As women, we tend to downplay our accomplishments. We don’t speak up in meetings, we don’t share our ideas, we might even shy away from necessary confrontation – all because we don’t want a stigma attached to ourselves. You know what stigma I’m talking about. I want you to say something with me… “I AM …
The 2022 AGA Operations Conference & Spring Committee Meetings was a great event. The level of happiness to be back face-to-face was undeniable. New Orleans was a great venue and attendees really seemed to love the second line procession to the networking event. In fact, based on the positive feedback heard we have made our …
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2022 saw the inception of Global Locate Masters (GLM), a new industry initiative created by Infrastructure Resources (IR) in conjunction with UTTO. The GLM is a competition to display locators’ skills and encourage continual learning. Historically, locators have competed thorough a Locate Rodeo, but Locate Rodeos have proven difficult to conduct, time consuming, and burdensome …
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In the Spring of 2022, Indiana 811’s Education and Outreach team launched a new program in partnership with National Energy Foundation for their first-ever Indiana 811 Kid’s Safe Digging Program. It all started with a few ideas on educating the public beyond tradeshows and convention booths. What if we could get our Education and Outreach …
The $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Bill, signed into law in November 2021, includes $550 billion in new federal investments for roads, bridges, water infrastructure, internet, and other selected major improvement projects. While some of the dollars included in the Bill are a reauthorization of previously agreed upon funding, the new portion of funding ($550 billion) represents …
Firefighters across the United States are all-hazards responders. From medical calls to fires, firefighters respond to anything and everything 24/7. Some incident types are low-risk, high-frequency, like many medical calls. Other incidents are high-risk, low-frequency, like hazardous materials releases. Recognition prime decision making (RPDM) helps responders most of the time. This means that their experience …
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