The Balanced Approach

Ahealthy, functioning and growing society relies on the continuous upgrade and development of its infrastructure.

It is inevitable that during the forward movement of progress (to infrastructure) that existing services will be impacted.

This impact must be counteracted in such a way that it has a balanced approach, with fairness built into the solution between the impactor and the asset owner.

A fair and balanced solution is based on the seven pillars generated by a proposed project:

1. Importance

2. Existence

3. Protection

4. Engagement

5. Co-ordination

6. Standards

7. funding

In the unfortunate event of a damage strike, the focus on these seven pillars is what constitutes a successful investigation, to support a legal claim made by the damaged asset owner.

Each pillar plays a supporting role in the damage prevention space to help keep a balanced and fair environment around assets.

Investigations on recent major underground services, has uncovered the need for the construction design industry to consider a balanced and fair approach with respect to underground services. Designers and Engineers are indirectly causing services strikes through their unbalanced designs. Otrem Engineering will be holding a free online session in late March 2023 on this topic. Please visit website for more details. https://otrem.com.au/