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The USIC crew in DeWitt County were recognized by Ameren Illinois for going one year without any damages. Over 6,500 tickets and 1.2 million miles of underground utilities protected. Congratulations on the awesome job! #JULIEBeforeYouDig #Call811 #Celebrating50Years
Congrats to our Traverse City, Michigan team for being damage-free year to date!
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Congratulations to Technician Mandy Eberl on being named Locator of the Year by the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) of Washington! Thank you, Mandy, for your dedication to partnering with the excavation community to ensure safe digging. You make us all proud!
We are proud to be a 2024 VETS Indexes 4 Star Employer! The award recognizes USIC’s ongoing commitment to recruiting, hiring, retaining, developing, and supporting veterans. Read more at https://bwnews.pr/3vQ7GxQ
To close out Locator Safety & Appreciation Week, we want to remind our USIC locate technicians that we appreciate you every day. Thank you for your unwavering commitment to keeping yourself, your team, and your community safe!
Excited to see so many partners in damage prevention at our CGA Conference session on the coordination between excavators and locators that is the groundwork for timely locates and safe digging. Thank you to Jason Poyser of Metronet and Sada McGee of Mears Broadband for joining USIC VP of Operations – West Division Chris Grillo and VP of Government Affairs Nancy Mitchell in sharing collaborative solutions for managing locate resources on large, fast-moving projects.
Cheers to Eli Armes, a Senior Technician from the Central Indiana District, who shone bright at the Global Locate Masters competition in New Orleans as part of the Global Excavation Safety Conference. Eli placed 3rd overall and was awarded $500 for his performance. Eli is a 2022 graduate of USIC’s Career and Technical Education program at the John H. Hinds Career Center in Elwood, IN. Congratulations Eli, you make us proud!
Thanks to our millions of locates each year, we’ve built an impressive amount of historical data to analyze for risk factors. Using this information, we can proactively determine the probability of damage occurring on a new ticket.
