FFB Week 49 – Increasing Reliability by Reducing Dig-Ins: Fiber’s Critical Role in Reversing Damage Trends
December 6, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am
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Dig-ins to fiber lines are on the rise as infrastructure improvements are being rapidly deployed across the country, causing network reliability issues, and affecting utility services for American communities and businesses. Join the Common Ground Alliance’s (CGA) President and CEO Sarah Magruder Lyle for a download on the latest utility damage data and trends, CGA’s new white paper highlighting the telecom industry, and resources and recommendations for reducing dig-ins to your facility and others’. Sarah will share examples of two FBA members who are leading the industry in applying innovative strategies to significantly improve adherence to excavation best practices and reduce damage. To learn more about the Common Ground Alliance – the national nonprofit trade association dedicated to protecting underground utility lines, people who dig near them and their communities – visit www.CommonGroundAlliance.com.
Webinar Guest Presenter: Sarah K. Magruder Lyle, President & CEO, Common Ground Alliance
Sarah K. Magruder Lyle is President & CEO of the Common Ground Alliance (CGA), a stakeholder-run organization dedicated to preventing damage to underground utility infrastructure and protecting those who live and work near these important assets through the shared responsibility of our stakeholders. Under her leadership, CGA focuses on building strong partnerships across the organization’s 16 stakeholder groups, developing strategies to educate about the importance of safe digging, encouraging the next generation of damage prevention practices and technologies, and implementing programs to reduce excavation-related damages to underground infrastructure.
Magruder Lyle was appointed by the Secretary of Transportation to the Department’s Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee (LPAC) which provides guidance to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) on regulations affecting pipeline safety standards in March of 2019.
