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Overview of Utility Locating Services

Before the start of any project - construction or excavation, it is wise to perform utility locating on the site. This is the first step that has to be done if you are planning a project that will require digging up through the ground.

Hiring professionals to map underground utilities will lead to speeding up the construction project. You no longer have to dig carefully and slowly. It is always better to prevent a problem to occur than to handle it. We are able to see, localize and identify the type of visit here in the ground, using advanced methods. There are several reasons why utility locating has to be performed before any project. They all point to delivering time, money and safety:

• Localization of utility lines for further planning

• Preventing interruption during work

• Avoiding repair costs...

Except identifying underground utilities, you will get a full covering of your storage tanks, gas pipes and voids. You'll want to scan for any dangerous materialс in the ground, that can be harmful to anyone who will be digging through. Having a full coverage package means no need to worry further.

Do you know that some of the utility lines can be re-routed or placed in a different location? Many of them might be old or not effective anymore. So, you need to replace those old utility lines with new ones. This can be done by utility company who has a lot of experience in the field.

Water and utility lines may not cause more damage than power lines can do. However, the interruption will be the same. This will lead to more delays, repair costs and legal consequences. Electromagnetic equipment is used for detecting signals from beneath the ground. Power lines can be detected anytime, regardless of the season. This is not a case for identifying water lines because they sometimes require a combination of different methods: electromagnetic method or Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) or both of them. This radar uses a high-frequency radio signal that is transmitted into the ground and then the signals are returning back to the recipient in a digital form.

During construction excavation, locating the utilities before you start is a best practice. Damaging any critical utility services such as water and power lines or gas piping during construction is costly and most probably dangerous. Just think that something as simple as digging a hole to plant a tree has a potential to damage a property or even cause a loss of life.

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Give Predatory Towing The Boot

Over a three-year period, 3,000 cars disappeared from a lot near downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla., not too far from my home, according to a recent investigation by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. (1)

At another lot, in Broward County's vast Sawgrass Mills shopping complex, 300 people returned to empty parking spots on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) in 2011.

The problem is serious, and it has spurred residents and local officials to action. But the issue isn't car thieves; it is towing companies using predatory tactics to jack up profits. The cars that were removed were all in violation of at least minor parking restrictions and were legally, if not reasonably, towed.

Private property owners have every right to decide who can park on their property and under what conditions. They can set hours for parking, reserve spaces for their own customers, and even prohibit certain methods of parking, such as backing into spaces. They can also take action to enforce their rules.

In some situations, such as when an improperly parked vehicle blocks the entrance to a lot or causes a safety hazard, prompt visit here is the most responsible course. But while property owners' ultimate interest is simply maintaining their property, that's not the case for towing companies that enter into agreements to tow offending vehicles. Towing companies want to remove as many vehicles as they can, whether towing is reasonable under the circumstances or not.

One common approach is for the tow companies to hire "spotters," who patrol lots and report violations, relieving property owners of inconveniences they haven't yet noticed. When the tow trucks arrive, they work fast. With the help of some lock-picking tools, one Fort Lauderdale towing company removed a pair of improperly parked cars in no more than 90 seconds, the Sun-Sentinel reported. (1)

Once towing companies have a vehicle in their grip, they can essentially hold it for ransom, demanding whatever the law allows before they release their prey. Washington State Rep. Gerry Pollett, who sponsored legislation to combat such so-called "predatory towing" practices in Seattle, reported hearing from constituents who had "been towed and charged from $500 up to $2,000 to get their car back after a simple parking mistake."

Controversies over predatory towing have played out across the country, from Washington state to Washington, D.C., which a survey by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America revealed to be one of the worst cities for towing.

Not atypically, California's regulations are among the strictest. This is one of the rare cases where I think that state's regulatory fervor is, at least for the most part, justified. Under California law, tow truck companies must obtain authorization from property owners for each individual tow, rather than simply signing general contracts for entire properties. The authorization request must include the specific vehicle's make, model, VIN and license plate number. The law also prohibits companies from towing vehicles within an hour of when they are first observed, except in exceptional circumstances.

Other states, including Utah and New Jersey, have also taken regulatory action.

My own Broward County has adopted some of the same measures as the California law, including the provision mandating that towing companies obtain authorization for individual tows, though without the specific requirement of VIN numbers, which I think is a step too far in any case. The use of paid spotters has also been prohibited.

But so far, these regulations have had little effect in my town. Several towing companies and property managers interviewed by the Sun-Sentinel said they had not heard about the new regulations until they were informed by the journalists. Unlike laws passed in neighboring Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties, the Broward regulations do not require licenses for towing companies, so the county has little recourse against repeat offenders. (1)

Tow truck companies claim that the wave of restrictions on their business stops them from doing their job. In a blog post defending his industry, David Kimball, a consultant and former tow truck operator, coined the phrase "predatory parking," essentially arguing that those who violate posted rules get what is coming to them. (2)

That argument would hold more water if there were never dark nights, or rain storms, or tree branches that obscure signs. Or if there was no legal concept of proportionality of damages. If your child's baseball breaks my window, I can rightly ask you to pay for a new window. I don't get to keep your child until you reimburse me. (Not even if you ask me to.)

Often enough, people who are towed have no idea that they are parking where they shouldn't. Even if motorists are willfully ignoring property owners' rules, the punishment ought to fit the crime. When the crime is parking in a private lot without permission, the punishment of hundreds of dollars in towing fees doesn't fit. A more fitting compensation would be a fine paid directly to the property owner, perhaps equal to the value of a day's parking in that locale. Booting is a more logical approach to dealing with the problem than towing.

Property owners may see no harm in giving tow truck operators the run of their lots. In fact, some even make money from kickbacks - another practice Broward County regulation prohibits. In the long run, however, widespread predatory towing discourages people from frequenting certain areas. This is particularly problematic in tourist-centric Florida, where the local economy depends on pleasing out-of-towners, who cannot be expected to know the ins and outs of every private lot. It is hard to have a great vacation when you're touring the local impound lots, rather than the beaches or museums.

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Don't Let Shoddy Graphics Let You Down

When somebody is putting a web site together, their prime concern is with the Big 3, SEO, page ranking and original content, web graphics are often almost an after thought. Some may buy a 'Create your own web graphics in 10 minutes' or a 'Build your own eBook cover in 3 steps' program or some may just grab the first free mini site or free web template they find on Google or worse, they think they can buy a set of web graphics at an incredibly cheap price.

This can be a big mistake, for whilst it is very important to get the Big 3 right, if the site is unattractive it will make your would-be customers hit the back button faster than you can actually say back button. Another big problem with sourceing your web graphics from a free site is that you do not know how many other people are using the same set of visit heres as you, which could be a disaster if they have set up a site that has a bad reputation.

The human being is a very visual and curious animal, so you really need something interesting to attract their attention and, more importantly, keep them interested, which is why your web graphics have to be the very best. That will lead them on to actually read your original content or want to find out just what it is you are selling.

How many times have you come across a web site whose header just punches you in the eyes and looks like a thousand other sites that scream at you like a barker at a fair? No wonder they say you get 1 sale for every 150 visitors. the other 149 have run for the hills. The worst thing about having a similar site is that people may be confused that they have already been to your site and go somewhere else.

Let's face it, if you owned a shop, would you go out and buy a cheap set of stencils and a pot of paint to do your signs? I think not, you would go out hire a sign writer so that your shop stands out in the high street. This is the same attitude you should take towards your web site.

Employing a web graphic designer is money well spent to ensure your site has the first time impact, to draw people in and make them bookmark your site and purchase your goods. However, you really need to do a little more work to ensure that your graphics or ebook cover are exactly what you want. It is important to work with your designer to explain exactly what you want, who you are trying to appeal to and what you are trying to achieve, because the more your designer knows, the better your web graphic will be. Sometimes though, it is best not to be too rigid in your ideal graphic because your designer may be able to suggest a better way to portray your needs.

When looking to employ a web graphic designer, it is a good idea to check out a few different sites and look at their portfolios because you may find a web graphic designer who has a style that most fits your needs, in that case you will have a head start when it comes to designing your own header or mini site.

For those on a limited budget it is possible to find sites that have ready made graphics which are very good. Unlike the free or very cheap sites, these will not only be designed better, but there is less chance of finding the design being used on many other sites. There is a range of prices available to suit all pockets, so finding a good design that won't break the bank ought not to be difficult.

In the final analysis, your web site will be seriously enhanced by a professionally designed set of web graphics, your web site is your face on the world, make sure it is a good looking one.

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The Extended Enterprise in Action

This paper is a companion to "Widening Your Sphere of Influence: An Introduction to the Extended Enterprise," which laid out in detail the concept of the Extended Enterprise platform, its key elements, features and general benefits. Building on that foundation, the purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the Extended Enterprise platform can help specific verticals to promote and sell their products to external audiences. In particular, it investigates the value of the Extended visit here solution in financial services/insurance, government, retail, manufacturing, healthcare and associations. Feel free to read ahead to the section that is most applicable to your own organization.

Financial Services and Insurance

The regulatory arena has expanded considerably over the past decade, placing an enormous compliance burden on the insurance and financial services industries. Meeting Sarbanes-Oxley regulatory requirements alone involves a tremendous amount of management complexity. The result is a communication tangle spanning the various employee categories across multiple locations. And that's only one of many regulations affecting this sector.

Now, factor in the strategic management of workforce knowledge in the financial and insurance markets. In many organizations, this comprises a central headquarters and perhaps a few regional offices servicing a large external network of remote offices, brokerages, agents, financial advisors and customers. In such an environment, it is critical to consistently deliver a superior managed service in order to achieve profitable growth.

Traditional Learning Management Systems (LMS) are aimed mainly at head office personnel. They provide great value in terms of managing performance, aligning goals, facilitating training and development, and proactively managing succession planning. However, their limitations are exposed when it comes to federating knowledge and information to external reps, tracking the status of development initiatives and verifying compliance to ongoing programs.

Armed with the Extended Enterprise solution, insurance companies and financial services organizations can gain control over their far-reaching networks of brokers, dealers, advisors and customers. Knowledge and information can be made available to them online as an effective means of managing certifications and upcoming expirations to avoid lapses in licensing. Additionally, workforce productivity can be maximized by accelerating delivery of knowledge on key skills, policies and mandated instruction.

A well-designed Extended Enterprise solution can often pay for itself or even directly generate revenue. In a financial services organization, for example, training puts your company's message and value proposition front and center. While brokers may have dozens of packages to choose from, the addition of a relevant knowledge nugget or the right training element (either free or available for a small fee) as a value-add for the broker or potential customers can tempt many to select you as opposed to one of many alternative vendors. By aligning a simple content item to a sales or business goal, customer retention and acquisition can be boosted.

Similarly, existing customers can be kept up to date on the latest offerings in an interactive manner. They can be encouraged to view short pieces of online content to increase their knowledge of a specific field and to keep them actively involved with your company.

Remote employees and independent agents can also be comprehensively serviced online without the need to mail a piece of information, wait for knowledge transfer to occur in a non-structured format or bring everyone to the head office once a year for a week-long course. In those cases where a trip to headquarters is desired, the Extended Enterprise solution can greatly reduce costs by slashing the annual stay to a day or two with the balance of the knowledge and information delivered online.

These are just a few of the ways that the Extended Enterprise solution can enhance the value of human capital. As everything is managed within one system, it is easy to track compliance and certification. Training programs can be assessed against organizational programs at a global, national, regional and individual level while promotional activities intended to generate new business can be evaluated against measurable results.

Organizations already taking advantage of the Extended Enterprise solution include BankAtlantic, First Niagara Financial Group, PHH Mortgage, Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and Utica National Insurance Group.

Manufacturing

Manufacturers, of course, have unique business challenges. They must compete in a global economy and find lean and cost-effective processes to bring their products to market and manage their supply chains. At the same time, they must deal with corporate policies and strategies, and a seemingly endless stream of government regulations. To make matters worse, many manufacturers have to compete in a retail sector overrun by competing brands, each one attempting to capture the hearts and minds of retail sales staff. As these staff work for the retailers and not the manufacturers, how do you ensure your message is front and center and your goods are the ones they instinctively reach for?

The answer lies in the Extended Enterprise solution. Providing a platform for the creation of a sustainable and scalable knowledge network, such a network helps manufacturers to efficiently sell and support their products. How? Let's take a look at business as usual.

Each manufacturer has probably prepared sales literature to ship out to all retail outlets. While the intention is to have sales reps read, understand and appreciate the nuances of specific products, what happens to these materials when they are distributed is anyone's guess. Some are diligently handed out to employees who then sit down and study them. Others are distributed but merely glanced at. In a few cases, the literature sits in a storeroom never to see the light of day.

Some companies attempt to circumvent this outcome by a variety of means. They post materials online and hope to entice staff to view them. They sometimes send their own personnel out into the field to train sales reps on the peculiarities and fine points of their product lines. They perhaps send out newsletters and e-mail in an attempt to engage external audiences. The issue, though, is that competitors are conducting similar efforts. Without the Extended Enterprise solution, it is impossible to gauge success and bring your goods to the front of the line.

The best way to boost brand image in this situation is to initiate an Extended Enterprise program. Captivating Webcasts and presentations can be made available online to rapidly take sales personnel through the key points of your pitch. They can be briefed on why your goods are superior. Further, progress can be tracked right down to how many reps have accessed or completed the content asset on a per store basis, how many have started, how far they have gotten, their feedback and even how this is related to sales performance in that area.

Consequently, programs can be adjusted to ensure maximum success through integration with incentive and award programs, using certifications to vest sales people in your offering, and providing a consistent and accurate message that can be evaluated for effectiveness. This ultimately leads to sales personnel at a retail level that will push your products instead of those of a rival. Why? Because you have gained mind-share.

Manufacturers already enjoying the benefits of the Extended Enterprise solution include Black & Decker, Harris Corporation, International Rectifier, United Technologies Corporation, ZLB Behring and Anixter International.

Healthcare

The medical world is probably one of the most dynamic sectors of the modern economy. Constant changes are the norm as new technologies, procedures, and compliance requirements are introduced. Combine this with the complexities and pressures of healthcare staffing shortages, a constant demand for cost containment and ongoing efforts at reform and you have an industry like no other.

What isn't so well appreciated, though, is the fact that many healthcare organizations typically service an area that consists of smaller clinics, outpatient facilities, field caregivers and other external workers whose livelihood is dependent upon the primary facility. Delivering knowledge and information to these individuals on health, safety, hygiene and organizational protocols can be a nightmare given the busy schedules of most of these personnel. As a result, the critical exchange of information often takes a back seat.

Enter the Extended Enterprise solution. Federating knowledge and information online allows doctors, nurses, technicians and support personnel in the field to work their way through the content they need during the small windows available to them. Whether it is a few minutes or a couple of hours, the Extended Enterprise solution keeps track of where each individual is at and makes it easy for them to return and complete their activity when time allows.

This is also important when it comes to continuing education and certification. Staff needs to put in a certain number of hours annually to maintain their accreditations and stay up to date. The Extended Enterprise solution facilitates such activities, often bypassing the need to transport individuals with skill sets in short supply to a seminar on the other coast or, worst-case scenario, another continent.

When it comes to regulations such as HIPAA, FDA, The Joint Commission, OSHA, and those of the EPA as well as state and local authorities, keeping track of compliance is a simple matter with the Extended Enterprise solution. All Web-based assets within the solution can be tracked for external staff progress and completion. This can be vital when it comes to defending the organization against legal actions - success or failure in court can depend upon being able to prove that one person completed specific requirements of a given program at a specific date.

Additionally, the Extended Enterprise solution is of great value in the area of customer acquisition and retention. Prospective patients, for instance, can view presentations online about the facility, their specific condition and available procedures to help them gain confidence in commencing treatment. Existing patients can be offered value-added information and knowledge on such topics as preventive medicine, or how diet and fitness can play a role in their recovery.

Healthcare customers currently taking advantage of the Extended Enterprise solution include HealthQuest, Kaiser Permanente, Sisters of Mercy Health System, SwedishAmerican Health System, US Oncology, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses and MedAssets, Inc.

Retail

Employers in the highly competitive retail sector are challenged to disperse knowledge and information to employees on a wide range of skills, including detailed product knowledge, how to sell, complaint handling, price products and services, objection handling and much more. To make it even more challenging, sales associates, clerks, floor managers, distributors and dealers comprise a geographically dispersed population, many of whom are not direct company employees. Nevertheless, how they represent your organization to customers directly impacts revenue and customer satisfaction. It takes the right methodology and system to maintain your brand image while improving business performance.

This is made difficult due to the high turnover rates experienced in the retail sector. Under these circumstances, it can be difficult to maintain any consistency of brand. That's where Extended Enterprise solution comes in. It provides the right vehicle for updates to product information, training, sales programs and service management information to those on the front lines.

Take the case of education about a new product line. Short online courses can be accessed by personnel as time permits and managers can keep track of everything to ensure everyone completes in a timely manner without impacting productivity and ensuring consistency of the message.

It gets even more interesting when you deal with more complex goods such as personal electronics. In many cases these goods are so sophisticated that the general consumer requires formal initiation to gain proficiency. One retailer, for instance, was experiencing a heavy rate of returns for its latest phone. Many customers complained that their products were faulty. Analysis showed almost all of them to be working correctly, and that customers simply didn't know how to utilize them. An Extended Enterprise solution was introduced to train sales associates on how to use the phones, quickly making them experts in its use.

When customers came into the store with the latest wave of returns, sales associates were able to educate customers on these products resulting in a tremendous drop in the rate of return, adding millions to the bottom line in a short period. Such courses can also be made available to customers as a means of improving their purchasing experience. Furthermore, by capturing customer-support-related data, small media-based snippets on "how to" can be pushed to the mobile device in order to reduce call-in rates for similar knowledge deficiencies.

Finally, there is the aspect of harnessing the External Enterprise solution as a direct revenue generation engine. Some organizations are so dominant in their field that agents, dealers, service technicians and other professionals are clamoring to be associated with them. By requiring these individuals and groups to complete paid certification programs and maintain their credentials annually, significant amounts of income can be generated. And by taking the burden of this training off the organization and positioning it online, resources can be freed up for more pressing matters.

The Extended Enterprise solution, therefore, helps retailers to reinforce their brand and heighten the customer experience by providing consistent information for thousands of employees across multiple franchises, geographic regions and languages. This directly drives revenue by providing associates with the knowledge and skills to cross- and up-sell to meet customer needs and boost repeat purchases. In addition, it reduces turnover and supports career planning initiatives, as well as streamlining new employee orientation and on-boarding for full-time, part-time and seasonal employees.

By targeting sales personnel in a retail chain, it is possible to incentivize them to access and complete specific content focused on helping them become better informed about specific products. By aligning these types of programs to a distinct business purpose such as the improvement of sales, a small investment can pay substantial dividends. In a world where a multitude of brands are vying for attention, a professionally produced program is an excellent way to reinforce brand recognition. Done correctly, it cleverly differentiates a brand in the eyes of external audiences.

Another critical factor: In many verticals, speed to market is a major component of success. Particularly in industries such as computer hardware, software, durable goods and telecommunications, rapid development of products is rarely enough. It takes velocity and agility on the marketing side to ensure results.

Take the example of a security software release. In many cases, multiple vendors come to market at the same time with their latest offerings. Extended Enterprise solutions can help differentiate products by educating channel partners and resellers about your new release. The speed with which that knowledge gets out, as well as the ease of access and management, can make or break a marketing campaign. This doesn't mean that formal training has to be involved. Distribution of a webcast, PDF or PowerPoint in conjunction with accurate tracking of viewing patterns might be enough to move your product to top of mind in the target audience.

Another way to become more nimble in an evolving marketplace is in the area of centralized training. Many companies require external sales personnel to come in to the head office for one week every year for an update on products, pricing and policy. This represents a hefty annual expense for all concerned when you take airfares, hotels, food and lost productivity into account. What if that week could be either eliminated entirely or reduced to only two days, with the rest of the training done online? The Extended Enterprise solution is a way to facilitate the transition.

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Garage Cost - Garage Building Cost Estimating

Now that you have your garage plans picked out and you know pretty much what you want, you're probably going to want to know if you can afford to build that new garage. That's a dilemma many people contemplating garage building have got. The question about what your garage cost will be isn't always an easy one to answer and can vary dramatically depending on your situation.

There are several variables you need to think about when building a garage:

how complicated are the garage plans you selected

are you planning on doing any of the visit here building work yourself

the cost of living in your area

how many bays your garage plans have

are there living quarters in your garage plans

In addition to that, garage building material prices can fluctuate quite a bit depending on seasonal influences and other variables. There's quite a difference between building a basic one car garage with no living space and building a 3 car garage with a studio apartment. In the first case there aren't any fixtures or utility hookups required and in the latter case there are some expensive fixtures plus finishing materials needed, such as light fixtures, trim, carpeting, etc. Trying to create a one size fits all garage building cost estimator is not an easy thing to do to ensure an accurate value of garage cost for every situation.

Garage builders charge differently in nearly every area of the country. Our research did not turn up any reliable values in the U.S. Government statistics for the cost of building a garage, but there is good data on the cost of building a new home in various regions of the country. Comparing the home building cost data gives us some relative values that can be used for comparisons. This data is from the U.S. Census Bureau for home building cost through 2008. The average cost per square foot to build a new home in 2008:

South $79.64

Midwest $87.99

Northeast $117.91

West $111.72

Since the cost of building in the South is the least, that will be the baseline for this analysis. Compared to the cost of building in the South:

Midwest is 10% more expensive

Northeast is 48% more expensive

West is 40% more expensive

So right off the bat it is pretty obvious that the region you live in will have a dramatic effect on your garage cost. For example the cost to build a $10,000 garage in the South would cost you $14,800 in the Northeast. And this doesn't take into account the differences between building a garage in a rural area versus an urban area.In surveying the other articles we could find on garage cost, the consensus seems to be that a garage should cost somewhere between $34 and $48 per square foot to build, but those numbers are pretty old. Another interesting little bit of information from the U.S. Government Census data - in the 45 years from 1965-2009, home building price increases have outpaced the Consumer Price Index in 26 of those years. Over the last 10 years:

(HPI is the Housing Price Index, CPI is the Consumer Price Index) In 2000 the HPI increased 4.40%, the CPI increased 3.4%, the HPI increased 29.4% more than the CPI In 2001 the HPI increased 5.00%, the CPI increased 1.6%, the HPI increased 212.5% more than the CPI In 2002 the HPI increased 2.50%, the CPI increased 2.4%, the HPI increased 4.2% more than the CPI In 2003 the HPI increased 5.10%, the CPI increased 1.9%, the HPI increased 168.4% more than the CPI In 2004 the HPI increased 8.40%, the CPI increased 3.3%, the HPI increased 154.5% more than the CPI In 2005 the HPI increased 7.40%, the CPI increased 3.4%, the HPI increased 117.6% more than the CPI In 2006 the HPI increased 6.00%, the CPI increased 2.5%, the HPI increased 140.0% more than the CPI In 2007 the HPI increased 0.90%, the CPI increased 4.1%, the HPI decreased -78.0% versus the CPI In 2008 the HPI decreased 3.50%, the CPI increased 0.1%, the HPI decreased -3600.0% versus the CPI In 2009 the HPI decreased 5.00%, the CPI increased 2.7%, the HPI decreased -285.2% versus the CPI

In the construction industry it is either feast or famine. During the boom building years of the mid-2000's housing prices handily trounced the CPI, but when the housing market fell apart in 2007-2008 the Housing Price Index took a big hit.

The cost to build a detached garage is not going to be in perfect lock step with the Housing Price Index, and the cost per square foot to build a home isn't going to be in perfect alignment with the Housing Price Index, but together they give us an overall feel for the relative 'Garage Price Index' (we just made that up).

The presumption is that the $34 - $48 per square foot garage cost is for a garage without any living quarters, just your basic garage plans. If the garage plans include living quarters then it is safe to say that the garage cost per square foot is going to approach the cost per square foot to build a home. The more your garage plans resemble a house, the closer the garage building cost per square foot will be to that of a house. Another presumption in these numbers is that a building contractor is building the garage for you. You will obviously save quite a bit on your garage cost if you do some or all of the labor yourself.

Conclusion - Using the Southern region of the U.S. as the baseline, the garage cost to have a builder construct a garage for you should be between $34/square foot for basic garage plans and $80/square foot for top of the line garage plans with living quarters and all of the amenities. On the other end of the scale is the Northeast, where it should cost you between $48/square foot and $118/square foot to build a garage. There is no substitute for getting real quotes from garage builders, but hopefully this information will give you some guidance. Always get a minimum of 3 quotes! In a future article we'll address the garage cost of just the materials.