Sygma Solutions: Specialists in the Training Of Underground Services Location

Research carried out by Energy Networks Association and reported in November 2020 revealed some shocking news regarding contractors failing to check for underground electricity cables before commencing digging on site.

The Very Real Dangers Of Striking Underground Services When Excavating

Possibly the very biggest danger of carrying out any works which require digging – which is very many of them – is the risk of striking underground services. They are everywhere, and it is reckoned that there are about 2.5 million kilometres of them in the UK, although the exact number is impossible to know.

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In any building contract that involves construction work, that work will always begin with the foundations, and that means digging holes in the ground. There are many other reasons to carry out excavation work, largely to install, repair, or renew underground services, and there are quite a number of them.

Striking Underground Services When Excavating Can Have Severe Implications

If you are about to undertake any sort of contract involving excavation work there are several steps that you need to follow in order to ensure, as far as humanly possible, that you do not strike any underground services. These can be anywhere and everywhere, and there are thought to be between 1.5 million and 2 million kilometres of them around the country. You might be out in the sticks working in a country lane but there could still be a couple of cottages further down, and they will have water, electricity, sewage pipes, and telecoms connections at the least.

What Role Does Data Play in Cable Avoidance?

Data might not be the first thing you think of when thinking of health and safety, but it’s such a vital part of making sure that projects are planned property.

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Important Rules to Follow for Cable Avoidance

Performing surveys of underground cables and services is about more than just identifying where existing infrastructure is so that it can be avoided during excavation. It is also a way that authorities and contractors can maintain and improve key services throughout the UK.

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If Undertaking Excavation Work, It Is Best Practice To Use Line Search Before U Dig

In Great Britain, there are approximately four million excavation projects taking place every year – 77,000 every week. During the course of these, on average there are 60,000 cases each year of a contractor striking a utility of one sort or another, often causing serious injury to the worker. Some utilities such as telecoms, for example, are not so likely to cause injury, but striking an electricity cable or gas pipe is quite the opposite. There are a dozen or so fatalities each year.

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What are the Benefits of Becoming a EUSR Trained Surveyor?

One of the most well-known and popular skills platforms is the Energy and Utility Skills Register (EUSR). This body, which handles water, waste management, gas and electricity, provides training and skills for the energy and utility sector based on approved national standards.

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What Does Being a Utility Surveyor Involve

There are all types of job roles in this world. Some, like doctors, policemen or teachers, come with universal recognition of their importance. Others, like utility surveyors, are less known but still incredibly important for society.

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We Are The Sole UK Distributor For The Mala Easy Locator HDR

Sygma Solutions is the foremost provider of cable avoidance training in the UK, with our trainers having a combined experience of cable avoidance when excavating of over 100 years. There is nothing that we don’t know about locating and identifying underground services – and that includes the limitations of the CAT and Genny, the main tools for the location of services. Unfortunately, they do have some limitations and it is essential if you are required to locate services, that you fully understand what those limitations are. If you do not, you could make a mistake and believe that the area in which an excavation needs to take place is free of any services when the opposite is true.

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