From the jobsite

Upgrading Minneapolis’ natural gas infrastructure

After years of preparation, work on the Cedar Station Upgrade Northern Natural Gas (NNG) in Dakota County, Minnesota, was completed this past fall. The bulk of the work on the project was done using horizontal directional drills (HDD) — 22 bores in total.

Municipality puts vacuum excavation to work

Vacuum excavators aren’t just for utility contractors. Many city municipality departments are also discovering the versatility of these powerful soft digging machines for their own utility work. Learn how.

3 reasons utility contractors should verify locates

To help keep your team’s work from showing up on the Dirt Annual Report, you should be using utility locators to verify locates. Here’s why.

Diligent bore planning can help prevent utility strikes

There’s a significant amount of buried infrastructure to avoid while installing underground utilities. Those busy underground rights of way make diligent bore planning more important than ever to help prevent utility strikes.

Extending natural gas system to Fenelon Falls

In 2018, Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. kicked off the lofty project of expanding its natural gas system to the Kawartha Lakes, Ontario villages of Fenelon Falls, Cameron and Cambray. Learn how they navigated challenging ground conditions to complete the project.

A safe, productive jobsite is one with good communication

Every utility jobsite should start with a plan. But many jobs can face the unexpected. Learn how to be prepared to adapt to these change and maintain a safe, productive jobsite.

Preventing utility strikes is everyone’s responsibility

With the demand for faster data speeds increasing, more utility lines going from overhead to underground has led to a lot of underground congestion, weaving new lines through crowded utility right-of-ways. Because of this, horizontal directional drilling (HDD) crews need to spend just as much time planning as they do drilling to prevent utility strikes.