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Upcoming Event: CAMO Workshop: Safety, Security and Emergency Response, FREE
New York 811 is excited to introduce a leap into the future for utility damage prevention. In partnership with IPEG and UTTO, we are in the final stages of creating the Virtual Reality Excavator Simulator (VR-X SIM), an immersive virtual reality (VR) tool with the potential to revolutionize the way we think about damage prevention education, damage investigation, and how we train excavators. We firmly believe that virtual reality will play a key role in our collective mission to save lives and protect vital infrastructure by predicting and preventing utility strikes and the actions that cause them.
Locating – Building a Case
One of the problems the locating trade faces is the perception that our job is easy. From the outside looking in, an excavator
Association Spotlight
Ngā mihi nui kia koutou (Greetings to you all from New Zealand). Many of us who have been involved on the ground floor
Leading People – CONTACT Brought You into This World
In Southern homes, a momma might say, “I brought you into this world, don’t make me take you out of it!” Even if
Giving Back
American Trails “We will be known by the tracks we leave behind” – Dakota proverb American Trails, a national nonprofit, has launched a
CGA Releases 2019 DIRT Report
The Common Ground Alliance (CGA) published the 2019 edition of the annual DIRT Report at the end of October. This marks the sixteenth
New Field Data Collection Technology Simplifies Asset Management
Field data collection is an essential component for many field workers across multiple industries. Industries such as utilities, survey companies, airports, local governments,
