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LSBUD - User Webinars   At LSBUD, we know that our Users are as important as our Members. Our Members are the asset owners who entrust us with their major, critical infrastructure covering a wide range of size, types, and geography throughout the UK.Our Users are those individuals and companies who carry out search enquiries each and every day, planning projects, minimising disruption, and ensuring their workforces have the most up to date information available. At the time of writing, we...

What’s Trust got to do with it? Recently, the LSBUD team were delighted to be a part of the Institute of Water Annual Conference held at the Parkgate Hotel in Cardiff. It was excellent two days with engaging speakers and wide-ranging discussions around the principal theme of Trust, a key issue for everyone working in and with the water industry. This issue is not unique to water, and despite issues that this specific industry is currently addressing, we should never forget that the public has...

A Quarter of a Million Users – And Rising Fast! Just recently the number of registered LSBUD Users hit a very significant milestone. 250,000 Users now have an active LSBUD account. This number doesn’t include those who have registered and subsequently closed their accounts. It is live accounts only. This is a source of some considerable pride. The LSBUD team works very hard to attract new users and, over the past couple of years, has maintained a sharp focus on attracting those Users who...

Customer Satisfaction Survey  You Said We Did! Here at LSBUD we try our very best to make our service as useful and easily accessible as possible to help keep as many people safe whilst digging at the same time as avoiding unnecessary damages from utility strikes.  You may remember we ran a survey at the beginning of the year asking for your feedback as to what you thought of our service and any ideas you may have that could improve on it.  Whilst nothing can be perfect, especially with such a...

The Monthly LSBUD Guesstimate Game The Team here at LSBUD are a supportive, friendly and collegiate group but we can also be a competitive bunch, be it the football rivalry between Kaz & Richard, Fionn with his golf & cricket or Laura with pretty much everything… Whilst this helps drive us forward in our mantra of Safe Digging for All, it also allows us to have some fun and games along the way. And one team challenge that brings everything together is the Monthly LSBUD Guestimate Game....

LSBUD: The Impact Of Vault In Scotland For over 20 years, LSBUD (Linesearch BeforeUdig) has worked closely with the UK’s safe digging industry to maintain, develop, and enhance our position at its forefront. Our Members and Users take safety exceptionally seriously and challenge us to lead the way for them when it comes to asset and worker protection from third party strikes. Throughout new initiatives, working practices and legislation, LSBUD has engaged and listened to the industry to...

Understanding and Overcoming Workplace Pressure With April being an international month for Stress Awareness, here at LSBUD, we thought we would share some of our thoughts on this subject and increase awareness of stress that can occur in the workplace. Understanding and Overcoming Workplace Pressure. The issue of workplace stress has become a growing concern in modern day society. Stress can have serious negative consequences on both the physical and mental health of employees and affect...

All enquiries are equal, but some are more equal than others Over 4000 new people every month register on LSBUD to start their safe digging journey. These people come from all walks of life- from the utility network operators and their professional utility contractors, all the way through to designers, architects, farmers and domestic occupiers. To us, there must always be equal access for those digging a hole. It is not equitable or sensible to suggest that someone working for one...