Facility mapping saves you money!  In 2007, a large utility client has documented an annual savings of over $900,000 by utilizing facility mapping provided by KorTerra.  The utility used facility mapping to screen locate requests received from their One Call Center.  Screening locate requests allows a company to potentially clear the request in the office without making a trip to the dig site.  These savings can easily be incorporated into your operations by implementing facility mapping from KorTerra.

KorTerra’s facility mapping utilizes your GIS data to deliver web-access to your asset maps.  A dedicated map environment is created specifically for your company, and access is available to your employees.  Facility mapping also shows standard map information such as cities, county lines and street names, so you can see where your facilities are in comparison to those locations.  This is where the savings begin.  The locate request is shown on the map along with your facilities.  Any locate tickets that are a safe distance away from the facilities drawn on your map can be immediately cleared from your offices.

The cost savings that can be realized from clearing locate tickets shown on facility maps are tremendous.  The ability to clear locate tickets in an office means that no trucks are deployed, no locators are used and no other resources are expended to determine a ticket’s location in relation to facilities.  This process saves countless hours that would have been spent locating facilities, and therefore saves a large amount of money that would have been spent paying locating fees either for internal resources or to a contract locator.

Besides cost savings, facility mapping is also useful in the locating process.  The facility mapping application can be installed on a locator’s mobile (laptop) device, providing them with the information to perform a more accurate locate.  In addition, mapping in the field can assist the locator to create the most efficient route for their day and can also provide driving directions if needed.

By cutting costs and creating efficiencies all in one application, facility mapping is an invaluable solution for everyone on your entire damage prevention team.

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