4Manalytics

“If the data is reliable, it makes the people understand that and they're willing to change that much faster and implement it into their daily process.”

“If you're not in front of it, you're behind it. And that's not where we want to be as a company.”

“I really see 4M just becoming a standard , and if you're not using it then you're falling behind in the industry.”

“You might not see it right up front, but you will be seeing it at the end or even partway down. So you can't always just go by, I'm not seeing it immediately. You have to give it time.”

“It just helps Burns & McDonnell stand out as a partner with 4M and in the industry at this point.”

“This was an innovative tool that we had been talking about even before we came upon 4M for a couple of years,”

““ 4M is impressive on many levels , including the quality and fidelity of the data, the speed at which we obtain it, and the amazing partnership with the 4M team along the way,” says Acosta.”

““The ability to get projects done quicker and ready for construction sooner pays for 4M on its own,” says Kevin Hotchkiss, director of design and outreach at MasTec. “We’ve never been this far along on a project so soon.””

““Give it a shot. Once you actually use it, you can validate 4M data with your own data to give you the comfort level you need. It’s an easy sell once you see it.””

““We can tell you guys are listening to our concerns and needs,” he says. “Little things like adding manholes and telephone poles to the Foundation Utility map have made a huge difference in providing value to us. As you add more features, it’s going to become more and more valuable.””

““There’s nothing more fun than going to a kickoff meeting and pulling up the area in 4M,” says Murphy. “I say, ‘Here’s the utility data and what we’re going to be looking at.’ It inspires confidence that we know what we’re doing.””

““When utilities are in private easements, it costs TxDOT a lot of money to help relocate them, impacting time and budget,” says Murphy. “4M's Foundation Utility data helps during pre-planning to avoid those private easements.””

““The Foundation Utility Data (previously real-time data) gives you that list of all the owners, so we know we’re not missing somebody,” Murphy explains. “It’s a quick snapshot of what is there, including surface objects such as manholes.””

““On every single job, we go to 4M as soon as we get project limits ,” Murphy says. “It’s just part of our terminology now: ‘Did you do 4M on this job yet?’ It’s almost step one.””

““ We built trust along the way ,” Murphy says. “ I felt we could keep using you guys because the data is definitely going to be reliable. ””

““We had lots of doubts at first,” he says. “How accurate is the data? Where is all the information coming from? Are they going to miss something? There were a lot of things we had to double-check.””

““ It's immediately become a staple in the workflow ,” Krajewski says.”

““When you throw the word AI in, that's a buzzword over the past couple of years,” Krajewski says. “I was really curious if this was going to be anything more helpful than the traditional methods.””

““I mean, this is just the beginning,” he says. “It's crazy that we haven't even been with you guys for a year and there's always updates, there's more coming. That makes it exciting.””

““If you could turn in a project and you feel good about it and you're not worried about it going to construction and worrying what might happen,” says Krajewski, “you could live your life anxiety-free that your projects are going to get done and they're going to go without a hitch, without any safety concerns, without any utility strikes. You've done all you could and you've gotten the best information that you can find.””

““A lot of times, pedestals or different types of utility infrastructures will have labels on it and on Google Earth you can't read that,” Krajewski says. “But sometimes I get lucky on 4M — I can zoom in and actually read what that says on the object. That's just another piece of information that I'm getting from the office that can help me paint the picture before I go out there to the field .””

““You want to know at least a high-level idea instantaneously of what you're looking at: this is an excellent tool for that,” says Krajewski. “There's nothing out there that's going to be like that. But at the same time, just knowing it doesn't replace what you normally do. You still have your own due diligence that you're supposed to do.””

““I've actually had projects where the client came back on my scope and said it was too high and I actually showed them, ‘Hey, this is information I got from 4M, this is why I scoped it,’ and I just spelled it out for them,” Krajewski says. “And they said okay, thanks for showing us, we'll go with your original scope.””

““More information is better than less information,” notes Krajewski. “And the quicker and more efficiently we can get that information, the more money we're making.””

““God forbid you miss a pipeline, someone strikes that and you get an explosion or something like that,” explains Nick Krajewski, Project Manager SUE & UC at LAN. “That might sound dramatic, but there's people's lives out there and there's a lot of risk in that, and I couldn't live if I knew someone got hurt because I couldn't find a utility on a project.””