With today’s increasingly complex and congested underground environments, there is no room for error when excavating or exposing utilities.
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Entries Tagged Utility Locating
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Contractor Finds New Revenue Stream in Locating Pipelines
Offering diverse services can pay dividends for drain cleaners. At New York-based Dr. Rooter, for example, owner Dave Ferrier has built a...
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Providing Education on Water and Sewer Infrastructure Damage
Don't assume people know how to find you or know all about the services you can provide them. It's important to be...
Editorial
Utility Locating Best Practices for Complex Jobs
Identifying utilities through locating should be the first step on any underground construction project. Determining where gas mains, electric and fiber cable,...
Videos
Map Utilities While You Locate With Vivax-Metrotech's RTK Pro
In this video from the Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show, Jeremy Long of Vivax-Metrotech introduces the company’s RTK...
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Hard Hats and Handshakes: GPRS Project Managers Exhibit Blend of Skills
Four hundred of 700 employees at Toledo, Ohio’s GPRS (which stands for Ground Penetrating Radar Systems) are in the field. They are...
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5 Myths About Safe Excavation Practices
April is National Safe Digging Month. We spoke with Sarah Magruder Lyle, president and CEO of the Common Ground Alliance, who provided...
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‘The Jobsite’ Returns to Utility Expo 2023
The future of underground utility damage prevention will be the focus of The Jobsite 2023, presented by Planet Underground, a peer-to-peer educational...
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Common Ground Alliance Announces Campaign to Cut Damages to Underground Infrastructure
The Common Ground Alliance (CGA), a national nonprofit trade association dedicated to protecting underground utility lines, people who dig near them and their...
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Guaranteeing a Precise Utility Locate
Promises. Warranties. Guarantees. Everyone has been burned by a company when some negating small print is noticed after the fact. Mason Private...
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Promoting Safe Digging Practices
As a member of the Common Ground Alliance, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers is supporting National Safe Digging Month in April and asking its 1,000-plus members...
Editorial
Pipeshield Power Couple Invests in New Technology to Complete Jobs Faster
The ability to offer customers more solutions for their drainline problems not only opens the door wider for more business opportunities, it...
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The Business Benefit of Diagnostics, Inspection and Locating
Today’s consumer increasingly wants tangible evidence to back work estimates. Incorporating diagnostic, inspection and locating services into your business can address this...
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Spreading the Word About Safe Excavation
Everyone plays a role in preventing damages to underground utility infrastructure. AEM continues to support the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) and asks its members to help spread awareness of the need to...



















