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Post - Mobile Workforce Group - Dec 3, 2020

4 ways to reduce your resurvey rate

4 ways to reduce resurveys and repeat site-audits. Incorporating these methods will improve work quality and reduce other headaches aside from resurveys. Includes a list of things surveyors should be trained to know.

Head of Industry Research, Coperniq.io

Do you have any data points for how often repeat visits are typically required and by what degree those can be reduced with your suggestions? I imagine most of these are quick paybacks since sending people out in person repeatedly is always a costly endeavor

I only know the resurvey rates for the companies I've worked for and I can't divulge those numbers; however, it's a problem for most solar companies just getting started and for some who've been around a while. Coperniq has just started collecting data on this and will have more solid numbers in the next few months. I've seen re-surveys drop to almost nothing once these methods were...

but they're great when you add the hidden costs saved like the survey you couldn't do because you had to go back to an old one Great point, Nick-- thanks for the response!

Post - Mobile Workforce Group - Dec 3, 2020

5G Pieces Fall into Place

Utilities have large groups of technicians that work in the field. Often, they struggle to provide them with the network connectivity needed, so they do their jobs efficiently. The building blocks for 5G technology have been falling into place..

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Post - Mobile Workforce Group - Nov 23, 2020

Remote Work Is Great (for hackers, that is)

A distributed workforce means that hackers can capitalize on the potential for unsecured workforce access across multiple user access points as well as password frailties and lax cybersecurity best practices.

Journalist, Independent Journalist and Analyst

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Verizon and Newlab unveil first results of 5G Studio

Earlier this year, Verizon teamed with Newlab, which runs a technology incubator in Brooklyn, to support the development of next-generation applications of Verizon's 5G Ultra Wideband and mobile edge compute technologies.

www.verizon.com

Freelance Writer, Editor, Consultant, Lansdowne, Pa.

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Improving Operations Through Digital Field Workforce Management

Here is an interesting post about the application of artificial intelligence to mobile workforce software. Artificial intelligence is not a specific technology, per se, and is used to refer to a broad set of tools and tech used to process and..

www.infosys.com

Journalist, Freelance Journalist

Post - Mobile Workforce Group - Nov 13, 2020

Mobile Workforce Roundup: Recent Must-Read Posts From Fellow Community Members

Click through to read about mobile Internet of Things (IoT) platforms that can improve grid infrastructure management; the advantages of platform-based technology decisions; and new uses for old technologies.

Freelance Business Writer, Final Draft Communications, LLC

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IFS acquires Clevest, because the field is the office

Take this as a sign of what is likely to come. Cloud solutions outfit IFS acquires Clevest, a business focused on providing mobile workforce solutions for utility companies. The purchase shows confidence from one of the bigger players in the..

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Independent, Electric Industry

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Dec 1, 2020

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Diablo Canyon Power Plant Unit 2 reactor back online following maintenance

Nov. 30--Diablo Canyon Power Plant operators returned the Unit 2 reactor to 100% power over the weekend after it was shut down for maintenance work on the electrical generator, located on the non-nuclear side of the plant....

Oct 22, 2020

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All Kansai Electric nuclear reactors to go offline Nov. 3

Kansai Electric Power Co. plans to halt the No. 4 reactor at its Oi nuclear power plant for regular inspections Nov. 3, marking the first ......

Oct 22, 2020

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Entergy's Palisades Power Plant Returns to Service after Final Refueling and Maintenance Outage

Entergy Invests Tens of Millions of Dollars into Plant's Safe, Secure, Reliable Operation COVERT, MICH. - Entergy's Palisades Power Plant returned to service today, following the successful completion of its final refueling...

Oct 12, 2020

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Demmer calls on community to help save Byron nuclear plant

Oct. 10--BYRON -- State Rep. Tom Demmer created a website dedicated to help save the Byron Nuclear Power Plant, which if shuttered would cost the area 727 jobs and $38 million in annual tax revenue. "The Byron Generating...

Oct 8, 2020

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Report: A combination of factors caused California's rolling blackouts in August

Agencies look to adopt measures to avoid a repeat...

Oct 6, 2020

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Diablo Canyon Power Plant Unit 1 shut down for maintenance, refueling

Oct. 6--Operators at Diablo Canyon Power Plant shut down Unit 1 for a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage Saturday, a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. spokeswoman said Monday. Unit 2 is continuing to operate while Unit 1...

Oct 2, 2020

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Babcock & Wilcox Thermal Awarded Air Heater Replacement Contract for U.S. Power Plant

The contract was awarded to B&W’s subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., LLC (BWCC), and is valued at approximately $5 million. Concurrent with this work, the company will resume outage maintenance work at the...

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