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Session Description
Coring and reinstatement is a cost-effective damage prevention tool that allows you to core and restore an 18 inch viewing hole through pavement to facilitate vacuum excavation and visually determine the exact location of a potential buried conflict.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Water and Sewer •Fiber / CATV •Electric •Excavation •Damage Prevention •Locating • |
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A red hot Alberta economy has set the scene for a steady parade of hit lines, averaging 900 a year. Learn how ATCO Gas damage prevention strategies have resulted in a 39% reduction in the damages per 1,000 locates.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Damage Prevention • |
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This session explains Cathodic Protection and its function. It will help the excavator to identify, locate and avoid damage of Cathodic Protection systems. Repair of Cathodic Protection systems will be discussed.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Water and Sewer • |
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Over the past several years, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) systems have been developed and improved upon to enable the accurate mapping of underground utilities and other structures. Many companies now consider the use of GPR a standard process in their Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) investigations. Now systems have been introduced that deploy multiple GPR antennas on one platform to allow creation of 3-Dimensional (3D) images of the subsurface for even more complete mapping. In addition, these 3D radar systems have been augmented by multi-sensor Electromagnetic Induction (EMI) systems to help image metallic targets. These 3D Underground Imaging systems help engineers do a better job of assessing and mapping whatever is in the subsurface by producing high data density images of the target zone. Having such data available benefits stakeholders by aiding in project design and decreasing project delays due to unknown underground structures that may otherwise be discovered only during construction. This paper describes such a 3D Underground Imaging system and then provides relevant case histories.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Water and Sewer •Fiber / CATV •Electric •Excavation •Damage Prevention •Damage Investigation •One-Call •Locating • |
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Troubleshooting Problem Locates \"Need to Know Fundamentals\"
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Water and Sewer •Fiber / CATV •Electric •Excavation •Damage Prevention •Damage Investigation •One-Call •Locating • |
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This session discusses a federally-funded project to develop an integrated system to facilitate future upgrades of buried communications (telephony, CATV) and power lines. The objective of the Buried Duct Network (BDN) project is to provide improved, cost-effective hardware and practices relative to present direct-buried construction procedures, which do not otherwise allow for future upgrades or replacement of initially installed utility lines.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Fiber / CATV •Electric •Damage Prevention • |
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Taking a proactive approach to public relations is vital in the One-Call industry. Learn how to establish a public relations program
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
One-Call • |
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What to buy? When to buy? How to buy? Information will be presented about the media sales industry. Knowing how media reps sell their product will help you know what to buy, and what NOT to buy. Also, we’ll examine individual medium’s strengths and weakness to help you determine if it is the right vehicle to reach your target audience
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
One-Call • |
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How to use high-frequency induction to locate poor conductors and to quickly search & verify marks at dig sites.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Water and Sewer •Fiber / CATV •Electric •Excavation •Damage Prevention •Damage Investigation •Locating • |
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How do you develop a Board into a higher functioning group? This session will take an in depth look at the human dynamics that occur in the Boardroom (and behind everyone\\\'s backs), to search for answers into what works, who doesn\\\'t, what must change, who must go. Mark Palma has been counselling boards for 25 years. He will share his insight into the human elements of boards and their impact on the organization
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil • |
Believe in Branding
Presenter: Lee Richards, Public Awareness & Education Coordinator, Ohio Utilities Protection Service
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Session Description
Choosing effective logos and branding techniques to stand above the rest.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Damage Prevention •One-Call • |
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Using Technology to Accurately Capture Damage Information
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Damage Investigation • |
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8-1-1 has been implemented for almost a year. What are the results? This session examines industry measurements and compares them to actual results seen in a One Call Center
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Water and Sewer •Fiber / CATV •Electric •Excavation •Damage Prevention •Damage Investigation •One-Call •Locating • |
Session Description
Learn how to enhance the collectability of your facility damage claims.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Water and Sewer •Fiber / CATV •Electric •Excavation •Damage Prevention •Damage Investigation •One-Call • |
Session Description
The frequency and severity of trench cave-ins, and the effect of those incidents on everyone involved, is extremely understated. This presentation will discuss recent events, and will focus on the very things that any contractor or owner needs to understand.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Excavation • |
Session Description
In 2005, the Texas State Legislature approved legislation that permitted the Railroad Commission of Texas (the \\\"RRC\\\") to implement rules relating to the \\\"movement of earth in the vicinity of pipelines.\\\" Over the course of two years, the RRC held public meetings with impacted stakeholders to identify issues and possible solutions resulting in a new damage prevention rule, Chapter 18 of the RRC Rules, which became effective on September 1, 2007. The presentation will cover a brief history of damage prevention efforts in Texas, the new regulatory process and some of the issues now facing stakeholders as they implement this new rule. The discussion will also cover possible solutions to these pending issues and the next steps from the perspectives of the pipeline industry, RRC and other stakeholders.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Excavation •Damage Prevention •One-Call • |
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Are you paying reasonable cost of repairs? Learn to recognize infrastructure upgrades made by claimants, and remove speculative loss of use or product claims.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Damage Investigation • |
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A lack of reliable information on the location of underground utilities can result in costly conflicts, damages, delays, utility service disruptions, redesigns, claims and even injuries and lost lives during construction activities. An engineering process known as Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) has proven to be a welcome solution to providing this much-needed underground utility information. Combining geophysics, surveying, civil engineering, and nondestructive excavation technologies, SUE can provide accurate mapping of existing underground utilities in three dimensions during the design phase to avoid unnecessary relocations, eliminate unexpected conflicts with utilities, and enhance safety during construction.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil • |
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The second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) of the Transportation Research Board has been funded by congress to provide a targeted, short-term research program addressing key issues in highway transportation. SHRP 2 is focusing on applied research in the areas of Highway Safety, Renewal, Capacity, and Reliability. The overall goal of the Highway Renewal program is to develop a consistent, systematic approach to performing highway renewal that is rapid, causes minimum disruption, and produces long-lived facilities. One of the important thrust areas of the SHRP 2 program concerns the impact of utility issues on highway renewal projects and several aspects of this issue are being studied. This session will discuss the efforts made in the SHRP 2 funded project to assess the potential for technical innovations in locating utilities, record keeping and marking of utilities and determining the operating characteristics and condition of a utility
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Water and Sewer •Fiber / CATV •Electric • |
Session Description
This session will discuss the partnership between the Common Ground Alliance and the Progressive Agriculture Foundation to develop an underground utility safety curriculum that will be presented to children between the ages of 8-14 during renowned Safety Day events conducted all across the nation.
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The underground excavation industry talks about “Communications, Coordination and Cooperation” in their ongoing effort to reduce damages to underground facilities. This session provides a blueprint with checklists on how to build a safety symposium with active participation from all One Call center stakeholders: excavators, facility owners, emergency responder personnel, legislators and the vendors that support them. Learn how to start small and build big
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
One-Call • |
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Whether considered \\\"private\\\" or \\\"owned\\\" by another the presence of unlocated underground facilities pose a real danger for America. Mark Palma, a nationally recognized expert will look at the problem, recent suggestions on solutions and offer a new policy direction for consideration by all into this difficult issue
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil • |
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One of the biggest challenges to a manager or business owner is controlling costs. One business cost center is insurance to cover accidental losses. The cost of safety and insurance should not be measured in terms of noncompliance, rather, in terms of return on investment (ROI). To some, it is viewed as a business expense. An effective safety management system can have a positive effect on the total corporate bottom line. The best way is to implement an effective safety program is to reduce accidents. Your company needs to understand that the real cost of accidents includes both direct and indirect cost. This session will explain these costs and how to manage them to obtain ROI.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Water and Sewer •Fiber / CATV •Electric •Excavation •Damage Prevention •Locating • |
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Effective damage prevention communication to the various stakeholder audiences can be very challenging. There are many ways to accomplish this, whether it be through annual mailings, door hangers, tv/print advertising campaigns, etc. In addition to the baseline messages outlined in RP 1162, Public Awareness Programs include "supplemental" programs as part of their overall damage prevention program. Many companies are searching for new and innovative ways to present these supplemental programs. This session will explore the various types of supplemental programs currently in use, and will encourage discussion regarding new and existing programs in the market
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Damage Prevention • |
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It is no surprise that there are hundreds of potholing companies in the U.S. This is evident when you open any phone book or service directory. It is also no mystery that a customer can request potholing service on any given day and fully expect the pothole service provider to perform the job exactly as requested with no questions asked, supplying location, diameter, and depth of the utility the customer is looking for.
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Verifying utilities before excavation is a simple practice that can avoid costly delays and down time.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Water and Sewer •Fiber / CATV •Electric •Damage Prevention •Locating • |
Working Together As One
Presenter: Gary Bartnik, Manager, Damage Prevention/Paving Restoration, PECO An Exelon Company
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Session Description
Working together as one will reduce damages. Presenters from Verizon and PECO An Exelon Company will describe various methods learned from teamwork and continuous improvement meetings that have proven to reduce damages as work volume increases.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Fiber / CATV •Electric •Excavation •One-Call •Locating • |
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The purpose of the Virginia Pilot Program: To research and implement new and existing technologies that appear to have great potential to significantly enhance the communication of accurate information among excavators, one – call center, underground facility operators and facility locators.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
One-Call • |
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This session will cover a brief history of OSHA, Priorities for OSHA inspections (how companies are “selected”), the inspection process, types of citations (and the monetary consequences), penalty adjustment factors, why an effective safety and health program can protect you from OSHA penalties, and finally how companies can work together with OSHA in partnerships and alliances.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Excavation • |
Session Description
Common mistakes in Design and the Planning stages of a project can lead to utility damages in construction. This session is intended to focus on these common mistakes and mitigate measures than can prevent accidents.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Water and Sewer •Fiber / CATV •Electric •Excavation •Damage Prevention •Damage Investigation •Locating • |
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Effective damage prevention communication to the various stakeholder audiences is an essential component of Public Awareness Programs. PHMSA collected nearly 1,900 programs and compared them to the recommendations in RP 1162. In addition to statistics from the review, PHMSA will discuss aspects of RP 1162-style programs that operators struggled to implement. The session will include a brief discussion of potential revisions for the second edition of RP 1162.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Damage Prevention • |
Session Description
Damage Prevention has changed significantly over the years.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Water and Sewer •Fiber / CATV •Electric •Excavation •Damage Prevention •Damage Investigation •One-Call •Locating • |
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This presentation will explain a new research project that will use GPS technology to reduce excavation damage through monitoring excavation activity. The presentation will include an overview of the objectives, tasks, pilot programs, implementation strategy and relation to current work.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Water and Sewer •Fiber / CATV •Electric •Excavation •Damage Prevention •One-Call •Locating • |
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Centralized and comprehensive utility location data systems are coming. Understanding the challenges of implementation, data gathering, and data maintenance is necessary for success
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Water and Sewer •Fiber / CATV •Electric •Excavation •Damage Prevention •Damage Investigation •One-Call •Locating • |
ONE GOOD PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS--Practical Advice For Maximizing Your Recovery Or Defending Against A Claim
Presenter: JIm Proszek, Trial Attorney, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C.
Tony Jorgenson, , Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C.
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Session Description
Trial attorneys who have pursued and defended utility damage claims in state and federal courts in 33 states will provide practical information and strategies for maximizing your recovery if your facility is damaged and defending against a claim if you are sued for damaging an underground facility based on actual cases. The presentation includes role playing examples of what happens if you don’t prepare your case and an opportunity for the audience to apply the principles in case study based on an actual case. Suggested audience: claims managers, claims investigators, attorneys, utility owners and operators and excavators
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Why does the media always focus on the negative? Why can’t they ever get the facts straight? For any one in the utility industry, facing the media can feel more like being run through a grinder than a way to tell your organization’s story. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Damage Investigation • |
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Part 2 will provide a chance to put what you learn in part one into action through on-camera training exercises
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Damage Investigation • |
CGA: A Canadian Perspective
Presenter: Scott Henley, Executive Director, BC Common Ground Alliance
Jim Douglas, , Ontario Regional Common Ground Alliance
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Session Description
The Common Ground Alliance is alive and well in Canada, with five of the ten provinces participating as CGA Regional Partners. Interestingly, these five provinces are also the ones with province wide One-Call coverage. British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec, which represent 85% of Canada’s population, have become CGA Regional Partners.
Please join Jim Douglas of Ontario and Scott Henley of British Columbia as they share with you the successes of the provincial Regional Partners along with the priorities for the newly formed “Canadian” CGA Committee.
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It has been almost one year since the launch of the 811 National Awareness Campaign. Learn how CGA stakeholders have successfully used the campaign elements to raise awareness on the national three digit “call before you dig” number. Examples of success story along with national and local media coverage will also be highlighted.
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2007 was a busy year for the CGA committees and staff. Learn how several key initiatives are shaping the damage prevention industry. An overview will be provided on the 811 awareness campaign, the Virginia Pilot Program, Regional Partner growth, newly accepted Best Practices and key indicators of the most recent DIRT report. An overview of 2008 strategies will also be provided.
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Fiber to the Home is bringing big broadband to subscribers around the World. North America is the fastest growing region for FTTH deployments. And, homes and small businesses are using that huge pipe for competitive advantage and quality of life improvements. The FTTH Council will provide an overview of the status of the FTTH industry and discuss the near term future of FTTH
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Many factors affect the ability to locate underground facilities accurately. Determining facility depth is a particularly vexing problem for locators. Factors such as soil composition, facility type, and the configuration of buried utilities can become obstacles to determining how deep a facility is buried
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This session will cover Verizon’s lessons learned after five years of building Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) in Florida.
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In preparation for natural disasters and emergencies, such as the recent hurricanes and wild fires, utilities need to have an accurate record of locations and other features of underground assets. This session will discuss how utilizing existing technologies allows utilities to implement a state of the art GIS system to pin-point their assets accurately and respond to any emergency.
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Statistically, third party damage poses the greatest threat to pipeline integrity in the UK and yet little was being done to address the issue until an incident occurred that caused a pipeline operator to re-evaluate the situation. Linewatch was developed to promote safety awareness when working near high-pressure pipelines. This paper will aim to explain where Linewatch has come from, where we are now and where we hope to go in the future.
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Digging into DIRT
Presenter: Brian Tooley, OSP National Support /, Verizon Business
Mike Shallow, , Union Pacific Railroad
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Session Description
This session will focus on the latest updates to DIRT (including the new ‘DQI’ or Data Quality Index, Virtual Private DIRT accounts and the new power Query Wizard)as well as providing insights and analysis from the CGA’s 3rd annual report on facility damages submitted to DIRT for calendar year 2006.
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The session will include a presentation of NTSB pipeline accident investigations, safety issues and lessons learned. Gain insight to NTSB accident investigations and actions that NTSB believes can be taken to prevent future accidents.
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
One-Call • |
Unmarked Sewer Laterals: Formulating a Path Forward
Presenter: Samuel T. Ariaratnam, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor, Arizona State University
Burt Williams, ,
Walt Kelly, ,
Dan Weaklend, ,
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Session Description
The issue of unmarked sewer laterals is one that is on the forefront of much debate. Natural gas and electrical distribution contractors employing trenchless methods such as horizontal directional drilling and pneumatic moles are facing risks of inadvertently striking these sewer service laterals. The result of these \\\\\\\"crossbores\\\\\\\" can be catastrophic to public safety with the problem often surfacing years later. This session will provide an update on current and pending regulations and discuss strategies for formulating a path forward in an attempt to reduce such occurrences.
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Are One-Call Tickets Just For Excavation? What is \\\"Excavation?\\\"
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Industries / Areas of Interest:
Gas and Oil •Water and Sewer •Excavation •Damage Prevention •Damage Investigation •One-Call •Locating • |
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The existence of gas distribution lines in sanitary sewers is a potential for injury, death and property damage. Minimizing the risks is both morally and financially prudent. Reduction of risk can be achieved with the use of relatively new techniques and methods for both new construction and existing legacy installations. Guidelines for Identification of Legacy Cross Bores are available in draft. Procedures for instructing drain cleaners to reduce their risk from gas line cross bores of sewers are now available. New construction using advanced techniques and procedures to both provide better planning and post verification are being implemented.
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This session will discuss the importance of security for voice and data services that support mobile applications, Land Mobile Radio, Mobile data networks and fixed networks for telemetry and Supervisory and Data Acquisition (SCADA).
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The Gulf of Mexico contains over 27,000 miles of pipeline and several thousand miles of telecommunication lines. Protecting this infrastructure is just as vital as onshore operations. GulfSafe is a new One-Call operation beginning service in 2008 designed specifically to operate in a maritime environment without a street database. This completely web based Notification System is the new frontier in Notification Systems and utility coordination. Protecting the intricate systems in the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida encompass over 360,000 square miles. The coordination of offshore notifications with onshore operations across a five state area and federal waters is the challenge set before GulfSafe.com.
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Learn the fundamentals of how Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) works, why it can be an asset for your locating and damage prevention program, and have some hands-on time to see it in action. Session topics include an overview of GPR method and theory to explain how the technology works, examples of GPR field data including multi-channel applications, and a discussion on why GPR can be a good fit for your damage prevention efforts. Following class time, join us outside for hands-on demonstrations and see GPR in action.
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This session delivers a highly interactive, multimedia, fun and mind expanding program to help your managers and employees deal with the diversity issues and specifically the different generations.
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