Utilities - Electrical

Every year, thousands of workers are injured or killed by electrical hazards, a situation made more tragic because many of these incidents are preventable.

Turning everyday actions into actionable insights with location-based data. Published May 20, 2021.

esThe work your field technicians do at the front lines is core to your organization, and leveraging the information they collect in the process can help your company make better decisions at every level. That makes your field teams the perfect catalyst to drive your utility’s digital transformation.

h President Biden’s infrastructure bill, also known as the American Jobs Plan (AJP), aims to create millions of jobs and modernize the country’s crumbling infrastructure. The federal government touts this bill as the biggest public investment since the 1960s. It aims to kickstart the economy post-pandemic, akin to the era of interstate highways and the Space Race. Utility and telecom companies show keen interest in the $400 billion allocated for infrastructure in the $2 trillion plan.

Download this free vehicle maintenance log to track fleet service history to avoid vehicle downtime.

Preventing incidents, protecting workers, and preserving your bottom line. Published April 15, 2021.

Use this form to analyze and determine the exact cause of a problem or accident on the job site.

Harnessing the power of location-based data, published March 18, 2021.

In a recent study conducted by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 95% of executives across several industries in the United States, UK, Singapore and India said that mapping and GIS location intelligence are important to achieving desired business results.

Protecting your people and assets, published Feb. 18, 2021.

Leveraging the lessons of 2020 for success in 2021, published Jan. 21, 2021.

Use this checklist to document the condition and maintenance records of your transformers.

Improving process optimization, published Dec. 22, 2020.

Ensure your wash station is accessible and fully functional to prevent permanent eye damage to your employees.

Track the location and maintenance schedules of your portable restrooms with this free checklist.

Minimizing human error and maximizing productivity, published Nov. 24, 2020.

Download this free PDF checklist to conduct a thorough drone inspection before taking flight.

Download this checklist to document the condition of cars as they are dropped off at your business and document any prior damage.

Download this mileage tracker to ensure accurate record-keeping for your vehicles and tax purposes.

Download this form to keep transmission lines protected from hazardous trees and prevent power service interruptions.

Download this checklist to conduct thorough HVAC inspections to ensure proper function and good air quality.

Track the wherabouts and condition of your company’s assets with this equipment inventory form.

Ensuring safety and quality in the field, published Nov. 4, 2020.

For engineering projects, field asset inventories are essential to maintain infrastructure, track assets, and reduce costs. This case study shows how SMEC, a major global engineering firm, achieved these goals. Using Fulcrum’s mobile data platform, SMEC transformed its approach to inventories across diverse projects.

Conducting telecom, cellular, and pre-fiber inspections across the United States with Fulcrum.

Before Fulcrum

In California, where millions of acres are consumed by wildfire each year, county fire departments are required to conduct defensible-space inspections to protect the property and residents of their region.

Before Fulcrum
Northpower performs 85,000 pillar inspections over a cycle of 3 years. Until recently, Windows Mobile-based phones with 2.8” displays were used with a forms solution to capture inspection results. Paper-based maps were used to log and navigate to each pillar to conduct inspections.

Find out how to choose a solution that improves your workflows today and can also adapt to the changing needs of your field organization.

Field inspections play a crucial role in maintaining safety, efficiency, and compliance, but outdated processes often get in the way. Paper-based systems, slow data sharing, and manual errors can cause delays, frustrations, and even compliance risks for field teams. It’s time to embrace a better way of working. This guide is designed to help you modernize inspections with practical, actionable steps. By identifying pain points and adopting modern tools, you can transform inspection workflows into efficient, streamlined processes that save time, reduce errors, and boost productivity.

At our core, Spatial Networks is a geography company. From building geospatial technology products to collecting, organizing, and analyzing geodata, we eat, drink, and breathe geography. It’s sobering to learn that, for many of our customers, Fulcrum often provides their first exposure to the wonderful world of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

I had the opportunity to represent Fulcrum at the inaugural DroneDeploy Conference in San Francisco, CA last week. One of the goals of the conference was to “focus on real-world drone deployments across industries driven by people”. The conference had people in attendance from an array of industries including end users, software providers, and developers interested in folding aerial survey data into applications.