Another from my collection the Metrotech 810, this one courtesy of Marg Straka from APA Gas. The creator of the legendary Metrotech 810 locator, Earl Peterman, could not have imagined […]
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An open letter to the utility asset owners of Australia
Utility Asset – As a professional trainer, with many years’ experience in the utility damage prevention industry, I often get dismayed by some of the stories that are relayed to […]
Back to the Future: Very High Frequency Inductive Locating – Friend or Foe?
Inductive Locating No! Never, watch out, trouble, useless! These are words many associate with very high frequency inductive locating. More polite might terms might be “caution” or “last resort.” Over […]
Acoustic Pipe Locating – A Future Trend for Challenging Situations?
No matter the technology used to locate buried pipes and cables today, there is no single tool that can do it all. Just as a carpenter’s tool box consists of […]
Dial Before You Dig Locator Certification
DBYD need to be applauded for the efforts that they have gone through to improve the skills of locators who locate the country’s assets. Dig Locator Certification Paul Newman, the […]
Positive Verification
Positive Verification – You have just spent the day pouring over plans, connecting to and locating all of the conductive cables that you can find, unloaded your GPR and carried […]
How Locating Instrument Works – Part 5
How Locating Instrument Works – Well it has been a little while since I put pen to paper and for this I apologise – a little bit of R and […]
How Locating Instrument Works – Part 4
How Locating Instrument Work- In this section things start to get interesting and really separates the good locators from those with average skills. I was once one of these average […]
How a Locating Instrument Works – Part 3
How a Locating Instrument Works – There are only two ways that the locator can place energy onto the target line – conductively or inductively. Last week we examined the […]