SHANE'S SCOOP
Feb / 2025
HOW STANDARDIZED DELIVERABLES FUEL ROI

Feb / 2025
MINIMIZING HUMAN ERROR

Jan / 2025
RISK V REWARD WITH TELUS

Jan / 2025
FAILURE TO NOTIFY

Jan / 2025
WHY THE UTILITY INDUSTRY IS RUNNING ON OLD TECH

Jan / 2025
SUNK COST FALLACY

Dec / 2024
SPARK OF CHANGE

Dec / 2024
MY 2025 OUTLOOK

Dec / 2024
WHY WE JOINED URBINT

Nov / 2024
5 THINGS I’M THANKFUL FOR

Nov / 2024
WHY VACUUM EXCAVATION HAS BEEN SLOW TO TAKE OFF IN THE US

Nov / 2024
LEVERAGING SATELLITES FOR DAMAGE PREVENTION

Nov / 2024
EMPOWERING EXCAVATORS

Oct / 2024
THE MANDELA EFFECT & UNDERGROUND UTILITIES

Oct / 2024
THE SUE CHARADE

Oct / 2024
SUBSURFACE SPAGHETTI

Oct / 2024
10 YEARS TO REMOVE ALL LEAD PIPES

Oct / 2024
THE FUTURE OF UTILITIES

Sep / 2024
UNEXPECTED RISKS TO UTILITIES

Sep / 2024
THE LOOMING CHALLENGE OF AGING UTILITIES

Sep / 2024
PROACTIVE DAMAGE PREVENTION: UTILITY SURVEYS

Sep / 2024
MACRO AND MICRO ECONOMICS OF DAMAGE PREVENTION

Aug / 2024
THE POWER OF DATA IN DAMAGE PREVENTION

Aug / 2024
WHAT MAKES A GOOD LOCATOR?

Aug / 2024
IS TICKET SCREENING RIGHT FOR YOU?

Aug / 2024
DEEPFAKES & DAMAGE PREVENTION

Aug / 2024
THE GOLD STANDARD OF LOCATING

Jul / 2024
CGA SUMMER COMMITTEE SUMMIT REPORT

Jul / 2024
NEAR MISSES MATTER

Jul / 2024
$34M FOR ROBOT WORMS, AI & LASERS?

Jul / 2024
BUFFETING

Jul / 2024
4 THINGS THE US IS DOING RIGHT

Jun / 2024
CRAZY STORIES FROM UTILITY LOCATORS

Jun / 2024
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES ON LOCATING

Jun / 2024
THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF UTILITY LOCATING

Jun / 2024
LEARNING FROM THE TITANIC

May / 2024
GROUND BREAKING MARKETING

May / 2024
HERE’S WHY LOCATORS ARE NOT FIRST RESPONDERS

May / 2024
CHATGPT-4o & GOOGLE’S AI FOR DAMAGE PREVENTION

May / 2024
THE FORGOTTEN PIECE

May / 2024
ARE UTILITY LOCATORS FIRST RESPONDERS?

Apr / 2024
DIGGING DEEP AT THE CGA

Apr / 2024
BENCHMARKING DAMAGE PREVENTION

Apr / 2024
SHINING A LIGHT INTO AI’S BLACK BOXES

Mar / 2024
INEFFABLE CRYPTOGRAPHY & DAMAGE PREVENTION

Mar / 2024
BUILDING UP YOUR LOCATORS

Mar / 2024
THE CEO’S GUIDE TO FIELD WORK

Mar / 2024
A REVIEW OF AII’S DIG LAW PROPOSAL

Feb / 2024
BOOSTING TRUST & COMMUNICATION IN DAMAGE PREVENTION

Feb / 2024
SYNERGIES: LET’S COLLABORATE

Feb / 2024
BUILDING A STRONG LOCATING TEAM

Feb / 2024
ROBOTS IN DAMAGE PREVENTION

Feb / 2024
MAKING THE CASE FOR LOCATOR CERTIFICATION

Jan / 2024
AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL EGAN

Jan / 2024
DIGITAL TWINS ARE THE FUTURE

Jan / 2024
10 X 25 = REDUCING DAMAGES

Jan / 2024
PRE-PLAN FOR SUCCESS

Dec / 2023
REFLECTING ON 2023

Dec / 2023
DETECTIVE WORK IN DAMAGE PREVENTION

Dec / 2023
CGA TELECOM WHITE PAPER REVIEW

Dec / 2023
REBRANDING DAMAGE PREVENTION

Nov / 2023
ENGAGING THE PUBLIC

Nov / 2023
MEASURING SUCCESS IN DAMAGE PREVENTION

Nov / 2023
THE DANGERS OF GHOST UTILITIES

Nov / 2023
RECAP FROM THE CGA FALL SUMMIT

Nov / 2023
THE PROBLEM WITH DRONES

Oct / 2023
PRIORITIZING RISKS OR PROFITS?

Oct / 2023
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DAMAGE PREVENTION

Oct / 2023
USING BLOCKCHAIN FOR DAMAGE PREVENTION

Oct / 2023
TOP 10 THAT AREN’T UTILOCATE

Sep / 2023
LIVE REPORT FROM THE UTILITY EXPO

Sep / 2023
MORE REGULATIONS

Sep / 2023
ETHICS IN LOCATING

Sep / 2023
WHO KNOWS BEST?

Aug / 2023
GIS + TMS = SUCCESS

Aug / 2023
LET’S GET MORE PROACTIVE

Jul / 2023
OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR LOCATING

Jun / 2023
LESSONS FROM AVIATION

Jun / 2023
APPLE VISION PRO X DAMAGE PREVENTION?

May / 2023
USING AI TO FIX 811?

May / 2023
THE IMPORTANCE OF SUE

Apr / 2023
VIDEO | SHANE SPEAKING AT GLOBAL ESC

Mar / 2023
ARE ENBRIDGE GOING TO TAKE DOWN ONE CALL?
