Common Ground Alliance recently published its 2024 Damage Information Reporting Tool Report. The latest analysis reveals that the CGA Index, which measures year-over-year damage trends, rose from 94 in 2023 to 96.7 in 2024, signaling that the industry is moving in the wrong direction in reducing damages to buried utilities. The annual DIRT Report provides the most comprehensive accounting of damages to buried power, water, fiber, natural gas and other utility lines in the U.S. and Canada. This year’s report analyzed 196,977 unique damage reports from 2024, finding that despite organization-level success stories and sector-specific improvements, the industry is not … Read more