Check out the proposed changes to AS 5488
Standards Australia has released a for-comment draft of the five-year old Australian standard for the classification of subsurface utility information.
Eureka! Water pipe failures predicted
A project by scientists from CSIRO's Date61 group that helps to predict which water pipes need maintenance before they burst has won the Excellence in Data Science category at this year’s Eureka Prizes.
A steamy story from the streets of New York City
There’s been yet another catastrophic explosion resulting from damaged underground infrastructure. This time errant excavators failing to get accurate information on its location were not to blame. But the incident does highlight another, and perhaps lesser known, hazard that services such as Dial Before You Dig help to prevent.
North America facing multibillion dollar water woes
In March this year, Utah State University’s Buried Structure Laboratory released a report titled, Water Main Breaks in the United States and Canada: A Comprehensive Study. It makes for disturbing reading.Here are it's opening comments.
Ticket to ride: to CGA 2019, from PelicanCorp
For the past six years PelicanCorp has offered attendees at the Common Ground Alliance’s annual conference in the US the chance to win two tickets to Australia, and this year it spiced up the prize with two tickets to the inaugural Oceania Damage Prevention Conference, (ODPC)to be held on Australia’s Gold Coast from August 20-23, 2018, of which it is a major sponsor.
CGA 811 campaigns scores safety award
The Common Ground Alliance, the association of 1,700 individuals, organisations and sponsors involved in every facet of the underground utility industry in the USA, has been received the 2018 Green Cross for Safety Advocate Award from the US National Safety Council for its 811 Campaign.
Coming soon: Australia’s first damage prevention conference
The inaugural Oceania Damage Prevention Conferencewill be held in Queensland at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre from 20-23 August 2018 with the theme “Drawing in the Power of Collaboration”.
Budget boosts precise location services
This year’s Federal Budget contained an announcement of considerable significance to anyone with an interest in locating underground infrastructure.
Something rotten in the state of sewer pipes
Water utilities are getting smarter in how the monitor and manage their underground pipe networks. We recently reported on how SA Water is using acoustic sensors to detect pressure surges and leaks in its Adelaide CBD water mains. Now, Melbourne Water is trialling the use of new technologies to help monitor the condition of more than 400kms of sewerage mains across Melbourne.
Conference to focus on digital technology for utility asset management
Digital technologies are disrupting industries of all kinds, and infrastructure management is no exception. Over the years in this column, we’ve looked a quite a few of these technologies: augmented and virtual reality; the internet of things (IoT), drones etc.