“Early Monday morning, residents woke up to flames coming up out of manholes in downtown Colorado Springs. That underground fire led to many nearby residents and businesses going without power….We think that the fire started in a vault that holds underground transformers,” McConnellogue explained. “There’ll be a vault or a transformer that’s actually underground, and they’ll have a cover on …
Here’s the latest 10 stories we found from this week in the damage prevention & utility sectors: CGA’s Next Practices Initiative Releases Visionary GIS Case Study: READ Russell Ruderman: Bury The Power Lines. It’s A No-Brainer: READ Underground fire in downtown Colorado Springs causes early shelter-in-place Monday: READ Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions for a More Resilient Nation: READ Enbridge’s $14 Billion …
“Starting a landscape project? Call 8-1-1 to have utility locators mark underground water, gas, electric and wastewater lines. A locator like hasten Roberts will show up quickly to help. “I’m going on five months now and it’s been great. We’ve got good teams, everyone’s nice, they want you to succeed. There’s never been a time where I’ve called anyone and …
We asked a few of our customers and friends in the industry “what do you keep in your truck?”The obvious answer for locators, is that they have their locating equipment in there. But there’s so much more that workers in the field need, so we’ve made a list of the most popular items: Wipes Hand Sanitizer Power inverter for charging …
Let’s aim for improved reliability and accuracy in the location of underground utility infrastructure mapping records and supporting data… Looking deeper: solving the problem of underground utility risk: READ GIS + TMS = SUCCESS: READ VHS – Laying 36m of pipe: WATCH Autonomous drones are inspecting and mapping infrastructure in Spain: READ How 811 works in Ireland: READ Quanta Services, …
“The construction of district energy systems including insulated steel pipe, leak detection systems, communication conduit and other related works along 750lm of King George Blvd and Fraser Highway in the City of Surrey. The project provides the City’s District Energy System services from the connection on Fraser Highway to two new development sites: on the north side to the Holland …
“A precautionary approach must be taken when breaking ground.” ‘I want accountability’: La Jolla residents seek answers about utility undergrounding delays: READ Buried treasure: Building the business case for undergrounding: READ The Utility Expo is Back: Are You Ready?: READ Proactive Locating: READ A day in the life of a locator: WATCH AR from vGIS and Topcon’s Aptix Make Waves: …
“Check out this video to better understand what a Day in the Life is like for a Utility Locator at multiVIEW. ” multiVIEW use Utilocate to complete drawings, and locate tickets so this is a great way to see it being used in the field.Follow and Subscribe to their channel hereRECENT POSTSMay. 17, 2024VHS | LOCATOR TV W/ JASON VANEMay. …
“Never assume it is safe to dig” Call for Proposals for 2024 CGA Conference & Expo Now Open: READ Previewing the 2023 Utility Expo: READ Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Damage Caused By Digging Into Utilities: READ Geospatial mapping of distribution grid with machine learning and publicly-accessible multi-modal data: READ Maui Fragile Fiber Lines In Lahaina Were Burned And Battered, …
Learn how to use your iPhone’s built in LiDAR capabilities to capture utilities in 3D with John Chwalibog in this engaging interview from the 3D Forensics YouTube ChannelFollow and Subscribe to their channel hereRECENT POSTSMay. 17, 2024VHS | LOCATOR TV W/ JASON VANEMay. 16, 2024CHATGPT-4o & GOOGLE’S AI FOR DAMAGE PREVENTIONMay. 15, 2024HARNESSING TRANSFERABLE SKILLS FROM THE ARMYMay. 13, 2024UA …