A very interesting recent academic study from the University of Birmingham investigates the effectiveness of the British PAS128 standard for underground utilities. Four different utility survey specialist firms were invited to locate (without potholing) underground […]
Every year there are 400,000 incidents of damage to underground utilities during excavation in the U.S. This is a world wide problem but some jurisdictions have found ways to reduce the number of underground utility […]
NEDO estimates that about 50% of time over-runs on commercial building projects are caused by unforeseen ground conditions.* There are two aspects to the problems associated with the subsurface. One is geotechnics, soil, ground water, […]
Many see handheld scanning as revolutionizing the construction sector. The Dot Product handheld scanner and Faro Freestyle introduced in 2013 were among the first multi-sensor devices (IR laser and photo cameras) targeted at professionals, especially […]
The Geospatial Commission’s Annual Plan 2019/20 describes the activities that it plans to undertake in 2019/2020 to develop the UK’s National Geospatial Strategy. The first project announced for 2019/2020 is its intention to fund two […]
Every construction project devotes significant efforts to locating underground utilities prior to and during construction. But this information is rarely shared and the location of underground infrastructure is recaptured over and over again. To begin […]
Belgium underground gas line explosion during excavation 2003 As we are reminded by the recent underground utility hits in San Francisco, CA, Durham, NC, and Calgary, Alberta, not knowing the location underground utilities represents a […]
