It has been widely estimated that more than four million excavations take place across Great Britain each year. In 2017, only 2.25 million of these involved a thorough search for pipes and cables before the work commenced. This means that 44 per cent did so without detailed examination for existing underground assets. This puts the critical utility infrastructure at constant risk of being accidentally damaged.
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Traditionally, options for reclosing on mixed and underground circuits to locate faults have been limited. Mixed feeders are the most difficult to manage for reliability and protection, and they contribute highly to customer interruptions and customer minutes lost. They also are expensive to own and operate. Underground circuits have large numbers of customers, so utilities tend to prioritise repairing them for rapid restoration.
In total 7.4km of underground cable will be replaced with new environmentally friendly electricity cables.
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The report entitled ‘Digging up Britain 2019′, shows that there were 2,585,862 searches made through LSBUD’s online portal last year – a 14% increase on the previous year. As a result, almost a quarter of a million more potential asset strikes to the UK’s energy infrastructure were averted.
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Engineers from the network operator are replacing 7.4km of underground power cable, which has been keeping the lights on since the 1960s, with new updated and environmentally-friendly electricity cables.
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The network operator is working on the project in conjunction with Utility Survey Exchange (originally set up with the support of Ordnance Survey’s Geovation programme) to create a digital platform for sharing high-quality survey data from leading practitioners and experts.
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The year-long project will allow for vital upgrades to the network which supplies around 31,000 homes and businesses in the Three Towns, Kilwinning and Irvine areas.
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The investment took place following detailed studies by the business which identified the network in South West East Kilbride as being at capacity, and following indications from South Lanarkshire Council of potential development in the area.
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