Each day, Utility Locators face a number of hazards, in doing the important work they do to keep our communities safe from excavation damages.

Before attempting to clear a sewer blockage beyond the outside walls of a building, Ontario One Call reminds everyone to “Call Before You Clear” to arrange a free emergency sewer safety inspection to avoid the danger of a natural gas leak or explosion.

For utility construction, vacuum excavators have two primary uses: removing drilling fluid from job sites and potholing to visibly confirm locations of existing utilities.

Utility companies are facing two difficult challenges: a massive, aging infrastructure and a legacy workforce set to retire within the next decade.

Utility Contractors have a unique set of requirements when managing their work. Every utility contractor has an accounting system or ERP but these systems do not handle the field work the way a utility contractor operates requiring a manual system to fill the gap - spreadsheets or paper files.  SunWorx is a system that fills this gap.

Vivax Canada introduces innovative tools for locating buried utilities assuring damage prevention.

Nearly 80 years ago, a construction standstill derailed the subway’s progress, leading to its present crisis. This is the story, decade by decade.

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When the Tacoma Narrows Bridge over Puget Sound in the state of Washington famously collapsed on November 7, 1940, it was captured on film for posterity.