Agreement between LSBUD and UK Government signals safe digging collaboration

Agreement between LSBUD and UK Government signals safe digging collaboration

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by LSBUD and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), paving the way for the two organisations to work in partnership to improve safe digging practices.

LSBUD and UK Government Collaborate to Make Telecoms Street Works Safer

The LSBUD (Line Search Before You Dig) organisation, which provides an online asset search facility to UK civil engineering firms for underground pipes and cables, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government (DSIT), which is responsible for the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR), to develop a collaboration framework for improving safe digging practices. The government currently sees huge potential for NUAR’s mappin…