Category: National Underground Asset Register
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Underground asset register covers 80% of buried assets
The UK’s largest broadband network provider has added location data, including ducts, conduits, poles, spans, cabinets and chambers, for more than 550,000km of its network to the NUAR platform. This means NUAR now holds detailed information from underground asset owners for an estimated 3.25 million kilometres of pipes, across electricity, gas, water, pipeline operators and telecoms. View the original article and…
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National Underground Asset Register minimum information specification proposed
The consultation reveals a further key development: while those using NUAR to ensure safe excavations will use the platform for free, asset owners uploading their data to NUAR will ultimately have to pay fees to cover the operational costs of the platform. The consultation document states: “Once NUAR is fully operational, undertakers will be able…