Highways Today: “Utility Strike Prevention Goes Fleet-Wide as Network Plus Backs Live Dig Radar”
An in-depth feature on Network Plus’s nationwide rollout of RodRadar’s LDR, examining what the multi-year, fleet-wide deployment signals for the wider utility and infrastructure sector.
Highways Today has published an in-depth feature on Network Plus’s nationwide rollout of RodRadar’s Live Dig Radar® (LDR), examining what the multi-year, fleet-wide deployment signals for the wider utility and infrastructure sector.
The article looks at Network Plus’s commitment to fit LDR Excavate™ across more than 200 machines in its repair and maintenance fleet, including as the first operator anywhere to run RodRadar’s new 30cm Type 0 bucket, purpose-built for the shallow, congested urban ground where strike risk is highest. Highways Today frames the decision against the UK’s estimated 60,000 annual utility strikes and £2.4 billion economic cost, and situates it within Network Plus’s recent acquisition by Warburg Pincus, arguing that real-time strike prevention is increasingly becoming a core operational and commercial priority for major contractors, not just a safety add-on.
The piece also highlights the role of MachineTech, RodRadar’s exclusive UK and Ireland distributor, in sourcing the opportunity and supporting field trials, and features comments from RodRadar and Network Plus leadership on the shared ambition to make “Zero Strikes” the industry standard.
Read the full analysis on Highways Today: Utility Strike Prevention Goes Fleet-Wide as Network Plus Backs Live Dig Radar
