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(COVINGTON, Ky. - December 10, 2011) - After making one start for the team in 2011, Mason Mingus has committed to at least seven short track races with Win-Tron Racing in the 2012 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season.
Mingus, 17, will make his 2012 debut in the No. 32 Call 811 Before You Dig Toyota at Mobile International Speedway on March 10, according to a release issued by the team this morning.
"I'm excited about teaming up again with Win-Tron Racing in 2012," said the Brentwood, Tenn. native and Champion Racing Association veteran. "They are undoubtedly a great organization who have proven that they can win. We had some bad luck at Salem, but that's in the past and we're looking forward to getting back on track and having a chance at putting our No. 32 Call 811 Before You Dig Toyota Camry in Victory Lane."
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Earlier this year Cassandra Fuller, Creative Services Coordinator II at Jackson Energy Authority (JEA), purchased banners that were offered by Tennessee811 to help promote Safe Digging Month in April.
She liked the banners enough that she requested the artwork so she could have it reproduced as signage on the trucks at JEA.
"After I received the artwork from the banner design I adjusted it to fit our truck signage. The signs were made and installed on both sides of the truck and are now on the road promoting Call 811. I think this is an inexpensive, easy way to promote 811 and a bonus addition to JEA'S RP1162 Awareness Campaign," said Cassandra.
For more information about the banners, please contact Kathy Quartermaine at (615) 367-1110 (x7180)
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Starting in the first quarter of 2012, Tennessee811 will begin using a new version of their ticket-taking software.
GeoCall, as the software is known, will be on its 3rd version during its deployment. It is web-based and offers more flexibility than the current version.
Any Utility, or Utility Locating Company, wishing to have a sample copy of the ticket sent to them should contact the GIS Dept. at 615-367-5948 (John) or 615-367-5949 (Jim), to be placed on the testing list.
This would be highly advised since the format of the ticket will change slightly. A few new fields and a tweak here or there are what make the ticket format different. So anyone using an automated system to parse their tickets should follow up for testing.
We will also be reaching out to those that we believe use a parsing type system, and sending out a broadcast message to all members starting in 2012.
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Jefferson-Cocke County Utility District (JCCUD) is improving its response to outages and better meeting regulatory requirements with the use of GIS technology. The Newport, Tennessee, gas utility company operates 20 miles of gas transmission line, 404 miles of distribution line, and 184 miles of service line and serves 7,300 home and business meters in two counties. Before the move to GIS, field crews had to rely on paper maps that were costly to produce and often outdated. Now, JCCUD can respond to outages equipped with laptops and up-to-date GIS-based maps. Within the GIS, utility staff can view the entire gas network along with customer information, proposed and as-built data, orthophotographs, topographic maps, and street centerlines. Because the initial mobile GIS training session went so smoothly, JCCUD plans to make all work orders paperless by the end of the year.
We cut $1,200 this year in the cost of printing map books, not to mention the hours saved working on the map books and returning to the office for sketches," said Larry Masters, engineering/GIS coordinator for JCCUD. Access to mobile GIS technology will also help the gas utility with reporting for regulatory compliance. JCCUD crews will have the ability to input data from the field and synchronize with the home database to ensure the accuracy of valve and regulatory station maintenance, as well as odorization and cathodic protection reports.
"We rely on ESRI technology and software greatly in our DIMP [Distribution Integrity Management Program]," said JCCUD operations manager Danny Barding. "GIS allows us to identify problems and see them in a spatial environment rather than a report or a file some-where. It makes it easier to correct those issues during routine maintenance."
Barding said the utility is working with Esri technology to build an internal DIMP web page that holds its Simple, Handy, Risk-Based Integrity Management Plan (SHRIMP), based on a model developed by Technical Toolboxes, Inc. (TTI).
"We want total transparency and will use the web page to walk the regulators through our report," Barding said. "We were able to accomplish our goals using the risk calculation model from Esri. I couldn't have done it by myself. The model is a free solution. All I have to do is point it to my data. It has helped me clean up the database and make it more efficient by combining feature classes and dropping unnecessary attribute fields."
According to Barding, the use of GIS, along with SHRIMP, has led to increased efficiency, an ability to pinpoint problem areas, and better data management. The utility anticipates saving money because staff will not have to track down records to look at problem areas.
"Larry Masters, along with David Speight with True North Geographic Technologies, did an outstanding job in developing this system for our utility," Barding said.
True North Geographic Technologies is focused on creating solutions that help small- and medium-sized organizations make the transition from desktop GIS to enterprise solutions connected to key business systems. True North's staff is experienced with multiple web development technologies and can offer strategies for quickly incorporating data from existing line-of-business applications to create custom applications, such as operations management portals and business performance dashboards, using the .NET, Flex, and JavaScript tools for ArcGIS for Server.
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Tennessee 811
email:
tnocs@tnonecall.com
phone:
(615) 367-1110
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