What is utility data? If utilities are the lifeblood of our modern civilization, then utility data is the lifeblood of our future planning. That might sound obvious in a world underpinned by data in all […]
Utility construction is booming globally. Almost half a trillion annual investment in capital across all the main verticals, electric, natural gas and telecom has resulted in capital investment with construction with as high as 4% […]
In jurisdictions worldwide the low quality of underground location data has been identified as a top cause of underground utility damage. Existing underground utility data, most of which is stored in network owners’ records, is […]
For organizations managing a campus such as educational facilities, healthcare facilities, commercial real estate, utilities, and municipalities managing public works, storm sewer systems, and parks which are characterized by having many different utilities and and […]
In this blog last month, Geoff introduced the Canadian Underground Infrastructure Register (CUIR) initiative to his readers and outlined the basic intent and reasoning for the CUIR (rhymes with “cure”) initiative and other similar initiatives […]
The as-built update backlog is the time it takes for as-builts submitted from the field after completion of construction for newly installed network equipment to get entered into your utility GIS. It is generally measured […]
What the engineer does during planning and design has a multitude of impacts: traffic disruptions to the public, safety for workers on construction sites, avoiding delays and budget overruns on projects, decreasing risk to contractors, […]
When we look at some of the major projects that have gone sideways, it often can be attributed to the lack of planning for underground infrastructure. This is a global issue and we know that […]