UA / ISSUE 29

We’re finally back! Hope your new year is off to a great start… here’s the top stories from the last few days from the damage prevention world Using satellites to track groundwater depletion in California link UtilityScoop New Years Resolutions Playlist link Underground hydrogen stores offer ‘goldilocks’ solution to UK’s future fuel needs link Set underground lines safely link Duke …

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS PLAYLIST

Listen to the Official UtilityScoop  Christmas Playlist on Spotify! Whether you’re locating in the field, driving in your truck, dispatching in the office or partying at home, we hope you have a great holiday! EnjoyRECENT POSTSMay. 13, 2024UA / ISSUE 93May. 10, 2024VHS | HOW SLIT TRENCHES IMPROVE SUI SURVEYSMay. 09, 2024THE FORGOTTEN PIECEMay. 06, 2024UA / ISSUE 92May. 03, …

CHRISTMAS PLAYLIST

Listen to the Official UtilityScoop  Christmas Playlist on Spotify! Whether you’re locating in the field, driving in your truck, dispatching in the office or partying at home, we hope you have a great holiday! EnjoyRECENT POSTSMay. 13, 2024UA / ISSUE 93May. 10, 2024VHS | HOW SLIT TRENCHES IMPROVE SUI SURVEYSMay. 09, 2024THE FORGOTTEN PIECEMay. 06, 2024UA / ISSUE 92May. 03, …

UA / ISSUE 28

“Telecom stakeholders damage their own facilities or other service provider facilities in their industry 2x as often as natural gas stakeholders damage theirs.” – CGA Here’s this weeks top stories: JESCO Holds Its First Drill Day Event in Lumberton, N.J. link City seeks reimbursement from AT&T for broken waterlines link Company wiring Oglesby for fiber-optic internet plans overhead lines – …

UA / ISSUE 27

Next week we’ll be making a big announcement about Utility Alert but for now here’s this weeks top stories in the damage prevention world…   Three natural gas lines struck in Welland on one day: fire chief link Pennsylvania One Call Once Again Hits One Million Tickets for 2022 link ELM Is Building a 125K-SF HQ and Manufacturing Plant for …

UA / ISSUE 26

It’s hard to believe it’s already December! Here’s the latest damage prevention news and stories…   10 Utility Locating Best Practices link Dominion Energy gets go-ahead to put natural gas pipeline under Blue Ridge Parkway link COVID-19 Impact Analysis of Underground Utilities link Are Elon Musk’s boring projects going ahead in Florida? link Sparus Holdings Acquires United Locating Services link Urban water …

UA / ISSUE 25

Happy (Belated) Thanksgiving, hope you all had lots of turkey! Just because it’s a holiday doesn’t mean damage prevention takes a day off. Here are this weeks top stories: Ask SAM: Why aren’t more utility lines buried underground in Winston-Salem?link Distribution grid lessons learned in 2022 link Duquesne Light seeks innovative solutions to underground electrical cable challenges link Springdale Water …

LEVERAGING TECH TO SPEED UP LOCATES – DPPRO

Shane Hart wrote an article for dp-PRO which we thought was worth sharing. It talks about some of the different approaches and techniques you can employ to get the most out of current technologies in the locating industry which will in turn drive efficiency and cut down on the amount of time spent locating. You can read the full article …

UA / ISSUE 24

The dig season is coming to a close here in the North, as snow hits the ground, but there’s still plenty of damage prevention going on. Let’s look at this weeks top stories: Digging will resume at site of mismarked gas line strike link Ditch Witch expands operations in Oklahoma town link Hidden ‘Paleo Valleys’ Could Help California Survive Droughts …

UA / ISSUE 23

We’re just finishing up here at the Mid West Damage Prevention Conference in French Lick, IN. Here’s this weeks top stories from the utility and damage prevention worlds: Contractors Still Fail to Call 811 to Prevent Utility Strikes, Report Shows link Watch: Locating Underground Utilities & Excavation in Riverton, UT What Is Tracer Wire and What Is It For? link …