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Underground Focus Magazine Opinion Central

In 2008, Underground Focus increased the amount of commentary articles in order to get the industry thinking about underground issues and how we can all work together to improve damage prevention.

Opinion Central provides the articles all in one place, so you can see what has been and is being discussed.
Look for the opportunity to add YOUR voice to an article in the near future.

Issue	Commentary Column	Click to open / download
2010
May 2010	A View from Underspace	What's the Damage Frequency, Kenneth?
Winter 2010	A View from Underspace	We're from the Federal Government and Your Thoughts are Important to Us!
Winter 2010	View, Too	If Not You, Who?
Winter 2010	Deeds	One Call Fundamental
2009
Fall 2009	View, Too	Losing my Tolerance for Tolerance Zones
Fall 2009	One More Scoop	The Future of Call Centers
Fall 2009	A View From Underspace	Locating Like a Robot
May/June 2009	A View from Underspace	Element 3 of PHMSA DPAP
April 2009	One More Sccop	Locator Certification
April 2009	View, Too	Consolidated Utility Maps
April 2009	Deeds	Hits Along the Boulevard Damage Reporting Part III
March 2009	A View from Underspace	Consolidating Utility Maps
March 2009	One More Scoop	Communication and Damage Prevention
March 2009	Deeds	Hits Along the Boulevard Damage Reporting Part II
March 2009	View, Too	Checks and Balances
January/February	A View from Underspace	Alive or Dead? Is this gas pipe active or abandoned?
January/February	Deeds`	Setting the stage for upcoming columns
January/February	One More Scoop	What should an excavator do if they uncover an unmarked utility?
January/February	View, Too	Should mapping information be made public?
2008
December	A View from the Underspace	Predicting the Future of Contract Locating
December	One More Scoop	Creating new technology for locating
December	View, Too	Miracle on Damage Prevention Boulevard
December	Deeds	Terms of Endearment Comprehensive listing of damage prevention terms
October/November	View, Too	A Century of No Progress
October/November	Deeds	Could if Have Been Located Accurately From the Surface?
October/November	A View from Underspace	On the Mark?
September	One More Scoop	Knowing Exactly What's Underground and Where
September	Deeds	Hey, We Can Dig Holes Furthering Damage Prevention
July/August	A View from the Underspace	Mirror, Mirror - Contract Locating at Phone Companies
July/August	View, Too	Locating Sewer Laterals and other private facilities
July/August	One More Scoop	The responsibilities of the locator and excavator in damage prevention
July/August	Deeds	Locating, SUE, GPR, damage prevention word play
June	A View from the Underspace	Ticket Management
June	View, Too	Word Choice in Damage Prevention
June	One More Scoop	PIPES Act
June	Deeds	Buyers' Guide for Electromagnetic Pipe and Cable Instruments
May	A View from the Underspace	Notes on NULCA
May	View, Too	Installations and Tracer Wire
May	One More Scoop	Should Tracer Wire Be Required on Installations?
April	A View from the Underspace	More on Contract Locating
April	View, Too	Locating Sewer Laterals
April	One More Scoop	Utility Maps
April	Deeds	Tracer Wire Information
March	A View from Underspace	The History of Contract Locating
March	View, Too	Who Am I?
March	One More Scoop	What Should the CGA Take on Next?
March	Deeds	GPR Summit
January/February	A View from the Underspace	Contract Locating
January/February	View, Too	Doing More in Damage Prevention