In Volume 35-1 of American Locator Magazine, we preview the next generation of locator training, on video, from Planet Underground TV: The Staking University Learning Management System. This revolutionary new video training series from Staking U and PUTV offers tracks for the beginner to expert utility professional. Learn about locating equipment and techniques and get a fundamental technical understanding of how our nation’s infrastructure operates.

Plus, find 2020 damage briefs from around the nation, a report on the state of damage prevention in the UK, a debate on providing depths, the latest update to ASCE Standard 38-02 and so much more! Subscribe online, and don’t miss an issue, print or digital.

ON THE MARK (EDITORIAL)
First of Its Kind, Utility Systems and Locator Training:
The Staking U Learning Management System

EXCAVATION SAFETY: OP-ED
Reporting Damages to DIRT Improves Damage Prevention

DIGGING DANGERS
Damages Dateline 2020: Year in Review

THE AMERICAN LOCATOR
I Am An American Locator: Planet Underground Delivers a Game Changing Video-Based Training Series

THE AMERICAN LOCATOR
With One Hand Tied Behind Their Backs – Why Don’t Locators Provide Depths?

EXCAVATION SAFETY
Changes to Pennsylvania’s One-Call Laws and Subsurface Utility Engineering: Part 2 of 2

DAMAGE PREVENTION IN THE NEWS
Status of ASCE Standard Guideline for the Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data (38-02)