We're just finishing up here at the Mid West Damage Prevention Conference in French Lick, IN. Here's this weeks top stories from the utility and damage prevention worlds:

1. Contractors Still Fail to Call 811 to Prevent Utility Strikes, Report Shows link
2. Watch: Locating Underground Utilities & Excavation in Riverton, UT
3. What Is Tracer Wire and What Is It For? link
4. Locating underground utilities in the United States: A comparative analysis of services provided by private locators link
5. As Nicole nears Florida, power utilities place about 18,000 technicians to restore service link
6. Entergy named top utility in economic development for 15 years in a row link
7. Agrivoltaic solar tracker uses cables instead of buried steel link
8. Pro-Vac Completes Acquisition of Vac-One link
9. Partnership between Esri and Exodigo to improve underground mapping link
10. Union Pier Terminal Redevelopment A ‘Transformational Opportunity’ link

If you’d like to learn more about Competers Inc follow this link to our corporate website or go straight to the Utilocate and UExcavate websites by clicking on the words.

See you next week