Return on investment (ROI) studies of subsurface engineering utility engineering (SUE) surveys applied to highway construction projects conducted since the late 1990s have consistently revealed a large return-on-investment from conducting SUE surveys as part of […]
The vision of a single map showing all underground utilities and communications infrastructure is shared by many who are involved in planning, engineering and construction and those developing digital twins. But in many jurisdictions there […]
There are fundamental differences between above- and below-ground data which may limit the usefulness of underground data in digital twins. For location data about the underground there are often data quality issues, legal restrictions on […]
Estonia is well known as one of the most digital countries in Europe. At the GEOBIM 2020 conference this morning Christopher-Robin Raitviir, of the Estonian Department of Digital Construction in the Ministry of Economic Affairs […]
Blue bars – Construction spending ($millions). Red line – Reported unique damages. Yellow line – Estimated damages. Dotted lines – error bars. Source CGA 2020 DIRT Report The stated objectives of many initiatives focussed on […]
Underground utilities and other infrastructure are a major cause of highway construction schedule and budget overruns. In addition to construction delays, damage to underground utilities during construction makes every construction project a potential disaster site […]
The primary objective of interventions such as one-call centres, pipeline safety and other regulations, and national programs such as ROADIC in Japan is the reduction of damage to underground infrastructure during excavation. Collecting reliable statistics […]
The recent PR19 comprehensive price review of the water industry by Ofwat, the economic regulator of the water sector in England and Wales has targeted an aggressive “reducing leakage by 15% within base costs” and […]