AS5488 subsurface utility information standard revisited
Back in December 2014 in an article headed “In praise of AS 5488” we talked about the then one year old Australian standard AS 5488-2013 Classification of Subsurface Utility Information, heralded by Standards Australia as something that would “improve public safety, reduce costly property damage, and provide more accurate information on the location and type of subsurface utilities than in the past.”
Win a trip to Australia at the CGA 811 Excavation Safety Conference & Expo in Phoenix
PelicanCorp will be exhibiting at 811 Excavation Safety Conference & Expo, the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) conference and exhibition in Phoenix Arizona from March 6 to March 8.
How about Google Earth for the Underworld?
Google Earth is a wonderful thing. Open the app, type in the name of any location, the world will turn to that location and you can zoom in every closer, seamlessly transitioning at some point from a satellite image to a Google Street View image.
Dig up your front yard, virtually
The mission of the US Common Ground Alliance (CGA), a member-driven association of 1,700 individuals, organisations and sponsors drawn from every facet of the underground utility industry, is to prevent damage to North American underground infrastructure by promoting effective damage prevention practices.
US telco banned from cable laying after hitting multiple gas lines
Australian Government-owned telco NBN CO is rarely out of the news. It’s been a political football for years as it struggles to meet ambitious government targets to bring high speed broadband to almost ever Australian home.
Pipe lining: the smart thing to do
The Water Services Association of Australia has welcomed $3m of government funding for research into the smart lining of pipes saying it has the potential to reduce the disruption caused by replacing buried pipes, and could earn export dollars for Australia.
Council plans five dimensional infrastructure model
Ipswich Council in Queensland has an ambitious plan: to create what it describes a five dimension data model of the city that will take a 3D model of city infrastructure above and below ground and combine that with dimensions of other data and time.
A tale of live cables and near death experience
On 4 April 2016 in the Upper Hutt District of New Zealand found that, contracters were working to remove contaminated topsoil from the site of a new residential property development.
PelicanCorp backs Australia’s inaugural damage prevention conference
PelicanCorp will play a big role in the inaugural Oceania Damage Prevention Conference, to be held in Queensland at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre from 20-23 August 2018.
Mapping the underground from up above
In the US utilities that own buried infrastructure are required to precisely locate and mark the location of their infrastructure in response to requests lodged through Call 811, the equivalent of Australia’s Dial Before You Dig service.