Recently national standards relating to underground infrastructure have been revised or are being revised. These include the US ASCE 38 with a new title Standard Guideline for Investigating and Documenting Existing Utilities, the UK PAS […]
The foundation for digital twins of cities, regions and nations are digital geometric models. Developing these models have become a priority for a number of jurisdictions around the world. To date the emphasis has been […]
A proof-of-concept project to develop a National Energy Systems Map (NESM) has been launched by the UK’s electricity and gas networks. The pilot project will give customers information about energy network assets, where those assets […]
Jay Cadman, SVP Enterprise, IQGeo As the glue interlinking everything from the industrial ‘Internet of Things’ to smart grids and underpinning the real-time social and economic services of the future, full fiber and 5G is […]
Over the past decades electric, gas, water, and telecom utilities have poured millions into digitalizing the graphic design/work management and GIS/records management processes. But in spite of this the decades-old as-builting process remains marred by […]
What began as a grassroots initiative that brought together network operators and local government agencies in the North East of England has evolved into the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR), a national program supported by […]
An innovative technology that is being increasingly applied to locating existing pipe networks or those installed by way of horizontal drilling is inertial or gyro locating. Using this technology, it is possible to map networks […]
A major gap in the construction process is the unavailability of reliable information about the location of underground utilities for civil engineering construction projects such as highways, railways and pipelines. Mapping underground infrastructure is benefiting […]