utility strikes
Power
Digital map will show all of UK’s underground assets
A digital map of all UK underground pipes and cables is set to be created in an effort to end utility strikes and save lives.
Gas
Making excavation safer
The unintentional striking of an electrical cable or gas pipeline has a significant impact on asset owners, damaging their infrastructure, disrupting their customers and undermining their brand reputation. Richard Broome, managing director at LSBUD (Linesearch BeforeUdig), draws on data from the company's recent 'Digging Up Britain' report to consider how common a problem asset strikes are and looks at what more can be done to stop them.