Quantum technology is usually seen as an academic science that sits in big experiments such as the Large Hadron Collider, but it is now coming much closer to home and within a couple of years will affect the life of man in the street. We all tire of roadworks and get frustrated when they cut through our phone lines or water supply. Quantum technology can provide an answer by enabling surveyors to see through the ground and map the hidden structure beneath our feet using gravimeters that precisely measure the small variations in gravity caused by pipes and voids under the ground. This project is focused on developing practical technology that can enable the large complex experiments in University laboratories to be package into portable instruments that can be carried out into the street. Two of the UK’s leading technology manufacturing companies, G&H and e2v Technologies are teaming up with the University of Birmingham, which heads up the UK quantum sensing hub, to develop lasers, vacuum systems and control electronics for these quantum based sensors.