Before moving on to the 2000s, let’s continue looking back to some of the early history of Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE).  Last week we looked at the SUE History from 1981 thru 1984.  This week we will look at the 1985-1989 years. This week’s picture, depicting So-Deep’s early training manuals, and much of the following […]

Before moving on to the 2000s, let’s continue looking back to some more of the early history of Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE).  For the last two weeks we have looked at the SUE history from 1981 thru 1989.  This week we will look at the 1990-1994 years.  SUE History from1990 thru 1994, Part 1  (1) […]

We’re continuing to look back before moving on to the 2000s. For the last three weeks we have looked at the SUE history from 1981 thru 1994. We didn’t quite finish 1990-1994 last week so we’ll continue with it this week. SUE History from1990 thru 1994, Part 2 (1) Professionals touting SUE in the early […]

Last week’s picture of Gary Frazho received twice as many “likes” as usual and four times as many comments. Over the years Gary learned how to use all the designating and locating equipment that came along and learned it so well he has probably trained thousands of young technicians how to use it. That was […]

During the final years of the 20th Century, it had become apparent to the FHWA, the SUE providers, and other proponents that there was a great need to quantify the value of SUE. Hence, the FHWA commissioned Professor Jeff Lew of the Purdue University Department of Building Construction Management to determine the value of SUE […]

During the final years of the 20th Century, it had become apparent to the FHWA, SUE providers, and other proponents that there was a great need to establish standard guidelines for its use. Hence, early in 2003, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) published ASCE 38-02, Standard Guideline for the Collection and Depiction of […]

LAWRENCE ARCAND’S HISTORY OF SUE IN CANADA Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) was pretty well established in the United States by 2000. Not all the State DOTs were using it but all had been made aware of it by Jim Anspach, Nick Zembillas, and Paul Scott.  So, it was no surprise when other countries started using […]

LAWRENCE ARCAND’S HISTORY OF SUE IN CANADA (PART 2 OF 5) Subsurface Utility Engineering in the early 2000s was a completely foreign concept in Canada and a lot of effort went into educating potential users of the service. There were numerous lunch and learn presentations to educate consultants, municipalities and other government agencies about the […]

HISTORY OF SUBSURFACE UTILITY ENGINEERING Post-22 – Presentations in Texas & Louisiana The FHWA SUE Promotion Team wound up its tour of State DOTs with stops in Texas and Louisiana. We arrived at the TxDOT headquarters in Dallas on Monday morning. Getting tired I guess; we had combined the morning and afternoon sessions into just […]