In 2016 in the first of several far reaching regulations the California legislature passed SB 661 that created the California Underground Facilities Safe Excavation Board. The primary activities of the board were to develop standards […]
Recently the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) conducted a survey of one call (811) underground utility safety and damage prevention processes among contractors in various construction sectors including heavy water/wastewater, highway/bridge, telecom, gas transmission […]
The Geospatial Commission is building a digital service for sharing data on the location of underground infrastructure – the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR). It is planned that NUAR will provide a consistent, digital map […]
According to a recent report from the Next Practices Initiative of the Common Ground Alliance the damage prevention industry has reached an inflection point. For more than half a decade, the rate of damage to […]
In France a national system for reducing damage to underground utilities during construction was initiated in 2013. The key features of the system are the requirement to notify utilities with the details of a proposed […]
The Subsurface Utility Mapping Strategy Forum (SUMSF) workshops are free virtual sessions for individuals who want to delve deeper into technologies for locating and mapping underground infrastructure. The priority use cases are reducing damage to […]
The primary objective of interventions relating to underground infrastructure is reducing damage to underground infrastructure during excavation. Different jurisdictions have implemented different schemes for reducing damage to underground infrastructure during construction. It is a well-known […]
The Subsurface Utility Mapping Strategy Forum (SUMSF), Mar 22-23, 2022 is a free virtual conference that brings together individuals and organizations to share information about and contribute to improving the mapping of underground infrastructure. The […]