Underground mapping News & views

Workmen cut power to thousands of homes. Thursday 6 May, 2010

Reports from the BBC show yet again how underground services can cause major issues to the public when workmen unexpectedly cut through power lines.

Link-up for Geotec Surveys Tuesday 23 February, 2010

Having been a verified and audited member of Achilles UVDB and Verify for many years, utilising the database for business relations and possible sales leads, Geotec Surveys have now extended their involvement with Achilles by joining their Link-up Railway focused qualification scheme.

Geotec chosen to map underground for overhead project Thursday 21 January, 2010

Geotec Surveys have been awarded the underground utility mapping contract by the Electricity Alliance East (EAE) for the proposed overhead power distribution network upgrade between Norton and Spennymoor in North East England.

Utility companies face being fined £25,000 a day under new Government plans for overrunning road works. Friday 8 January, 2010

Since the start of 2008, more than 40 utility firms have been fined over £8.5 million for delays caused by overrunning work under a Government scheme to give councils greater control over street works in their boroughs. The maximum fine a local authority could charge at that time was £2,500 per day.

Now in 2010 the UK government wants to increase the potential for these fines to £25,000 per day in an effort to minimise road works undertaken by utility companies and thereby reduce disruption to road users.