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Subsurface Utility Engineering

Subsurface utility engineering (SUE), as defined by ASCE, is a branch of engineering practice that involves managing certain risks associated with utility mapping at appropriate quality levels, utility coordination, utility relocation design and coordination, utility
condition assessment, communication of utility data to concerned parties, utility relocation cost estimates, implementation of utility accommodation policies, and utility design.

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SUE – The Future of Locating Buried Utilities Is Now
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July 8, 2021
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GPR Data Integral Component of the SUE Process

In the right hands, ground penetrating radar (GPR) offers the safest, fastest and most comprehensive non-destructive sub...

June 17, 2021
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Stakeholder Collaboration Is the Ticket to Delivering Accurate, On-Time Locates

The latest DIRT Report issued by the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) found that damages to buried infrastructure were almos...

March 19, 2021
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Jim Anspach Joins ProStar

James Anspach, a global expert in subsurface utility engineering (SUE) has joined ProStar Holdings Inc. as the chair on ...

March 1, 2021
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Lawrence Arcand Forms 4Sight Utility Engineers

In the last quarter of 2020, utility engineering industry veteran Lawrence Arcand, P.Eng, P.E., formed 4Sight Utility En...

February 2, 2021
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Scanning Offers In-depth Look at Manhole Condition

In the last decade Subsurface Utility Imaging in Utica, New York, has slowly grown its offerings to include pipe inspect...

August 21, 2020
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The Road to 3D is Paved with Good Intentions that...

It is not many years ago the novel concept of below ground 3D representations of utilities permeated into companies on t...

July 16, 2020
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High Resolution Multichannel GPR for Efficient Utility Mapping

With infrastructural developments in both underground construction and utilities, the subsurface in urban areas is becom...

July 14, 2020
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What 19th Century Boston Can Teach Us About the Underground...

As we continue to build for the future, we can implement lessons learned from Boston’s subway into our underground pro...

July 13, 2020
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Studying What’s Below: Team Effort Exceeds Client’s Surveying Expectations

Have you ever passed a petrochemical facility and stared at all the intricate piping racks feeding various regions of th...

June 19, 2020
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Understanding the Level of Effort to Be Applied to SUE...

It is clear that not all projects are alike and each have their own distinct level of risk and the amount of utility inv...

June 18, 2020
Canada Brandt Grows Geopositioning Offerings
Brandt Expands Geopositioning Offerings with Acquisitions

The Brandt Group of Companies recently announced a pair of acquisitions that solidify its position as a premier  ge...

June 17, 2020
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GSSI Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Ground penetrating radar equipment manufacturer Geophysical Survey Systems Inc. (GSSI) will commemorate its 50th anniver...

February 7, 2020
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Student Scholarships Available for UESI Pipelines 2020 Conference

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI) is once again accepti...

November 25, 2019
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Register to Attend UESI Utility Investigation School

BAMI-I has teamed with the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI) to provide a four-day Utility Investigatio...

November 13, 2019
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Utility Locates and Locating During Mega Project Planning

Working smarter with SUE data to provide work plans and a common utility base map during projects Over the past 10 years...

September 16, 2019
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