Locating – STOP, DROP, AND ROLL
I’ve been training locators for over 20 years now, a good amount of that time having been spent training technicians outside of my own company.
March 23, 2022
Locating
Locating – Did Someone Say Icky-PIC?
Back in the late 90’s, when I first trained as a locate technician, I did my ride-alongs with a retired telephone tech. On our first
February 18, 2022
Locating – SIR Marks-a-lot
The Friday before I wrote this, I dispensed 14 cans of red paint. In the field, not accidentally in the bed of my truck (that’s
August 16, 2021
Locating – Old Dog Beats Dead Horse
I showed up on a jobsite a couple weeks ago to do a private locate for one of my favorite customers. “Before we get started,”
May 14, 2021
Locating – My Pleasure
As a guy who has been locating for the better part of 25 years, I’ve developed a few opinions about fast food restaurants; they in
March 30, 2021
Locating – Buckle Up
The CGA Best Practices includes an unusual item within Chapter Four, the section dealing with Locating and Marking. Number 17 among the Best Practices is
March 8, 2021
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 contacts the
November 30, 2020
Walking in Her Boots – A Day in an Urban Locator’s Boots
THE MORNING SUN MAKES its appearance over the horizon and Paula is already getting herself and her equipment ready for a day of locating. With
August 25, 2020
As Long AS YOU’RE HERE…
As a private utility locator, my day differs from that of a contract locator. While they typically work from a laptop containing an ever-refilling queue
March 31, 2020
No UPSIDE
A line locator is a fairly simple tool – a coil (or coils) in the receiver produces an electric charge when exposed to a moving
March 6, 2020
Locating – STOP, DROP, AND ROLL
I’ve been training locators for over 20 years now, a good amount of that time having been spent training technicians outside of my own company.
March 23, 2022
Locating – Did Someone Say Icky-PIC?
Back in the late 90’s, when I first trained as a locate technician, I did my ride-alongs with a retired telephone tech. On our first
February 18, 2022
Locating – SIR Marks-a-lot
The Friday before I wrote this, I dispensed 14 cans of red paint. In the field, not accidentally in the bed of my truck (that’s
August 16, 2021
Locating – Old Dog Beats Dead Horse
I showed up on a jobsite a couple weeks ago to do a private locate for one of my favorite customers. “Before we get started,”
May 14, 2021
Locating – My Pleasure
As a guy who has been locating for the better part of 25 years, I’ve developed a few opinions about fast food restaurants; they in
March 30, 2021
Locating – Buckle Up
The CGA Best Practices includes an unusual item within Chapter Four, the section dealing with Locating and Marking. Number 17 among the Best Practices is
March 8, 2021
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 contacts the
November 30, 2020
Walking in Her Boots – A Day in an Urban Locator’s Boots
THE MORNING SUN MAKES its appearance over the horizon and Paula is already getting herself and her equipment ready for a day of locating. With
August 25, 2020
As Long AS YOU’RE HERE…
As a private utility locator, my day differs from that of a contract locator. While they typically work from a laptop containing an ever-refilling queue
March 31, 2020
No UPSIDE
A line locator is a fairly simple tool – a coil (or coils) in the receiver produces an electric charge when exposed to a moving
March 6, 2020
