Nearly 100 professionals from over 60 companies attended Planet Underground’s Roundtable in December 2017. Together they shared a wide array of innovative ideas in unscripted, frank discussions about eliminating damages and injury from underground utility excavation. This event marks an industry-first milestone in moving discussions on damage prevention towards real-world solutions backed by technological innovation and advances in communication among all parties involved, and recognizing excavators at the forefront for change.

Read full transcripts from some of our 2017 Roundtable discussions, as well as individual interviews, and a special editorial with Letters to the Editor as our previous interview with Stephanie Menning of MUCA draws fire (See Vol.31-6.) Find an eye opening interview with long time locator Ben Wallace of USIC and his experienced insights from the world of damage prevention.