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Tunnel Vision

Last summer, Construction by Camco Inc. installed a fiber optic line in Manteno, Illinois. However, they ran into an obstacle that was tough to get around: an old, abandoned tunnel system left over from the Manteno State Hospital facility. In this Planet Underground TV Short, we follow some of the Camco crew members as they work to get around the tunnels and complete their fiber installation project.

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Episode 15: Joint Trenching in Chicago

In Episode 15, Planet Underground TV takes you onsite with two crews from Electric Conduit Construction performing a joint trench installation for four different communications companies along Fullerton Ave in Chicago. Utility owners and municipalities can save when they communicate and work together. Everybody wins! Learn more…

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Episode 14: Assume the Position

In Episode 14: Assume the Position (latest edit), we cover The Roundtable event at Planet Underground, an annual damage prevention networking and industry debate forum, and how topics discussed here are becoming a vehicle for industry action.

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Episode 10: The Race to 5G

Busy Streets, pedestrians everywhere, crowded right of ways, abandoned utilities, and endless fiber installs with little room underground to spare. This is most likely how any excavator digging in Chicago would describe the Race to 5G in 2018, and with this work, its most important to properly DESIGN an EXECUTE efficiently. Watch the process it takes from engineering to construction, to install small cell node panels on light poles so that people can have 5G internet connection.

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Episode 9: Candid Cameras

An often overlooked, but critical part of damage prevention is cross bore mitigation. We’ll take you on a journey with the crews of Pipe View America and Blood Hound Underground, honest and unscripted, as they dive into the critically important work behind sewer line inspections.

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Episode 8: State of the Union

Planet Underground TV’s Episode 8: State of the Union features a select group of interviews and table discussions from The Roundtable at Planet Underground, Manteno IL December 2017. Over 100 individuals from nearly 60 companies representing every segment of utility construction attended this one of a kind industry event.

https://www.planetunderground.tv/episode-8-state-union/

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February 21, 2019

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