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50% of Homeowners planning to dig without requesting a locate in 2022

This was originally sent out as our April 2022 Newsletter April 1st marks the beginning of National Safe Digging Month (NDSM)! And to kick-off the excavation season, the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) released results from a recent national survey … with some alarming feedback: nearly six-in-ten U.S. homeowners (58%) reported experiencing a utility service interruption […]

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Problems with Utility Locating and How to Address Issues

This was originally sent out as our December 2020 Newsletter I. CGA in Depth Report The CGA recently released a White Paper that shines some light on problems facing the industries we serve. After surveying more than 400 locate technicians, performing in-depth interviews with industry managers and decision-makers, and analyzing the recently released 2019 DIRT

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Preparing for Hurricanes and Preventing Damage to Buried Lines

This was originally sent out as our August 2019 Electric Newsletter I. Preparing for the Storm  We are in the middle of hurricane season, and NOAA updated their Atlantic forecast.  If predictions are right, we could see 10-17 named storms and 2-4 major hurricanes. In the Carolinas several electric utilities have been increasingly undergrounding their lines to reduce

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New Pipeline Safety Rules at PHMSA, TRRC, COGC, & PAPUC

This was originally sent out as our August 2019 Gas & Oil Newsletter I. New Safety Rules & Regulations New pipeline regulations continue to move forward at PHMSA as the Senate Commerce committee advanced the reauthorization of the Pipeline Safety Act.  The new rules will address over-pressurization and change professional engineering requirements.  The new Transmission, Liquids,

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Avoiding 3rd Party Damages to Improve Reliability

This was originally sent out as our August 2019 Telecommunications Newsletter I. Thousands lose internet after third-party damage On July 3, the internet was down all day in heavily populated areas of Raleigh-Durham, NC, Morrisville, NC, and Charleston, SC. A third party caused the widespread damages affecting customers of Comcast, Verizon and Wow!  The damages affected

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City receives $8.5 million FEMA grant to underground utilities

This was originally sent out as our October 2019 Telecommunications Industry Newsletter I. City receives $8.5 million FEMA grant to underground utilities The city of Palm Beach, Florida has been awarded $8.5 million to remove utility polls and bury overhead power lines. The grant was part of FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Programs fund, that became available after

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Cities want more underground utilities after increased outages

This was originally sent out as our October 2019 Electric Industry Newsletter I. With outages increasing, city advocates for more underground utilities. Experiencing nine major outages that have effected more than 17,000 people since July, city officials of Shenandoah and the The Woodlands in Texas are looking for answers. Constant outages have created a reliability

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