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No more excuses! That is the theme for this weeks vry special episode of the Utility Strategy Podcast. 811 deserves the respect of every stakeholder in our industry. Handling thousands of excavation tickets a day, they are the safety net of utility verification before we begin digging. Unfortunately, the work is becoming all too much for them to handle! With teh new infrastructure ebill coming down the pipeline, infrastructure projects are beginning to raise the issue that there just aren’t enough people in the work force to take on these mega projects. No more excuses!Chris Stovall, CEO of 811 Texas says enough is enough!Join us as he sits down with David Horesh to discuss the issues surrounding the 811 industry.
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What is the biggest risk behind damage prevention? It’s striking, it’s having the responsibility falling on you the construction end of damaging utility lines.Jimmie Wang is one of the most knowledgable people in the damage prevention space, who has a very different point of view about the indsutry. Jimmie has been in the damage prevention industry for a little over 20 years. He started in the contract locating world and worked with various private equity firms helping to sell as part of the management and owenrhsip for companies in the space. Leading everything from mergers and acquisitions to product developments - leading him to having a depe understanding of utilities and facility owners, and even one call tickets - Making him an expert in making the industry better. Hosted by David Horesh
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What are the main challenges with conducting utility locating? How often do utilities get striked due to mismanaged projects? What ways can we as an industry mitigate these risks as early on as possible? All of these questions and more are to be answered on this very special episode fo the Utility Strategy Podcast, featuring our special guest, Forrest SimOn this episode, Forrest and David sit down to discuss the challenges the industry faces in the realm of utility location, and how important it is to integrate technologies into the design process. Hosted by David Horesh
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On this extraordinary episode of the Utility Strategy Podcast, David Horesh speaks with not one but two professionals from the industry on the solutions to our industry's pain points. Brenda Reigle is a DIG prevention consultant with 26 years of experience as Executive Director at NUCA of Pennsylvania. Nicholas Zembillas is a subsurface utility engineer and expert in everything related to SUE. Together their experience in the industry provides tremendous insight into all issues pertaining to subsurface utilities.
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Here at 4M, we’ve been discussing some of the most common problems facing the utility industry today with experts across the industry. The bottom line is, there are just too many issues and factors that put infrastructure projects at a massive risk of dire consequences. As a result, on this very special episode of the Utility Strategy Podcast, David Horesh sits down to discuss these with 4M’s VP of Marketing, Lindsay Kelley these topics. However, a very special guest will be answering the questions, Chat GPT. Lindsay Kelley, who has over 20 years of experience in the world of marketing and business development, along with David Horesh, analyzes Chat GPT’s episodes to see just how well the technology knows the industry.
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Re-occurring theme guests on our podcast mention the issues behind incorporating new technologies into infrastructure projects. 2023 brings with it many new advancements in technology such as AI, however, it seems that the industry prefers the more traditional ways of going about the project lifecycle. Our very special guest on this episode, Varun Adibhatla, co-founder of ARGO Labs, discusses with David Horesh the issues, benefits, and vision of technology integration into the industry,Currently, Varun is an adjunct professor at NYU’s center for urban science and progress. He has an MS in information science from Penn State and a Master's in applied urban science and informatics from NYU. It is an honor to have him with us to discuss everything technology.
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In 2023, technology has become a vital part in every aspect of our lives. Industries across the globe have managed to find the perfect relationship between technological advancement’s ad productivity. However, in the infrastructure industry today, the adoption of technology is being impeded for various reasons. Plain and simple, the industry has not gone digital, and we ask ourselves why are we still collecting and verifying utility ata the same was for the last few decades?
Andy Kaiyala, an expert in civil consturcition for the last 25 years has been wondering the same question, and sits down with our very own David horesh on this episode of the Utiltiy strategy podcast to discuss the challenges, and possible solutions to integrate technology into the industry.
It is an honor to have him with us today!
Host: David Horesh (Director of Marketing)
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On the thirty-first episode of the 4M Utility Strategy Podcast, Albert Taylor and David horesh take a deep dive into subsurface utility engineering. Albert is a professional who’s taken on the challenge of subsurface utilities in the name of some of the most-known brands in our industry. For ten plus years Albert has been worked as a project manager at SGC Engineering LLC, located in Jacksonville, Florida.
Before becoming a project manager in the realm of SUE, Albert dedicated ten years of his professional career assisting on construction projects, providing him with extensive knowledge and challenges from the point of view of multiple stakeholders.
During this episode, Albert uses his experience to answer the difficult questions surround SUE such as; what do the clients need? How can people like Albert help them? What are the biggest challenges? What are the challenges of utility coordination?
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On the thirtieth episode of the 4M Utility Strategy Podcast, we discuss with Michael Twohig the integration of traditional utility locating procedures with land survey best practices. As head of SUM at DGT, Michael spearheads the firm’s subsurface utility locating, 3D utility mapping, and subsurface utility damage prevention programs. In the span of his career,
Michael has authored more than 40 articles relating to utility mapping, underground damage prevention, and utility industry best practices. One of Michael’s greatest achievements is the advancement and development and implementation of new 3D deliverables for geospatial projects, integrating LiDAR, utility locating systems, GPR, infrared, land surveying, and multi-sensor platforms to provide high-quality, reliable, and accurate data for CAD, GIS, and BIM delivery format.
It is an honor to have him with us today!
Host: David Horesh (Director of Marketing)
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On the Twenty-Ninth episode of the 4M Utility Strategy Podcast, we discuss with Syd Jones the quality needed within our industry to make sure we achieve the most efficient project life cycle possible. Syd sheds light on the core issues in the front end and behind the scenes of our industry.
Syd has been in the industry for over 30 years, and he brings his decades of experience to his current role where he’s dedicated to augmenting the resources of both large and small general engineering contractors across the United States.
In 2017, Syd opened Jones Industrial Group; a consultant estimating firm specializing in heavy civil, water, and wastewater industries. He saw the need to open up this group to specifically address the growing need for quality preconstruction and project management services.
It is an honor to have him with us today!
Host: David Horesh (Director of Marketing)
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On the Twenty-Eighth episode of the 4M Utility Strategy Podcast, we discuss with Colleen Martindale the opportunity behind activating an entirely new workforce to solve the industry’s labor shortage. We dive into the subject matter of how utility data and infrastructure projects connect with providing broadband internet access to rural communities across the country.
Colleen leads the civil engineering department, where work is priced and procured in the transportation and heavy civil markets. Colleen has a strong background in civil estimating with 10 years of experience with McCarthy and more than 14 years of experience in the industry.
In addition, Colleen manages the McCarthy Partnership for Women in the Southern Region, an employee resource group, focused on removing barriers to success for women in the construction industry.
It is an honor to have her with us today!
Host: David Horesh (Director of Marketing)
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On the Twenty- Seventh episode of the 4M Utility Strategy Podcast, we discuss with Shirley Bloomfield the issues of bringing together service providers and creating standards across the nation. We dive deeper into the subject matter of how utility data and infrastructure projects connect with providing broadband internet access to rural communities across the country.
Shirley is an expert in her field, spending time in Washington as VP of federal relations for various companies such as Verizon. She has managed to develop a deep understanding of where the problem lies in getting internet to these communities while keeping federal and private interests in mind.
Today Shirley is the CEO of the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association designed to represent the small rural communities across the country.
It is an honor to have her with us today!
Host: David Horesh (Director of Marketing)
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On the twenty-sixth episode of the 4M Utility Strategy Podcast, we sit down with Raymond Sonnier to talk about damage prevention and asset management from a specialist’s perspective. We discuss the past, present, and future of this important aspect of the project’s life cycle. He also explains the importance of auditing projects, the issues with a labor shortage in America, and educating stakeholders who are boots on the ground in the field.
Raymond is an expert in Utility with 20 years of experience in the field. Slowly through educating himself on the problems and solutions of the industry he’s worked his way to becoming a specialist in damage prevention. Today Raymond is a coordinator for Atmos Energy Corporation located in Louisiana. He oversees all sorts of projects ranging from transportation to Oil & Gas
It is an honor to have him with us today!
Host: David Horesh (Director of Marketing)
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On the twenty-fifth episode of the 4M Utility Strategy Podcast, we sit down with Mary Susan Knauss to talk about utility asset management from an insider’s perspective. How can we better maintain, house, and utilize reliable data in the field of asset management? What are the main various data sources/ Why is it important to house utility data in one centralized system? She also explains why progress has been slow in updating the way asset managers house and share utility data with each other in order to have accurate data in real-time.
Mary has over thirty years of expertise in the field since she began her professional career at AT&T in 1981 where she managed their systems operations center for seven years. Currently, Mary is serving as a board member of the Hudson Development Corporation and as president-elect of the NYS GIS Association. From 2006 until 2019 Mary was a Senior Transportation Analyst for the New York State Department of Transportation. She developed GIS/ mobile GPS Solutions for Departmental inventory and asset management. She also managed their Geospatial analysis to support contract & construction planning.
Host: David Horesh (Director of Marketing)
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On the twenty-fourth episode of the 4M Utility Strategy Podcast, we sit down with Peter Bergamini to talk about the energy grid from an industry insider's perspective. How can we better plan the management, maintenance, expansion, and long-term engineering of diverse energy systems to keep our grid strong and resilient? What tactics should be used for large-scale, centralized infrastructure, and how can distributed energy resources add flexibility and redundancy to the system?
Peter Bergamini is an electrical engineer with a focus on power systems. He has worked on power plant design (including UPS system, SCR upgrades, backup/generation systems & system protection), substation/switching station design (including breaker coordination, communication upgrades, DG, autotransformer & relaying protection), and switchboard design (including multi section lineups, USS, system coordination, integrated relaying).
Host: David Horesh (Director of Marketing)
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On the twenty-third episode of the Utility Strategy Podcast, we talked to Jerry Aliberti, a real New Yorker who knows the ins and outs of one of the world's most complex utility environments. Jerry covered an amazing breadth of topics in just half an hour, from stories of legendary construction projects to advice on field v. office skills, adopting new technology, and how to build a career in the industry.
Jerry Aliberti brings almost two decades of experience managing civil construction projects, as well as training and managing individuals and teams on some of the largest infrastructure construction projects in New York State and surrounding areas. Jerry is trained and fluent in both field and office operations.
Host: David Horesh (Director of Marketing)
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On the twenty-second episode of the Utility Strategy Podcast, we learn about what SUE (Subsurface Utility Engineering) can do for project planning and construction—and what's at risk when SUE isn't used early in the process. And there's no better person to tell that story than Rusty Wolff, a SUE director who's passionate about educating clients, policymakers, and the wider public about the importance of investigating and documenting subsurface utilities.
Rusty Wolff is Director of Subsurface Utility Engineering at Criado & Associates, bringing 30 years of construction experience including 11 years in SUE and 17 years in QA/QC.
Host: David Horesh (Director of Marketing)
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On the twenty-first episode of the Utility Strategy Podcast, we learn from researcher Amit Kumar about the vast scope of infrastructural changes across India, as well as the challenges and opportunities for utility coordination in a country with more than 8,000 urban centers.
Amit Kumar is a registered architect, urban and rural planner, and currently a scholar at the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme, Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. His research focuses on public utility coordination in right-of-way management, including technologies such as GIS and BIM and approaches such as agent-based modelling (ABM) to identify critical pain points of the industry and increase safety in the public ROW.
Host: David Horesh (Director of Marketing)
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Just for Testing
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On our twentieth episode, Glenn Fox takes us on a deep dive into the real world of SUE—and the utility insights you can ONLY learn with boots on the ground.
Glenn Fox is a Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) and utility mapping expert with 36 years of industry experience, from designating and digging test holes in the field to managing and directing SUE departments. He has provided SUE services across 14 states, working with DOTs, private utilities, industrial facilities, as well as military and national security infrastructure. He also takes an active role in the advancement of SUE and damage prevention through professional membership in the ASCE Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI) committees for SUE & Investigations and Designator Certification, as well as other national, state, and local bodies promoting best practices in utility locating and documentation.
Host: David Horesh (Director of Marketing)
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