Before Brisbane was riddled with glamorous buildings, fine dining restaurants and city cats, it was clustered with brick structures, convicts, Indigenous residents and British explorers. Lets take a step back into history with a timeline of Brisbane which includes events that unfolded in the very beginning,...
Brisbane began to grow rapidly from the 1830s onwards, and far more brick buildings were being erected by this time. Many of these replaced the squalid hut-life conditions endured throughout the 1820s. A map offering a rough guide as to what the city would have...
The true cost of utility strikes and damage This entry was posted in AccidentsPower Lines and tagged accidentelectricitypower cablesUSA on June 9, 2017 by cable cover Retired firefighter Tom Neal spent 30 years rushing to scenes of potential death or injury. But he ranks what happened on December 11, 1998, as he was standing...
Underground Utility Strikes Safety Talk Underground utility strikes are a dangerous and costly event. Almost all line strikes are expensive and many of incidents that damage gas or electric lines can be extremely dangerous to everyone in the area. According to the Common Ground Alliance (CGA),...
In collaboration with Dial Before You Dig we’ve put together this list of horror events that happen to regularly in Australia. Avoid being a horror story, get the Dial Before You Dig Android or iPhone app Horror Stat 1 Every year electrical distributors report up to 30 excavators contacting...
1300Locate and Geelong Cable Locations have got together and presented the boys at Multiplex with 2 x $500 Bunnings Gift Cards to assist in their current community project that is happening right here in the heart of the River City. Best wishes guys, we hope it comes in...
The utility locating industry in Australia plays a crucial role in the protection of essential services through non-destructive methods and equipment, and has embraced AS5488-2013 Classification of Subsurface Utility Information (SUI) as a means to identify and convey invaluable utility information. Realistically some utility owners simply don’t know...
Western Corridor Recycled Water Project SE, QLD The Western Corridor Recycled Water Project (WCRWP) is the largest recycled water scheme of its kind in the southern hemisphere. It involves the construction of approximately 200km of underground pipeline, three Advance Water Treatment Plants and six pump stations forming...
NPI Stage 2 Pipeline Sunshine Coast, Qld The NPI Stage 2 pipeline project connects from the stage 1 treatment point at Lander’s shute Water treatment plant (Eudlo) and extend to the Noosa Water Treatment near Cooroy. The project consists of approximately 48 kilometres of bi-directional pipeline and...
Marriott Resort Momi Bay, Fiji 1300Locate were engaged by Bennett and Bennett Brisbane to provide locating and Pipe Survey operations on the abandoned site of what is now the Marriott resort Momi Bay. The abandoned site had a lot of foundations left incomplete with rebar, mesh etc...
