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The educational workshops and sessions from the first day to the last day were well attended and audience participation was at an all-time high.
Keeping up with and staying ahead of the underground projects was just one of the hot topics discussed at this year’s event. Dynamic and informative speakers led the audience to redefine issues and make new friends. If you’re the excavator, the locators may become your new friend and of course, if you’re the locator, maybe we need to try
to better understand the pressures placed on the excavator. It is clear that we’re going to see a lot more of one another over the next 5 years, so it would make sense to work together to help one another be more successful.
This year’s exhibit hall was hopping. First time vendors
as well as first time attendees made the Summit explode with energy and kept it fun and easy to learn. That’s
really the purpose of the Summit in the first place.
Bring stakeholders together to share perspectives and experiences to create a better path for public safety and the protection of underground utilities... and do it together as
a team!
Can’t leave the exhibit hall without mentioning Coffee with Jim and James, featuring Ashley! Sometime back our friends Jim Schauer and James Cross created a fun and
Got a red ticket? You can’t win without a red ticket!
informative podcast with the blessing of Energy Worldnet. We all appreciate what they’ve done to promote damage prevention and how they do it by applauding the men and women of the industry for making it happen. Jim was unable to attend the Texas811 Summit this year and they substituted another A-Team member from their company. Ashley Jesko, always a joy to be around, kept the dialogue moving and the conversation fun. Thanks James and Ashley for being you!
Our 2023 Sponsors included: Platinum; Texas811 and Progressive Partnering, Gold; 811 Magazines and USIC, Silver; KorTerra, Rust-Oleum, Texas Gas Service and Vermeer Texas-Louisiana, Bronze; Benchmark Subsurface Utility Services, BOSS811, CenterPoint Energy, Compliance
Start the New Year with CenterPoint Energy
CenterPoint Energy training is focused on making sure your leadership
and field personnel understand the 811 state laws, safe digging best practices, and other tips to help your projects be completed damage free without the delays and expenses
of cutting a natural gas line. Most importantly, it is critical we cover how to stay safe in the event of a cut natural gas line.
Our training also covers the steps to prevent natural gas ignition, explosion, and inherent risks should blowing gas from a damaged pipeline occur in your community.
To schedule your training session, email
PublicAwareness@CenterPointEnergy.com
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