Patrick Donogue (Kentucky 811): “Everyone’s willing to work together. We’re all part of the same industry and team, so even if it’s water, they still want to work with the gas side to make sure they don’t hit that gas line or vice versa.”
Marvin Lopez (PointMan by Prostar): “I feel like at CGA '25, it’s been one of the best ways of noticing that the industry is finally at an apex of technologies, softwares, and also the industry as a whole coming together to really work on this damage prevention solution.
James Cross (EWN): “One consistent theme that we hear over and over is just look all the low-hanging fruit is gone you know we challenged that a long time ago and so really we’re collaborating in a way that these stakeholders maybe never have before, and when I say collaboration, it could be a five-minute conversation at lunch or a two-hour session you know a working session with a bunch of stakeholders, but I think bringing those again we heard it in the keynote this morning about inviting perspectives in and I think we’re doing a really good job of that.”
Josie Scholten (New Mexico Pipeline Safety Bureau): “I think a lot of it’s communication and collaboration. Especially in my new role. I really strive for communication between the contractors and the locators. Coming from the locator background, if there’s no communication, lines more so get hit.”
Jim Schauer (EWN): “I’ve seen the industry embrace the idea of tearing down the walls. The industry has had a lot of, at times, very much silos. And I see people trying to break down those silos and really trying to cross collaborate and really trying to communicate and learn from each other, as well as share, again, things that have worked well.”
