by Locating | Jul 25, 2022 | Culture, electrical, Excavating Risks, Experiences, Lessons Learned, Project Management, Quality, Risk, Technology
The arrangement of a drain field is very simple. Typically, a drain field is a system of downward sloped pipes with holes cut in them that all originate from the septic tank and spread outward. The pipes typically feature a porous material like gravel and are normally...
by Locating | Aug 11, 2021 | Excavating Risks, Experiences, Project Management, Risk
One of the most risky phases of construction is excavation. These cause very serious and even fatal accidents or incidents. The main Hazard arises from breaking a utility that could cause an unfortunate disaster such as a ruptured gas line. Or to leave a community or...
by Locating | Aug 1, 2021 | Excavating Risks, Project Management, Quality, Risk
Often times many of our customers call us EMERGENCY due to a broken underground service. After starting an assisted excavation work where apparently there are no buried services when making the first ditches, pipes of buried services such as water, energy,...
by Locating | Jun 28, 2021 | Excavating Risks, Lessons Learned, Project Management, Risk
In the construction of buildings, it is very common to have planned excavations, necessary for the construction of foundations that will support the structural elements of the building according to the previous engineering studies required in the project. “It is...
by Locating | Jan 17, 2020 | Culture, Experiences, Project Management, Risk
1. – PREMISE The work of Locating Buried Utility in opportunities, it corresponds to work in Tanks or Basements, which we commonly call, Confined Space so our Management Safety Advisor, has instructed our Locators on the risk considerations to be taken into...
by Locating | Nov 20, 2019 | Culture, electrical, Experiences, Project Management, Risk
Electric shock Physiological Reaction Electrical injury is a physiological reaction caused by electric current passing through the body. Electric shock occurs upon contact of a body part with any source of electricity that causes a sufficient magnitude of current to...
