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The Many Faces of NUCA 2014 Convention

The NUCA Convention is a time for recognizing individuals and chapter members and staff for their hard work and commitment to their industry...

Building a Better System

Unlike service and warehouse industries, construction has many variables and moving parts. Materials of many kinds. Equipment of every sort....

Choosing a Utility Locator
Map Quest

Buried beneath your feet is a complex system of subsurface utilities, silently supplying power and connectivity to your home, neighborhood,...

Vacuum Excavation Showcase

Vacuum excavation helps contractors safely identify a utility’s location, saving on costly damage or downtime. Here, four manufacturers hi...

Expert Vacuum Excavation

More and more, contractors are turning to vacuum excavators to clean and remove debris created from boring projects and locating utilities....

The Gold Standard

For the past 50 years, the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) has been the leading trade association working solely for the uti...

Making a Masterpiece

During the five days of CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014, more than 1,300 people visited the Terex exhibit in the show’s Gold Lot to contribute to the...

Giving Back

KOBELCO Construction Machinery USA created five limited edition KOBELCO SK350 crawler excavators to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP...

Somethin’ ‘Bout a CASE Press Conference

Nestled in the North Hall at CONEXPO, CASE Construction Equipment’s presence at the show included a bustling, rustic booth inspired by its...

The Future Is Here

We definitely had to do a calendar double check and make sure it was 2014 and not 2030 after seeing the latest concept machine — a compact...

The CONEXPO Chronicles

CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2014 promised big numbers this year, and the events certainly did not disappoint when they took center stage in Las...

Utilities Unearthed

With more than 19 million miles of buried utilities in the United States, there are plenty of obstacles to navigate around when performing a...

NUCA Dirt
What is DIRT?

As utility and excavation contractors, we all know what dirt is because it is the soil we dig in all the time. However, there is another def...

Out of Sight Can No Longer Afford to Be Out...

There is not a business, small or large, in America that can survive, let alone grow, without access to the water, electricity and gas deliv...