Locate staffing is already tight. Add a summer ticket surge and the math gets worse fast: more volume, compressed timelines, and a field workforce...
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A Day in the Life of a Telecom Locator: Before and After Auto-Screening
It's early morning. The queue is already full. For a telecom or fiber locate operation, that's every day. What makes it painful is that most of those...
The Hidden Costs of Starting a Contract Locating Company Without the Right Systems
Most people who start a contract locating company know how to locate. They've spent years in the field, they understand the work, and they've decided...
Bringing Stability to a Complex Industry: Continuous Innovation in the KorTerra Field App
For locators in the field, small frustrations add up fast. When ticket details are hard to read, screens require two hands, or workflows don’t match...
The Rise of Mobile-First Field Operations in Damage Prevention: What the Field Taught us About Modernizing the Industry
Mobile-first field operations means designing damage prevention workflows around the way locators and field crews actually work on-site, not around...
Damage Prevention’s 3-Point Shot: How Dig Site Scope Transforms the Way Locate Work is Measured
In nearly every industry, better data is changing how teams win. As analytics mature, organizations gain clearer insight into what actually drives...
The True Cost of Network Damage: Hidden Expenses Telecoms Can No Longer Ignore
Every six minutes, an underground utility line is damaged somewhere in the U.S. For telecom providers, those incidents interrupt service and ripple...
Stop Counting 811 Tickets. Start Measuring Scope.
For years, damage prevention has measured safety and performance per ticket. On the surface, that makes sense. 811 tickets are the common denominator...
Making the Case: How to Win City Board Approval for Damage Prevention Funding in 2026
Municipal budgets are tighter than ever. City boards balance public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and community programs on limited resources....
How Utilities Can Ensure Minimized Damage Before Summer Projects Begin
As spring turns into summer, utilities across the Midwest and Northeast prepare for a significant increase in construction and excavation activity....