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Facility Management: Benefits of High-Resolution Aerial Imagery
Facility Management: Benefits of High-Resolution Aerial Imagery To keep a facility properly maintained and running efficiently, managers need a wide variety of tools in their proverbial toolbox. One of the most versatile of those tools is also one of the least implemented. To better manage what is on or under [...]
Are You Ready for the Next Storm?
Are you ready for the next storm? Different parts of the United States experience different storm seasons. In the Southwest, Monsoon season begins in July and runs through September. In the Midwest crippling storms can roll through from spring to fall. In the Northwest mild storms in the spring through [...]
Digging into Disasters
Digging into Disasters It is always exciting to plan and execute new expansion projects for expanding facilities. It can also be fraught with disaster if you have an incomplete picture of a facility's underground infrastructure. According to a recent article on Utility Contractor Online the Common Ground Alliance (CGA), a [...]
Get Strategic with Isolation Valves
Get Strategic with Isolation Valves Inevitably a facility is going to experience a leaking or broken water main, or worse a gas main, setting your maintenance staff into emergency mode. The first step to mitigating a leak is to locate the nearest isolation valves to isolate the segment that is [...]