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Minimizing Underground Infrastructure Damages: Utility Locators’ Perspectives
Thousands of damages to underground utilities, including gas, water, and sewer, occur every year. Damages to underground utilities have a significant impact on national and local growth, as well as citizens’ wellbeing. It is crucial to reduce damages to underground utilities. Currently, damage prevention effort consists of three-steps: (1) construction firms must contact state notification centers (one-call centers); which in turn (2) notify utility owners who must locate their utilities on the ground; and (3) construction firms (i.e., excavators) must respect marks and exercise care around marked utilities while excavating. This study investigates the perspectives of utility locators regarding current practices. Among other findings, the study reveals that the lack of clear communication between locators and excavators negatively impacts the current damage prevention process. The findings will contribute to better damage prevention processes and a lower number of strikes to underground utilities.
Minimizing Underground Infrastructure Damages: Utility Locators’ Perspectives
Thousands of damages to underground utilities, including gas, water, and sewer, occur every year. Damages to underground utilities have a significant impact on national and local growth, as well as citizens’ wellbeing. It is crucial to reduce damages to underground utilities. Currently, damage prevention effort consists of three-steps: (1) construction firms must contact state notification centers (one-call centers); which in turn (2) notify utility owners who must locate their utilities on the ground; and (3) construction firms (i.e., excavators) must respect marks and exercise care around marked utilities while excavating. This study investigates the perspectives of utility locators regarding current practices. Among other findings, the study reveals that the lack of clear communication between locators and excavators negatively impacts the current damage prevention process. The findings will contribute to better damage prevention processes and a lower number of strikes to underground utilities.
Minimizing Underground Infrastructure Damages: Utility Locators’ Perspectives
Al-Bayati, Ahmed Jalil (author) / Panzer, Louis (author) / Kaddoura, Khalid (author)
Pipelines 2020 ; 2020 ; San Antonio, Texas (Conference Held Virtually)
Pipelines 2020 ; 387-391
2020-08-06
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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