Reflective band so the marker can be found at night or in poor weather. A warning decal can be added to remind excavators to call for a locate. 3 Sided TriView® Marker ensures the manhole can be seen from every direction.
Pipeline and cable route markers are meant to be seen – Their visibility is their strength. Different marker styles achieve that visibility in different ways and to different level of success. When writing specifications for markers, you can save time and better protect buried facilities by choosing a marker that can be seen from all …
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Pipeline Marker Maintenance and Replacement Process [Project Name] [Your Name] Introduction XXXX has defined requirements for materials, installation methods, and placement of permanent pipeline markers along the ROW. These markers are intended to provide a warning to potential excavators of the presence and approximate location of the pipeline. They are also used to communicate contents …
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Pipelines are expensive. Super expensive. There are a number of factors that will increase or decrease the costs associated with the construction, but here are the averages: For a high pressure, natural gas transmission pipeline, the average cost per mile in 2015-2016 was $7.65 million per mile. Those costs are broken up into 4 main …
This blog was initially posted in our October 2019 Gas & Oil industry newsletter. I. New Pipeline Rules for Natural Disasters Just this month PHMSA finalized a rule that significantly revises aspects of pipeline safety regulations Part 192 and 195 for natural gas and hazardous liquids pipelines. Major changes include expansion of integrity assessments …
This blog was initially posted in our August 2019 Water industry newsletter. I. Unmarked Water Line Severely Damaged Earlier this summer, a contractor in Fort Lauderdale ruptured a pipe feeding the city’s primary water treatment plant. Cuts to the city’s budget over eight years ago had eliminated crews who oversaw maintenance on the pipeline. The …
This blog was originally posted in our 2019 August Electric industry newsletter. We are in the middle of hurricane season, and NOAA updated their Atlantic forecast. If predictions are right, we could see 10-17 named storms and 2-4 major hurricanes. In the Carolinas several electric utilities have been increasingly undergrounding their lines to reduce the …
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This blog was initially posted in our August 2019 Gas & Oil industry newsletter. New pipeline regulations continue to move forward at PHMSA as the Senate Commerce committee advanced the reauthorization of the Pipeline Safety Act. The new rules will address over-pressurization and change professional engineering requirements. The new Transmission, Liquids, and Gathering regulations are …
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This blog was initially posted in our 2019 August Telecommunications industry newsletter. I. Thousands lose internet after third-party damage On July 3, the internet was down all day in heavily populated areas of Raleigh-Durham, NC, Morrisville, NC, and Charleston, SC. A third party caused the widespread damages affecting customers of Comcast, Verizon and Wow! The …
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This blog was originally posted in our 2019 October telecommunications industry newsletter. I. City receives $8.5 million FEMA grant to underground utilities The city of Palm Beach, Florida has been awarded $8.5 million to remove utility polls and bury overhead power lines. The grant was part of FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Programs fund, that became …
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This blog was originally posted in our 2019 October electric industry newsletter I. With outages increasing, city advocates for more underground utilities. Experiencing nine major outages that have effected more than 17,000 people since July, city officials of Shenandoah and the The Woodlands in Texas are looking for answers. Constant outages have created a …
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It’s an affliction that affects millions around the world every year. We’ve all seen the symptoms of CLS, they’re easy to spot: Prevalent rust, faded or illegible messages, and extreme ugliness. The victims of CLS have silently suffered from the condition for far too long. Finally, after years of suffering, we’re proud to …
DISCLAIMER: Every sign in this video was printed and cut with our state-art-of-art sign making technology. This year, we launched Rhino UV Armor Signs. And to spread the word, we made this video. Shot in our new manufacturing plant in Waseca, MN, this video breaks down the superiority Rhino UV Armor Signs in less than …
Earlier this year, we launched Rhino UV Armor Signs, our proprietary sign manufacturing process that can produce signs of unmatched quality at unmatched prices. When it comes to making your signs, we are all about choices. Different situations and environments call for different materials when producing your signs. We have three options to best fit your …
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by Scott Landes (this article originally appeared in the 2019 spring issue of the dp-PRO magazine) Communications companies always recover all their costs when their cables are damaged by contractors. If you believe this, I have some bad news… there is no Santa Clause, no Easter Bunny, and communications companies seldom recover anywhere near all …
