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Digging Deeper: Ontario's Underground Mapping Revolution with Mitch Panciuk
How can underground innovation transform the entire infrastructure industry? In Ontario, every contractor and homeowner is required to “call before you dig”, so utilities and other owners of buried gas, electric, fibre optic and sewer lines can flag areas for excavators to avoid. Every inquiry is facilitated by Ontario One Call, though today, 95% of people reach out online, rather than by phone. President and CEO Mitch Panciuk and his team have big plans to take their organization—essential for both safety and uninterrupted services—even further into the digital age.
In this episode, Riccardo and Mitch discuss the inspiration behind Ontario One Call’s ambitious plan to consolidate a province-wide base map. This digital twin, already proven out in places like the UK and Singapore, will reduce the time it takes to complete the million excavation requests Ontario receives each year. Especially as the federal government continues to heavily encourage new infrastructure, an up-to-date, secure, and accessible guide to every underground cable and pipe holds tremendous promise for the future efficiency and cost-savings of major programmes all across Canada.
Key Takeaways
- The potential improvements to accuracy, workload, and project speed promised by a base map of all buried infrastructure;
- The time-consuming current process of facilitating hundreds of thousands of excavation inquiries;
- How a widespread, standardized collation of underground asset data could benefit the smallest municipalities;
- Why better mapping will change the future of planning and growth projections in Ontario;
- The role AI has to play in the future of excavation workflow automation.
Quote
“2026 is the time that we should start harvesting this data…[and] putting it on a unified base map so that we can use it for generations to come.” -Mitch Panciuk
The conversation doesn’t stop here—connect and converse with our community via LinkedIn:
- Follow Navigating Major Programmes: https://www.linkedin.com/company/navigating-major-programmes/
- Read Riccardo’s latest at www.riccardocosentino.com
- Follow Riccardo Cosentino: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cosentinoriccardo/
- Follow Mitch Panciuk: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitch-panciuk-c-dir-954a2930/
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By Riccardo CosentinoHow can underground innovation transform the entire infrastructure industry? In Ontario, every contractor and homeowner is required to “call before you dig”, so utilities and other owners of buried gas, electric, fibre optic and sewer lines can flag areas for excavators to avoid. Every inquiry is facilitated by Ontario One Call, though today, 95% of people reach out online, rather than by phone. President and CEO Mitch Panciuk and his team have big plans to take their organization—essential for both safety and uninterrupted services—even further into the digital age.
In this episode, Riccardo and Mitch discuss the inspiration behind Ontario One Call’s ambitious plan to consolidate a province-wide base map. This digital twin, already proven out in places like the UK and Singapore, will reduce the time it takes to complete the million excavation requests Ontario receives each year. Especially as the federal government continues to heavily encourage new infrastructure, an up-to-date, secure, and accessible guide to every underground cable and pipe holds tremendous promise for the future efficiency and cost-savings of major programmes all across Canada.
Key Takeaways
- The potential improvements to accuracy, workload, and project speed promised by a base map of all buried infrastructure;
- The time-consuming current process of facilitating hundreds of thousands of excavation inquiries;
- How a widespread, standardized collation of underground asset data could benefit the smallest municipalities;
- Why better mapping will change the future of planning and growth projections in Ontario;
- The role AI has to play in the future of excavation workflow automation.
Quote
“2026 is the time that we should start harvesting this data…[and] putting it on a unified base map so that we can use it for generations to come.” -Mitch Panciuk
The conversation doesn’t stop here—connect and converse with our community via LinkedIn:
- Follow Navigating Major Programmes: https://www.linkedin.com/company/navigating-major-programmes/
- Read Riccardo’s latest at www.riccardocosentino.com
- Follow Riccardo Cosentino: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cosentinoriccardo/
- Follow Mitch Panciuk: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitch-panciuk-c-dir-954a2930/