One of the problems the locating trade faces is the perception that our job is easy. From the outside looking in, an excavator contacts the One Call center and within a day or so, accurate markings appear at their job site. DIRT reporting bears out that in the majority of cases when an excavator contacts …
Ngā mihi nui kia koutou (Greetings to you all from New Zealand). Many of us who have been involved on the ground floor of underground utility location, damage prevention, asset management, and subsurface geospatial survey and mapping anywhere around the world can, hopefully, agree on this one fact: We need to come together as a …
In Southern homes, a momma might say, “I brought you into this world, don’t make me take you out of it!” Even if one is not from the South, you can hear momma’s frustration. What might be less obvious is the correlation to our current situation. Contact with another human brought you into this world …
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American Trails “We will be known by the tracks we leave behind” – Dakota proverb American Trails, a national nonprofit, has launched a new grant program in conjunction with Conservation United, Inc: The Trail Fund. The Trail Fund is a focused program in which the outdoor recreation and conservation- giving communities can invest in the …
The Common Ground Alliance (CGA) published the 2019 edition of the annual DIRT Report at the end of October. This marks the sixteenth publication of the report, which serves as a summary and analysis of data entered into the Damage Information Reporting Tool (DIRT) during the previous year. The report offers accounting and analysis of …
Field data collection is an essential component for many field workers across multiple industries. Industries such as utilities, survey companies, airports, local governments, and others must always monitor and maintain the health of their assets. Many of these industries have assets spread across large areas, even cities, and countries. Naturally, the manual process of collecting …
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Fatal Tragedy Strikes as Online Training Rolls Out Four crewmen are dead due to a cutter suction dredge that struck a propane pipeline August 21, 2020 in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel’s Inner Harbor. The gas ignited, causing an explosion aboard the dredge. Just two years earlier and approximately 50 miles away, the same type …
New York 811 Leaps into the Future 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 …
MOST UNDERGROUND UTILITY DAMAGE DURING CONSTRUCTION is attributable to incomplete, inaccurate and out-of-date records and network documentation. This is the result of an inefficient, error-prone, and paper-based information flow from engineering through construction crews resulting in “as-builts” of uncertain quality, which eventually form the utility’s repository of record, typically in a GIS. Several jurisdictions have …
Montana Mandates the Submission of Accurate As-Builts by Utility Owners Read More »
As the seasons change, they bring a new set of challenges and potential hazards to the jobsite. As a safety professional, it is essential to stay on top of the latest footwear technologies to ensure workers have adequate protection. In the winter months, frigid temperatures, snow, and ice often make getting work done safely even …
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