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 …
UA / ISSUE 22
We’ll be at the MidWest Damage Prevention and Training Conference next week, but here’s a quick recap from this weeks top stories! Underline utilities at more risk than ever? — link Six Minnesota Cities Awarded More Than $5 Million in Innovative Business and Infrastructure Grants — link Ask SAM: Why aren’t more utility lines buried underground in Winston-Salem? — link …
UA / ISSUE 21
There’s been some big changes in the utility locating and damage prevention worlds this week – here are our top 10 stories! GeoScan Land Surveying Lecture link Exodigo Partners With Esri to Improve Underground Mapping link California’s Mosquito Fire to Cost Utility PG&E $100 Million link National Grid Reveals Results of Subsurface Mapping Projects in New York link What led to last month’s Hagerstown …
UA / ISSUE 20
Here’s our top 10 stories from the week: With all the fierce storms, should utilities be buried underground? — link National Grid investing in Exodigo -link Inflation Reduction Act: Increased Electrification and Resulting Utility Implications — link Locate Management Institute of Canada Adopts PointMan as Part of Its Training Program for Underground Facility Locators — link SAM Announces Acquisition of …
UA / ISSUE 19
This has been a busy week for us here at Competers, but we’re glad to be back with another Utility Alert. Here’s our top 10 stories from the week: The Benign Energy Dictatorship: link Prep work along the Nimitz Highway: link Using AI to optimize the value of co-located solar and energy storage: link Relocating underground infrastructure for red line …
UA / ISSUE 18
We’re at the Texas811 Damage Prevention Summit this week in Denton, but that doesn’t mean the news stop. Here’s are top 10 stories of the week: Gas line break on Old North Road in Hudson causes road closure: link How far down the iceberg are you? link CAG report exposes fault lines in city’s underground utility mapping: link Watch: The …
UA / ISSUE 17
As the damage prevention industry continues to evolve, we’ll continue to track it. Here’s this week’s top stories: More than 1.8 million Florida utility customers without power: link Caterpillar has released two new Mini Hydraulic Excavator (MHE) Ease of Use technologies — Indicate and E-Fence: link Bill to accelerate undergrounding of power lines awaits Newsom’s signature: link With month-long event, …
UA / ISSUE 16
Here’s 10 of this weeks top stories in the Utility Locate and Damage Prevention industries:. 4M Analytics raises $30M to map US underground utility infrastructure: link Water distribution shutdowns point to issues: link Broadband funding for Native communities could finally connect some of America’s most isolated places: link Schlumberger launches Enterprise Data Solution powered by Microsoft Energy Data Services: link Sinkhole safety: link Geoff Zeiss’ …