Safety doesn’t happen by accident! Here’s this weeks top 10 stories from the worl of utilities & damage prevention… After the Storm — Rapid Location of Damaged Utility Poles: READ Four ways utilities are modernizing vegetation management: READ Using ChatGPT to fix 811?: READ Why One Call / 811 won’t find all utilities: READ Innovative new excavator GPR technology: READ …

“An incident is just the tip of the iceberg, a sign of a much larger problem below the surface” – Don Brown Here’s this weeks top 10 stories in damage prevention: The truths and myths of multi array ground penetrating radar for utility detection: READ The Inside Outside Guys: Infrastructure, and the importance of Miss Dig: READ GNSS solutions for …

We’re on our way right now to the 2023 AGA Operations Conference & Biennial Exhibition & Spring Committee Meetings in Grapevine, Texas. We’ll let you know how it goes… for now here’s the latest damage prevention industry news: Baltimore residents object to BGE’s installation of gas regulators on home exteriors: READ MGISS supports FM Conway to reduce on-site risks and …

We’re back with a bang after our CGA induced hiatus. Here’s this week’s top 10 stories in damage prevention: Inspection of water grid about to start for Lakefront Utility: READ Common Ground Alliance delivers first-ever Community Groundbreaker awards: READ Your turn: Arbor Day a time to replant trees and think to the future: READ Contractor blames red tape for Tacoma …

We hope you had a good start to Safe Digging Month and a fantastic Easter! Here’s the latest news and developments in the damage prevention and utility industries: Shared-data map of buried pipes and cables goes live in three areas READ USIC Focused on Developing the Partnership with Excavators Essential to Ensuring Safe Digging READ Power to the people READ …

“The US Infrastructure Bill and the pending boom in infrastructure construction mean damage prevention and excavation safety are more important than ever before.” It’s April, so that means it is National Safe Digging Month – and there will be a big push in awareness to dig safe, and call 811. Most of you reading this are already doing your part …

Let’s aim for improved reliability and accuracy in the location of underground utility infrastructure mapping records and supporting data Are Enbridge going to take down One Call? READ Gulf Breeze begins placing utilities underground READ Basic Principles of locating Pipes and Cables WATCH Yokota airmen’s underground mapping software wins Air Force innovation competition READ Berkeley Hills neighborhood undergrounding its utility …

“[Damage prevention] is fundamentally the same process as it was 35 years ago, right now, one of the biggest barriers to more improvements is the system itself.” – Jemmie Wang Above or below? Brampton council to decide on future of LRT READ LANL Must Underground Its Power Lines READ Pflugerville downtown utility study to pave way for future improvements READ …

“Now is the time for the industry to seriously examine how we can make the next dramatic reduction in annual damages and protect critical infrastructure.” Indoor Mapping for Public Safety Emergency Response READ US Company To Use Israel’s “Live Dig Radar” READ Why does Kentucky Utilities not bury all of their power lines? READ Excavation starts at site of fuel …

One of the biggest stories this week was the CGA’s plan to reduce “50 in 5” plan – what do you guy think of it? Common Ground Alliance Announces ’50 in 5′ Industry Challenge to Cut Damages to Buried Utilities in Half by 2028 : READ Minnesota company develops new system for mapping underground utilities: READ Metronet fiber optic company causing …