VHS | HOW TO START AN EXCAVATING COMPANY

This week we’re haring a video from Nate Jones on how to start your own excavating company – Land Clearing, Basement Digging, Excavating for Foundations, and Excavating utility work!In the video he covers 5 main points: Costs and Equipment, How much you can make, Downfalls, Legal Set Up, and Getting StartedGive it watch and get inspired!RECENT POSTSJan. 24, 2025VHS | …

UA / ISSUE 76

Merry Christmas! Here’s the top 10 stories from the last week in the world of damage prevention! Bob Basques Sharing 811 Utility Data 📺 Palm Beach dissolves Underground Utilities Task Force after eight years 🔗 Lower than usual tickets this winter? 🔗 Reveal launches new Underdots data-as-a-service product 🔗 Locator Gear Guide for Christmas 🔗 Detective work in Damage Prevention …

VHS | LOCATING WITH 3D VISUALIZATION

This week we’re haring a video from our friends at Screening Eagle.”Before any digging or drilling takes place, detecting and mapping buried utilities like pipes and cables is crucial. See how the team at Site Vision Surveys inspects the subsurface to detect underground utilities and visualizes them in 3D – in real-time using the GS8000 subsurface mapping system with an …

UA / ISSUE 75

We’ve reached our 75th Issue of Utility Alert – thanks for following and subscribing! Here’s the latest news in the damage prevention and utility industries: Why accurate detection data matters underground 🔗 Safe Digging Guidelines 📺 CGA Telecom White Paper Review 🔗 Rebranding Damage Prevention 🔗 Hexagon’s industry trends for surveying in 2024 🔗 The town that exploded 📺 ESA …

VHS | THE TOWN THAT EXPLODED

This is a little bit of an unusual one for us. The video revolves around a small town in Kansas with a big problem. “An entire town was terrified when the ground began exploding all around them. No one knew when or where the next explosion would occur.”Underground utilities can bring lots of problems if they’re not mapped and monitored …

UA / ISSUE 74

“It takes leadership to improve safety” The power of seeing underground and the advantages for the AEC sector 🔗 “Call Before You Dig”: Using AI and Data Science to Protect Buried Cables and Keep Construction Projects on Track 🔗 GIS and Drones Find Common Ground in Construction 🔗 Engaging the Public 🔗 Story of the Utility Locator 📺 The rise …

VHS | STORY OF THE UTILITY LOCATOR

What does a Utility Locator do? How do they protect our underground utilities? Heavy Metal Learning and Planet Underground collaborated on this video to help answer those questions.In their own words; “Heavy Metal Learning is excited to partner with Planet Underground TV to share the underground construction stories of the utility locator. This episode features three veteran utility locators working …

UA / ISSUE 73

“An incident is just the tip of the iceberg, a sign of a much larger problem below the surface.” – Don Brown Live Demo at The 2023 Utility Expo Jobsite area 📺 New Digital UK Map of Underground Cables Looks to Expand 🔗 ‘It was risky’, says mechanic who spent 3 hours in a pipe to cut metal girder 🔗 …

VHS | BEFOREUDIG LOCATOR PERSPECTIVE

beforeUdig is the New Zealand equivalent of our 811 centers and they’ve produced this video with a locator’s perspective. It’s beneficial to learn from other places what works and what doesn’t. In their own words; “Our latest Front Runners episode is here, featuring the Locator’s Perspective while using beforeUdig services. Join the Locate Services team, as they guide us, through …

UA / ISSUE 72

Another week, another conference – catch us at the Canadian Common Ground Alliance Conference this week in Quebec City! Another rubber stamp by Public Utilities Commission 🔗 Safe Digging Month Raises Awareness Of The Dangers Of Striking Underground Pipes And Cables 🔗 Verifying the Precise Depth of Exposed Underground Utilities 📺 The Dangers of Ghost Utilities 🔗 Let’s talk about …