Dig this: dialling is dying
Interviewed by American Locator magazine for its June 2017 edition, PelicanCorp CEO Duane Rodgers made the point that ‘Dial Before You Dig’ is becoming something of a misnomer in this age of the Internet and smartphones.
Get centimetre accurate positioning – on your smartphone
A trial of satellite technology designed to improve the accuracy of satellite navigation systems such as GPS, jointly funded by the Australian and New Zealand Governments, has kicked of with an event at CQUniversity Australia's campus in Rockhampton in Queensland, but its’ been pipped at the post by a new commercial service that is offering centimetre accuracy on a smartphone. And it originated in New Zealand.
Eye in the sky to detect diggers who fail to dial
It’s nigh on impossible to catch people digging up the ground who have failed to call Dial Before You Dig and verify the location of buried infrastructure, unless of course they dig into that buried infrastructure and deprive someone of power, gas, water or telecommunications. Or worse.
In search of the digital utility
A few weeks ago we looked at the impact of digital transformation on utilities, noting that Australian Utility Week — to be held 29-30 November in Melbourne — would have a strong focus on digital transformation.
The underground impacts of hurricane damage
The havoc wreaked by hurricanes Harvey and Irma on the islands of the Caribbean and the southern states of the USA created no end of heart-rending new stories and graphic images of devastation.
Digital transformation meets utilities
The latest promotional email for Australian Utility Week — to be held 29-30 November in Melbourne — has a strong focus on digital transformation. It warns: “The digital transformation roadmap is fraught with challenges,” and promises that the event will “help you with your digital transformation journey.”
Legislation to protect Canada’s underground infrastructure hits a roadblock
Systems like Dial Before Dig are well-established in Canada but except in Ontario, there is no legislation requiring them to be used. That could change, thanks to legislation now before Parliament.
More than a pipeline: a piece of critical infrastructure
We had planned last week to take a look a the question of critical infrastructure when that topic became front and centre for New Zealanders thanks to an unknown excavator damaging a pipeline carrying aviation fuel to Auckland Airport.
LinesearchbeforeUdig cuts gas pipe location requests from days to minutes
SGN manages the gas distribution network across Scotland and the South of England, providing gas to over 5.9 million people through 74,000 kilometres of pipes.
PelicanCorp teams up with Australia’s peak contractor body to help protect vital infrastructure
PelicanCorp has formed a strategic alliance with Australia’s Civil Contractors Federation (CCF) under which they will strive jointly to promote best practice in infrastructure construction through communication and by seeking to influence policy and management practices for civil construction.