projects. SmartTrace is the company’s new underground utilities locator solution that can pair with the PointMan app to track hard-to-locate underground assets. With the launch of SmartTrace, Fluke aims to address common industry challenges to asset location, offering a solution that can quickly and safely identify underground assets, minimize delays, and prevent hazards.
With eight Saudi cities featured prominently in the IMD Smart City Index 2026, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is accelerating its adoption of advanced technologies at an unprecedented pace. As the country progresses with an ambitious pipeline of giga-projects, alongside significant investments in energy, utilities, and transport infrastructure, the need for safe, accurate management of underground assets has become increasingly critical. The SmartTrace™️ 2082 Series of Underground Locators addresses this need by delivering precise insights into the location, depth, and path of underground cables and pipelines. This enables field teams to detect previously unknown assets and prevent potential damage before excavation begins. Engineered for accuracy tracing and fault detection, SmartTrace can identify issues such as ground faults, sheath faults, and coating defects on pipelines or cables in direct contact with the ground. By identifying where metallic conductors interact with the earth or where leakage currents occur due to corrosion or damaged joints, the system enhances safety, operational efficiency, and troubleshooting accuracy in the field.
SmartTrace detects these assets by injection signals into to these assets up to 6 meters deep to identify their locations. The product seamlessly integrates with the PointMan app via Bluetooth to allow users to map and document utility locations accurately on their smartphone. The geolocation feature enhances precision and enables effective tracking in real time, as well as providing future reference points for ongoing or upcoming projects. In Saudi Arabia, where large-scale excavation is underway across giga projects and Vision 2030 developments, accidental strikes on underground utilities remain a key operational and safety risk. Solutions such as SmartTrace enable contractors and operators to reduce these risks, particularly in high-density or previously undocumented environments.
“In Saudi Arabia’s construction sector, risk aversion is essential to the success of Vision 2030, making solutions critical in advancing digital utility management through real-time accuracy and connected intelligence.” said Zaid Asfour, Field Sales Director – MEAT at Fluke Corporation. “SmartTrace represents the next step in digital utility management – bringing real-time accuracy and connected intelligence to one of the most critical stages of any project. By combining Fluke’s precision locating technology with the PointMan app, workers can now map, track, and verify underground assets with confidence, reducing risks, preventing costly disruptions, and driving measurable efficiency gains on every site.”
As project timelines accelerate across the Kingdom, the ability to accurately locate underground infrastructure is becoming critical to avoiding costly delays, protecting workers, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations.
Key benefits include:
– Digital Mapping: SmartTrace works seamlessly with PointMan to accurately map and document underground cables and pipes. This ensures regulatory compliance, prevents excavation errors, and provides reliable records for ongoing and future construction, energy, mining, and smart city projects in line with Vision 2030.
– Real-Time Visibility: With the ability to inject signals up to 6 meters deep, SmartTrace delivers instant insight into underground assets, including ground faults, sheath faults, and coating defects. In Saudi Arabia’s fast-paced construction and mining sectors, this reduces accidental strikes, minimizes costly downtime, and enables quick, informed decisions on site.
– Smart Infrastructure Management: By combining precision locating technology with digital mapping and geolocation, SmartTrace supports proactive fault detection and predictive maintenance. This protects critical infrastructure, optimizes workflows, and ensures operational continuity across electricity, water, transport, and industrial networks, key to the Kingdom’s rapidly developing urban and industrial landscape.
The SmartTrace Premium Kit includes a comprehensive hardware package designed to maximize productivity and streamline utility locating. With accessories such as mapping flags, a spray canister stick, an A-Frame, and a Signal Clamp, users have a complete toolkit for marking, documenting, and detecting utilities—even when direct electrical contact isn’t possible. When used with the transmitter, the A-Frame also enables accurate detection of sheath or ground faults, saving time and enhancing overall workflow efficiency.
For more information on the SmartTrace 2082 Series of Underground Locators, please visit SmartTrace Locator.
Source: Riyadh Daily