With about 55,000 substations in the U.S. and the average age of the transformers in these substations over 40 years old, many substations are going to be refurbished, retrofitted, extended or upgraded. Utilities are opting […]
In the 2017 autumn budget the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an important initiative to increase the value of the contribution of spatial data to the UK economy. The Geospatial Commission was created in the […]
In the U.S. in 2017 there were 316,422 incidents of damage to underground infrastructure reported to the Common Ground Alliance in 2017. In the Netherlands in 2018 there were 41,169 incidents. Remarkably the number I […]
Without accurate maps of underground infrastructure, every construction project has the potential to become a disaster site. Unlike the aviation industry where reliable data is collected and is accessible to investigators to prevent disasters from […]
Currently best practices for recording the location of new underground infrastructure is to survey it after installation and before covering the trench. Appropriate survey tools are total stations, RTK, and LiDAR. However, trenchless technology is […]
In the U.S. and the U.K. statistics reveal that about a quarter of underground utility damage and strikes is attributable to locating issues including inaccurate maps, missing data and problems with underground locating equipment. There […]
On 30 July 2004 at a construction site in Ghislenghien, Belgium a one metre diameter natural gas pipeline ruptured resulting in 24 fatalities, including five fire-fighters, a police officer and five employees, plus 132 injured […]
Unforeseen ground conditions are a major cause of delays in construction projects. This year, at Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure Conference, Roger Chandler, Director of Geotechnical Information Management, announced OpenGround, a collection of applications for […]