We’re heading to the Louisiana 811 Damage Prevention Summit tomorrow – let us know if you’re going! County GIS dept. gets new Utility Scan Device READ 🔗 Gentry Council passes ordinance requiring underground utilities READ 🔗 Why digital twins are the future of damage prevention READ 🔗 Any Direction Underground Utilities sees success READ 🔗 Robot worms, lasers, drones …
The fourth story in our alert carries the tragic story of a young USIC locator called Joe Zephries who was struck by a car and passed away. Our condolences are with his loved ones. There’s a GoFundMe fundraiser which you can find here. National Underground Asset Register could be opened for wider use: READ 🔗 Bad Weather Isn’t Enough …
Welcome to our first Utility Alert of 2024, let’s make this year safer than the one before. Utilities Can Reap the Rewards of Resilience – READ 🔗 ‘The 5 billion-dollar mile’: Bulldozers at the ready for 23 acres – READ 🔗 Forging Forward in Damage Prevention – READ 🔗 Pre-Plan for Success – READ 🔗 Federal funding for Virginia to …
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 …
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 …
“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 …
“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 🔗 …
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 …
Another week, another conference – this week we’re heading to the Mid West Damage Prevention Training Cnference in French Lick, IN. Will we see you there? USIC Launches Redesigned Website, Introduces New Content and Enhanced Digital Experience 🔗 Myrtle Beach is starting a new underground project: 🔗 Springs Utilities gas line project turns into ‘nightmare’ for customer 🔗 The …
We’re on our way to the Common Ground Alliance Fall Committee Summit in Indianapolis today! Looking forward to a great event. Here’s the top 10 stories from the last 7 days: The problem with Drone GPR: 🔗 FPL still investigating Idalia outages with Longboat underground utilities: 🔗 Skeptical State Regulators Delay Vote on PG&E’s $6 Billion Plan to Bury Power …