3M™ is a diversified technology company, with an annual turnover of $23bn, employing 75,000 people. Famous for innovation of practical, ingenious solutions, 3M™ makes and sells 55,000 products around the world.

The 3M™ Electronic Marker System (EMS) uses RFID technology to accurately mark and locate underground utilities and excavations. Each Intelligent Trench data point will be linked to a 3M™ marker, installed at each location.

www.3m.co.uk/dynatel

Trac-ID is a specialist Solutions Consultancy and System Integrator. We have extensive knowledge of Auto Identification and Mobile Software Technologies. Our mission is to deliver innovative, highly effective technology solutions. We believe the best way to achieve this is to listen to our customers problems and deliver a solution specific to their requirements, rather than offer a “one size fits all” product.

Trac-ID has produced the U-Track Field Data Collection software used on GPS devices as part of the Intelligent Trench solution.

www.trac-id.co.uk

Exor Corporation is a global company owned by Bentley Systems. We specialize in software that enables the holistic management of highways and other complex above and below ground infrastructure assets. We allow you to make better decisions by showing you a single view of all your data, underpinned by open, scalable database technology. No-one else brings your information together in one place in the way Exor does. The result is better maintained, safer, less congested roads that satisfy legal requirements and utilise budgets more efficiently and cost-effectively.

Exor applications underpin the web enabled solution which stores and manages Intelligent Trench data. This solution enables you to see Intelligent Trench data from the office or access it on site.

www.exorcorp.com

Infotec, acknowledged underground mapping specialists and consultants, offer a wide range of services utilising the latest available technology and experience gathered over more than twenty five years. Undertaking work on behalf of major utility companies, public authorities and some of the UK’s largest developers and professional organisations, we specialise in the accurate location and mapping of pipes, cables, ducts, drains and sewers, using innovative solutions including the UK’s only Inertial Gyroscopic Mapping system "PipeTrack 3D"

Infotec Virtual Trialholes are non-invasive surveys which avoid excavation, thereby reducing disruption, cost or delays associated with physical excavation. Our award winning Virtual Trialhole results in a CAD drawings, mapped and linked to a Near Surface Marker located in the pavement adjacent to the area of study, available for future reference on the same Intelligent Trench database.

www.infotec1.net