Contract Locator Testimonials

• “I enjoyed Underground Focus Live! Your location not only provides the opportunity to see new equipment, technology and processes, but also allows the vendors to actually demonstrate in a real-life field setting. There's no need to establish follow-up field demonstrations at an alternative site after the show with vendors because that is accomplished at the site-very beneficial for both vendors and attendees.”
  --- Bram Fuller, Regional Risk Management & QA Manager,
       Central Locating Service, Ltd.
  
  
• “The event was quite amazing! I thought the event was great! It provided an opportunity for non-front-line folks to see what it's all about. I look forward to actually operating a backhoe next year!! ”
  ---Peter Johnston, Manager of Technology Development
      Arizona Public Service
  
  
• “I was very impressed with the 'Underground Focus Live' event. No other show that I have seen even begins to compare with the actual work being conducted on the campus there in Manteno. The hands-on demonstrations not only allow everyone to see how this work is conducted, but it allows comparisons of equipment and operating techniques. I have already asked my managers if they will plan to attend.”
  
  --- E. Thomas Hittle, Director of Services,
       Heath Consultants Incorporated
  
  
• “Wow! We all knew that Underground Focus Live! was going to be a success, but did anyone think that it would exceed our expectations to this degree?
  
  At Great Plains Locating Service, Inc. we believe in "multi-party" damage prevention responsibility. This involves the one-call systems, the utility companies, the excavators, regulatory agencies and the contract locating vendor.
  
  Let me put it this way:

  * Where else would you expect to find some of the best One Call Centers in the country sponsoring a group breakfast and watching them enter locate requests over the Internet?

  * Where else can you observe two of the largest utilities in Illinois,
  ComEd and NICOR, sharing a display booth and jointly demonstrating their commitment to damage prevention?
  
  * Where else can you actually see a contractor "shooting a bore", digging a hole with a backhoe or talking with a vendor about white paint flags and paint?

  * Where else can you find a representative from a Regulatory Agency asking about what can be done about the frequency of contractors working without a ticket or someone giving a very graphic demonstration on trench safety?

  * Where else can you find Locating Professionals, locating a three phase or gas service, then having a vacuum excavating rig "suck a hole" and expose the buried facility right before you?

  If you were at the 1st Annual Underground Focus Live!, you already know the answers to these questions. Thanks for everything!
  
  --- Mike Broshous, Marketing Manager
       Great Plains Locating Service, Inc