Doing our bit to reduce the costs businesses face With the pandemic impacting everyone over the past year and a half it is no surprise the economy has taken a massive hit. Keeping any business afloat during lockdown was a real challenge – and keeping work sites safe during the peak of the pandemic and […]
What happened during UK lockdown? According to information published by the Energy Networks Association there has been a welcome reduction in third party damage to buried electricity cables. This is in part due to the UK lockdown impacting construction sites with excavations limited and overall activity decreased. As you would expect less excavation = less […]
Many people are aware of the legislation surrounding safe excavation, underpinned by the requirement to have a comprehensive and up to date set of utility records available to site staff when they are excavating. But we still hear lots of stories of utility strikes associated with an absence of any records…. What is often overlooked […]
Are you planning – or undertaking – site works? Then you will need details of existing utilities to help your project go smoothly. Tip 1 Understand the operating voltage or pressure of existing equipment. This can determine the actual of any constraints such as ‘no construction within XXm of high-pressure gas mains’. This is not […]