Durham Gas Explosion Leaves 1 Dead, 17 Injured
April 10, 2019 DURHAM, N.C. -- A gas explosion killed 1 person and injured 17 others, including a Durham firefighter, in downtown Durham on Wednesday. Durham Mayor Steve Schewel pointed out [...]
Rethinking the Construction Closeout Process
“Project Closeout.” “Building Turnover.” “Transition.” “Contractor Hand-off.” Original article published by Construction Executive No matter what it’s called, moving out of the construction phase into facility operations is one [...]
UVARA Takes On The $1 Trillion Challenge Of Managing Utility And Facility Infrastructure
What’s the best way to budget, design and operate utility and facility infrastructure? Or to avoid unnecessary construction delays and expensive overruns? Or retain precious institutional memory before [...]
Five Reasons Why Utility Locators Should Embrace GIS
Is now the time for utility locators to integrate Geographic Information System (GIS) into their best practices? With the price of GIS falling significantly and ease-of-use improving dramatically, there’s a [...]
Kilgore College Evacuated after Gas Leak
According to an official with CenterPoint Energy, a construction crew was working when they hit a natural gas line around 9:30 a.m near Kilgore College. Several buildings on the east side of [...]
Construction Crew Strikes Gas Line at American University
A construction crew struck a gas line causing a leak on the American University campus Wednesday morning. There were no reports of injuries. The leak led to building evacuations and road closures [...]
Sewage Discharge from Texas A&M Campus Dorm
Texas A&M University has discovered a sewage leak on campus that apparently began in 2017, university officials announced Wednesday. A sanitary sewer line from Whitely Hall had been improperly connected to a [...]
Montgomery College Germantown Reopening after Gas Leak
WASHINGTON — Classes at the Germantown campus of Montgomery College will resume at 5 p.m. after a large gas leak prompted several buildings and hundreds of students to be evacuated Monday morning. [...]
Forney Hospital Evacuated after Gas Leaks from Sewer Line
A Forney hospital was evacuated Tuesday after a gas leak in the surrounding area. Two patients and staff at Baylor Scott & White Emergency Center were cleared from the building on U.S. Highway 80 [...]
Gas Explosion, Fire Caused By A Construction Crew Kills Firefighter
A massive natural gas explosion killed a firefighter and leveled portions of a city block in a southern Wisconsin community, including a bar the firefighter owned, authorities said Wednesday. The blast [...]
Company Fined for Inaccurate Utility Maps
An Indiana utility company fined $900,000 for keeping inaccurate utility maps of its underground natural gas lines. The Northwest Indiana Times reports that the state utility commission issued notices to Northern Indiana [...]
Report: Underground Utilities Ignored by Higher Ed. Institutions
At UndergroundGIS, our mission is to change the "out of sight, out of mind" philosophy that property owners and facility managers often adhere to when it comes to their utility infrastructure. One [...]
Waxahachie Home Explosion: New Details
The Fire Marshal says a contractor sawed through a gas line causing the home explosion in Waxahachie last week on Arabian Road. After the line was cut, natural gas flowed into a sewer [...]
Water Pump Closes Cape Cod College
Cape Cod Community College closed Friday afternoon after a water pump on the West Barnstable campus failed. The campus is currently without water. The Hyannis Center is still open, according to a [...]
400 Cars Flooded After Water Main Breaks
As many as 400 cars were flooded early Thursday after a main break sent water gushing into the parking garage of a residential building at East 57th Street and Second Avenue in [...]
Failing infrastructure imperils Drinking Water Systems
Deep inside a 70-year-old water-treatment plant, drinking water for Iowa’s capital city is cleansed of harmful nitrates that come from the state’s famously rich farmland. Without Des Moines Water Works, the central Iowa [...]
Gas Leak at McDowell High School Disrupts Homecoming
A gas leak put homecoming celebrations temporarily on hold at McDowell High School early Friday morning. A construction crew hit a gas line while working at the high school. Students and staff [...]
Water main break causes half-million gallon water leak
A water main break caused more than a half-million gallons of chlorinated water to rush into Gilleland Creek, Pflugerville Wednesday afternoon, causing some smaller fish to die. A city contractor was drilling [...]
Crew hits gas line, force Seguin High School evacuation
A ruptured gas line shut down Seguin High School early Tuesday afternoon after an evacuation. Crews working on the new high school struck a 2-inch gas line at about 2:30 p.m. in [...]
Former Scores strip club property owner settles with Columbia Gas after 2012 Springfield explosion
Nearly three years after a natural gas explosion sent exotic dancers and the staff of Scores scrambling for cover, stripper shoes and rubble sailing in a plume over the downtown, the owner of [...]