Up to this point, we have explored a range of benefits that accrue from the use of technology in the damage prevention process. Not only […]
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Damage Prevention
Safer Digging Part 4: Saving Time Saving Money
There is a clear connection between effective damage prevention and cost saving – when you avoid a damage, you avoid all of the direct and […]
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Safer Digging Part 3: Keep it in Park
This blog series is laser-focused on innovative technology that can improve the damage prevention process. While this particular series only discusses one technology – Electronic […]
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Safer Digging Part 2: Click Don’t Call
In March, Aii ran its original damage prevention campaign Modern Roots March to help raise America’s infrastructure IQ about the critical roots of modern life below […]
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Safer Digging Part 1: Before the Shovel
The first step for safer digging happens long before the shovel hits the ground. Damage prevention relies on communication and collaboration between parties through One-Call […]
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Safe Digging Month Wraps, But Safe Digging Continues
April is recognized across the U.S. as National Safe Digging Month. As the April showers wind down and the May flowers sprout up, it is […]
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Think Tank Calls for Reexamination of Federal Damage Prevention Approach
Washington, D.C, April 20, 2022 — The Alliance for Innovation and Infrastructure (Aii) on Wednesday released its newest report, Excavation Damage to Underground Infrastructure: A […]
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From Modern Roots March to Safe Digging Month
Do you know what is below? After a month of emphasizing modern roots, it is time to move into national safe digging month! Throughout March, […]
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Resilience of Regional Roots
Across the U.S., underground utilities occupy space at different depths. Many factors influence the depth you may find these pipes, cables, and wires, such as […]
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How Low Do Modern Roots Go?
In any natural landscape, a wide variety of vegetation have different root networks belowground. The same is true for the Modern Roots that deliver water, […]
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Hey! Don’t Dig Yet! See This First!
Are you planning to dig a hole? Maybe you’re just planting a small tree, installing a mailbox, or leveling out a wonky slope in your […]
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Why Roots and Not Overhead Lines?
If you have been following the Aii educational series Modern Roots March this month, you’ll know that we want to get you thinking about underground […]
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The Costs of Digging Blind
Everyone knows you wouldn’t dig right next to the base of a tree if you thought there were roots underfoot. The same intuition should govern […]
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Identifying A Structure’s Roots
Beneath our households, sidewalks, and backyards, a hidden network of utilities enables a multitude of services to be delivered to consumers, like roots to a […]
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Detecting Modern Roots
A single call to 811 for an excavation project sets in motion a process that will reveal modern roots in a dig site. Damage prevention […]
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