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Oldcastle Precast Provides Turnkey Battery Building and Fire Wall for Live High-Voltage Substation

July 6, 2016 - in Construction, Energy, Projects

WEST JORDAN, Utah, July 6, 2016—Oldcastle Precast has completed the turnkey substation battery building project located at Boeing’s “Customer Owned” Main High-Voltage Substation, West Jordan, Utah. The substation battery building accommodates battery…

Andrew Gonnella Promoted to Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Vortex Infrastructure Products

April 25, 2016 - in Construction, People, Water

HOUSTON, April 25, 2016—Vortex Infrastructure Products, the nation's fastest growing trenchless solutions provider, today announced the promotion of…

New Law Adds Protection for Utility Linemen and Women

April 21, 2016 - in Electric Grid, Energy, Maintenance

Utility linemen will join the ranks of law enforcement,  public safety and transportation personnel who will be better protected under a new law signed…

Cardno’s Subsurface Utility Engineering Boosts Risk Management

February 5, 2016 - in Corporate, Electric Grid, Maintenance, Modeling

Mapping underground utilities using the latest technology and proven methods more readily pinpoints underground conflicts and mitigates the risks of change orders and project delays. Cardno senior project manager Rhett Sloan will discuss the benefits of subsurface…

New Leica ULTRA Locator Returns Accurate Results in Faster, More Confident Work

Heerbrugg, Switzerland, Dec. 10, 2015—Leica Geosystems, leader of measurement and reality capture technologies, released today the Leica ULTRA underground service locating system for site engineers and underground utility specialists who need to trace buried…

U.S. Software Integrator Fuels Australian Utility Automation

August 18, 2015 - in Corporate, Electric Grid, Energy, Maintenance

DENVER, Aug. 18, 2015—It was announced today that Woolpert with support from gViz has implemented Cityworks, an asset and work management solution, for ActewAGL Distribution(AAD). AAD is one the largest joint-utility companies in Australia. Cityworks, developed…

GeoDigital to Partner with PPL Electric Utilities to Better Manage Vegetation for Increased Reliability

Pennsylvania utility selects the GeoDigital preconfigured transmission industry solution for vegetation management to further increase network reliability, reduce costs, and increase customer satisfaction. GeoDigital, a big spatial data and analytics company,…

EnWin Utilities Recognized for Using GIS to Improve Access to Key Operational Information

April 13, 2015 - in Corporate, Electric Grid

London, Ont., Canada, April 10, 2015—EnWin Utilities (EnWin) received an Award of Excellence today from Esri Canada for its adoption of geographic information system (GIS) technology to drive operational efficiency throughout the organization. Embracing…

Woolpert to Provide IT Services to Support Cleveland Utilities

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 2, 2015—Woolpert was recently contracted to provide a wide range of information technology (IT) services to support the Cleveland Department of Public Utilities’ (DPU) electrical, water and sewer needs. This will continue the company's…

Sacramento, California, Selects Accela Civic Platform to Modernize City Operations

October 16, 2014 - in Maintenance, Modeling, Projects

SAN RAMON, Calif., Oct. 16, 2014 — Accela, the leading provider of civic engagement solutions for government, today announced the City of Sacramento will deploy Accela Right of Way Managementon the Civic Platform. Accela will integrate the Right of Way…