In Canada the goal of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) S250 Standard, first published in 2011 and revised in 2020, is to specify mapping requirements for the recording and depiction of newly installed underground utility […]
Since 2002 there has been a standard, ASCE 38, for investigating and documenting existing underground utility infrastructure. Now in the US a new standard ASCE 75 is imminent that will define a standard way to […]
Maintaining accurate, up-to-date, comprehensive data about assets, above ground and below ground, has been a challenge for utility and communications firms for decades. Now new technologies including machine learning and computer vision – based feature […]
The Subsurface Utility Mapping Strategy Forum (SUMSF), Mar 22-23, 2022 is a virtual conference that brings together individuals and organizations to share information about and contribute to improving the mapping of underground infrastructure. This is […]
Vegetation is a significant source of outages for many utilities. In some regions from one quarter to one half of all outages can be ascribed to vegetation. Vegetation encroachment initiated the massive North American Northeastern […]
Public infrastructure projects frequently experience delays and cost overruns – often due to underground utilities – but delays and cost overruns are rare on P3 projects. Furthermore because P3 projects include not only the design/build […]
The 2019 estimated national cost of damage to underground utilities estimated by the CGA is approximately $30 billion annually. In a recent report the Infrastructure Protection Coalition estimates that an additional $61 billion in waste, […]
It is estimated that accidental underground utility strikes cost the UK economy £2.4 billion every year. A top priority of the the Geospatial Commission, an agency of the UK government tasked with extracting more value […]