In New Jersey there was a $320 million project to replace a bridge connecting Stafford Township to Long Beach Island. There are many utilities involved including telecom, Comcast, water and sewer, and electric and conduits. […]
Singapore has severely limited land, but unlimited space and has started to build many types of activities underground to save the land above ground for the better living of citizens. Many of the traditional utilities […]
Two initiatives of importance to the global geospatial community will begin this June. Expanding Responsibility for the BetweenThePoles blog First of all we are expanding the BetweenThePoles blog from a single content provider (Geoff Zeiss) […]
Improving disaster resilience requires accurate data about subsurface utility and other infrastructure. New York has has experienced several disasters over recent decades, foremost among them 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy. The experience of 9/11 and Hurricane […]
In many jurisdictions worldwide the low quality of underground infrastructure location data has been identified as a top cause of underground utility damage. Existing underground data, most of which is stored in network owners’ utility […]
According to the Common Ground Alliance, excavation practices have been the root cause of between 30 – 50 % of annual damage incidents between 2015 and 2020. Now an innovative technology Live Dig Radar (LDR) […]
The Canadian Underground Infrastructure Register initiative Underground infrastructure provides the essential services that fuel our economy. During construction excavators often damage elements of this infrastructure because the location of underground cables, pipes and ducts is […]
The National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) is intended to be a comprehensive digital map of all underground pipes and cables owned and operated by 650 asset owners in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. When deployed […]