Awareness of the human and economic cost of not knowing the location of underground utilities and other infrastructure has grown dramatically in the last few years. At this forum we will hear from leaders of relatively new companies or startups that are providing technology that has begun to seriously impact our ability to detect, record and share accurate location data about underground infrastructure. We will also hear about the latest developments in standards including the latest ASCE ...

ASCE 38 was first published in 2002. It served as the basis for subsequent standards in UK (PAS 128), Australia, Malaysia, and Ecuador. It serves as the principal standard for the practice of subsurface utility engineering around the globe, and is referenced as the standard to use for existing buried utility investigations in CSA S-250. The latest edition of ASCE 38 takes into account the practice improvements, technological changes, and various interpretations of ASCE 38 since 2002. The l...