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Cenit Transporte's Digital Leap with Irth

In the ever-evolving energy industry, maintaining the safety and efficiency of infrastructure is paramount, especially in the midstream segment...

Case Study

Irth 811spotter Streamlines the 811-Ticketing Process for Excavator Stakeholders 

In the multi-stakeholder 811 ticket ecosystem, protecting underground utility infrastructure requires each participant to use tools.... 

Press Release 

Irth Solutions Acquires 811spotter to Advance Damage Prevention and Support Excavator Stakeholders with Smarter, Safer Tools

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 25, 2025 — Irth Solutions (“Irth”), a Blackstone portfolio company, is pleased to announce it has acquired 811spotter. This acquisition adds to Irth’s robust damage prevention suite, improving efficiency, visibility, safety and compliance for contractors...

Jun. 26, 2025

Webinar

Introducing Risk— Quantifying Threats Using Integrity Data

Risk models are only as good as the data behind them, and too often, pipeline risk assessments rely on generic scoring systems disconnected from actual integrity data. In our recent webinar...

Article

Eliminating Pipeline Integrity Data Silos with Phase 2 of the EC Module

CIM version 3.45 introduces Phase 2 of the External Corrosion (EC) Module, delivering comprehensive data integration capabilities...

Article

API 1163 3rd Edition: What's Changed?

Our State of Integrity report, presented at this year's PPIM conference, discussed how ILI service providers are not meeting their published performance specifications...

Press Release 

Virginia 811 (VA811) Announces Partnership with Irth Solutions to Launch Irth Exactix One Call Software

COLUMBUS, OHIO – Virginia 811 (VA811), a not-for-profit organization established by Virginia’s utilities to safeguard their underground facilities, today announced a strategic partnership with Irth...

May 22, 2025

Article

Predicting Pipeline Failures Using Data Science

Bottom-side internal corrosion (IC) is a subtle but dangerous threat to pipeline infrastructure. Often progressing silently in regions where water settles due to gravity...

Article

Introducing Risk Management for Pipelines: Quantifying Threats

In the high-stakes world of pipeline operations, risk isn’t just a compliance checkbox—it’s the fine line between proactive maintenance and pipeline failure...

Article

Professional Services - Valve Risk Study

The federal rule for gas pipelines in the US requires that specific preventive and mitigative measures be taken to reduce the risk of a pipeline failure...

Article

Irth Solutions Announces Its External Corrosion CIS and Asset Integrity Data Mart Modules at PPIM

COLUMBUS, OH, UNITED STATES, January 27, 2025 /-- Irth Solutions (“Irth”), a Blackstone Portfolio company, is excited to announce the release of its Irth Asset Integrity...

Jan. 27, 2025

Article

Accelerate Your DIRT Reporting: Advanced Tools for Damage Management

Common Ground Alliance’s (CGA) DIRT Report plays a crucial role in our collective damage prevention efforts. To gain the full impact of the DIRT Report, all damage prevention...

Case Study

Irth Delivers Significant Cost Savings for Brightspeed by Using AI to Reduce Damages and Streamline Field Operations

With 2.5 million 811 utility locate tickets processed annually, Brightspeed required a comprehensive ticket management solution that could...

Press Release 

Irth Solutions Acquires OneBridge Solutions Inc., an Industry-Leading SaaS Company for Pipeline Integrity Management

COLUMBUS, Ohio and EDMONTON, AB, November 1, 2024 — Irth Solutions (“Irth”), a Blackstone portfolio company, is pleased to announce the completion of its acquisition of OneBridge Solutions Inc...

Dec. 20, 2024

Article

Revolutionizing Risk Prediction and Damage Prevention with Data and AI

When data scientists dive into the data that companies create in day-to-day operations, they seek to find ways for those companies to do what they do...

Article

Why Satellite Data Alone Isn’t Enough to Safeguard Your Pipelines

America has 2.6 million miles of natural gas and hazardous liquid transportation pipelines, the largest network of pipelines in the world.

Article

Getting the Right Information in the Right Hands: How Geospatial Intelligence Improves Pipeline Safety

When it comes to pipeline safety, understanding threats and taking appropriate action when danger hits from various angles requires the right data...

Article

10 Must-Have Features for Your 811 Ticket Management System

With Shane Mattix, Irth's Technical Sales Leader. 811 ticket management software plays a crucial role in reducing underground excavation damages.

Article

Why Not Everyone Can “Just Do” 811 Ticket Management

With Shane Mattix, Irth's Technical Sales Leader. “It’s just 811 ticket management software; anyone can do it!” I’ve heard this statement a lot. But...

Article

Colorado Spring Utilities Uses Irth Insights for Damage Prevention

Following an increase in damages to its underground infrastructure, Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) decided to explore using artificial intelligence...

Article

How to Improve Damage Prevention and Safety with Artificial Intelligence

In Florida, locate requests scheduled for what month are the most likely to result in an incident? Do you know the answer to this question? By...

Article

Why De-Siloed Data is Essential to Safeguarding Pipelines

The average person probably doesn’t think much about how the land around them can change. If they go for a walk or run on the same route every day,...

Case Study

Training, Certification, and Tracking Streamlined and Optimized with Irth 

UDig NY used Coursettra, our training and operator qualifications solution, to transform their in-person training program into a fully... 

Case Study

Online Training with Irth Boosts Accuracy of 811 Tickets to Ensure Safety and Improve Efficiency 

South Carolina 811 (SC811) trusted the expertise of the Irth team when it sought an online replacement for its learning management system used to train...

Article

Good Neighbors: AEP’s Tom Schaffer on How to Balance Customer Outreach with Continued Growth

The surge in electric demand has far-reaching implications for electric companies, including how they upgrade aging infrastructure, increase load,...

Article

Energy Companies Streamline Complex Land Management with Irth

Kevin McCoy, a land analyst at TC Energy and featured guest on the Irth webinar episode “TC Energy: Insights from Managing 16,000 Lease Payments,”...

Article

How Data is Transforming Risk Management

Even though organizations have always used data, its value has become more apparent than ever. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning can...

Case Study

Irth Helps Energy Companies Navigate the Complexities of Land Management 

TC Energy maintains over 58,100 miles of natural gas pipelines and 3,045 miles of oil and liquids pipelines that supply markets across...

Article

Irth Insights with AI: Market-Leading Data and Market-Leading Predictions

Kyle Murphy, Irth’s Director of Data and Architecture, recently shared with our User Summit attendees how Irth collects tremendous amounts of data...

Article

Now is the Time: CGA’s Sam Hall on How to Reduce the Top Causes of Damages

At Irth’s User Summit, Sam Hall, Vice President of the Damage Prevention Institute for Common Ground Alliance, spoke to our attendees about why now...

Article

What’s New on Irth? Web Experience and Tech Update

At the Irth User Summit Rod Ball, our CTO, took attendees on a tour of Irth’s recent design updates and new software features. We’ve made user...

Article

Features and Benefits to Look for in Land Rights and ROW Management Software

When timelines are tight and your team is stretched thin, using robust land rights and ROW management software is crucial for keeping your...

Article

The Secret to Risk Management: Visibility

When you have miles and miles and millions of dollars in critical infrastructure to protect, it’s impossible to monitor every foot 100 percent of the...

Article

Data and Digital Tools: Utilities’ First Defense for Extreme Weather Events

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, average temperatures are rising, with nine of the top 10 warmest years since 1998. Extreme...

Article

How Irth & CGA Helped Arizona 811 Enhance its Training for Excavators

Common Ground Alliance (CGA) featured Irth’s customer Arizona 811 in a recent case study for using Coursettra, Irth’s training and operator...

Article

Irth Honored at Executive Women’s International Gala of Columbus

At this year’s annual Executive Women’s International (EWI) Gala, Irth took home all three peer-nominated Columbus chapter awards. Congratulations to...

Press Release

Irth Solutions Acquires geoAMPS, a SaaS Company for Land Rights, Stakeholder, and Compliance Management

Columbus, Ohio – Irth Solutions (“Irth”), a Blackstone Portfolio company and leading provider of damage prevention and risk management software...

Jul. 13, 2023

Article

How Training and Certification Make Zero Damages Possible

When we initially designed Coursettra, our training and operator qualifications solution, it was a primary goal to figure out the best way for each...

Article

Microsoft: How Irth Modernized Its Mobile App, Helping Workers Who Service Critical Network Infrastructure

At Irth, we rely on the latest technology to advance our mobile-first strategy to enhance resilience and reduce risk in the delivery of essential...

Article

Risk Management for Utilities with the Most Comprehensive Risk Management Solution

Protecting the people, communities, and environment surrounding the network that delivers our way of life—water, electricity, internet, oil, and...

Article

Leadership’s Role in Organizational Resiliency

With Jeannie Diefenderfer, Irth Solutions independent Board Director and former CEO, Higher Ambition Leadership Alliance
For most of my career, I...

Press Release 

Irth Enhances Risk Management Offerings With Methane Gas Detection

COLUMBUS, OHIO – Irth Solutions (“Irth”), a leading provider of SaaS solutions focused on reducing risk and improving the resiliency of critical...

Apr. 28, 2023

Article

What Should Utility Companies Look for in a Learning Management System?

Over the last decade or so, just about every industry has increasingly digitized its employee training. Rather than gathering employees in the same...

Article

How Will You Celebrate Earth Day? Get Inspired by Irthlings

Protecting the people, communities, and environment surrounding the network that delivers our way of life—water, electricity, internet, oil, and...

Article

What’s the Future of 811 Ticket Management?

What does the future of 811 ticket management look like? The best way to answer that question is by first looking at today’s challenges. At Irth...

Article

SOC 2 Compliance: Commitment to Your Safety and Security

Security and safety are priorities at Irth. As an industry leader, we are proud to consistently deliver the most robust technology and innovative...

Press Release

Irth Solutions Announces SOC 2 Type 2 Compliance

Columbus, Ohio – Irth Solutions (“Irth”), a leading provider of SaaS solutions focused on reducing risk and improving the resiliency of critical...

Feb. 20, 2023

Article

Top Risks for Telecoms: Telecom’s Risk Management Challenges and How to Mitigate Them

There’s a lot to celebrate in telecommunications today. At the top of the list are telecommunications and media companies’ services that power our...

Article

Risk Management for Utilities: Combining Damage Risk Analysis and Artificial Intelligence

Risk management for utilities requires a dual approach in the digital era: historical and predictive data analytics. As underground critical network...

Article

Thank You to All That Attended and Made This Year’s DISTRIBUTECH Successful

A big thank you to all that attended and made this year’s DISTRIBUTECH a success in San Diego. Over three days, more than 275 speakers and 500...

Press Release

Irth Solutions Welcomes Paul Hudson and Kenneth M. Mercado to its Board of Directors

Irth Solutions, a leading provider of SaaS solutions focused on reducing risk and improving the resiliency of critical network infrastructure,...

Feb. 3, 2023

Article

Effective Vegetation Management for Utilities

Did you know there are 3 trillion trees on Earth? They are critical to our health because they absorb carbon dioxide and remove air pollution. Trees...

Article

5 Real-World Benefits of Advanced Technology in Damage Prevention

Technology is the driving factor behind nearly every aspect of our lives. So, it’s no wonder the only way to protect the critical infrastructure that...

Article

When to Upgrade Your 811 Ticket Management System

Did your 811 ticket management system retire when its developer did? Are you ready to upgrade because you’re unhappy with your current system?...

Article

5 Reasons to Be Excited About the Future of Damage Prevention Software

Jason Adams, former CEO of 4iQ Solutions, Discusses Why Industry Experience and Deep Data Sets Improve...

Article

How to Measure Risk in the Damage Prevention Industry

In a recent dp-PRO webinar, Matthew Abbitt, Chief Product Officer at Irth, outlined how to measure risk in the damage prevention industry. To...

Press Release

Irth Solutions Acquires 4iQ Solutions, an 811 Call Center Notification, Damage Prevention, and Training System Provider

Columbus, Ohio – Irth Solutions (“Irth”), a leading provider of SaaS solutions focused on reducing risk and improving the resiliency of critical...

Oct. 17, 2022

Case Study

Ameren Illinois: Millions of Dollars Saved, Damages Reduced with UtiliSphere™

As Ameren’s damage prevention efforts and 811 ticket volume increased, UtiliSphere streamlined workflow, focused efforts on high-risk...

Press Release

Irth Solutions Acknowledged as Dealmaker of the Year Award Winner

Columbus, Ohio – Irth Solutions has been acknowledged as a Dealmaker of the Year Award winner by the Smart Business Dealmakers Conference Columbus...

Sept. 22, 2022

Article

FAQs: The Potential and Power of Work Items

Data drives value. The more processes you have digitized – the more data you have easily accessible to enhance your damage prevention...

Case Study

How UtiliSphere™ and SmartScore Helped Crown Castle Reduce Network Asset Damages by 19%

In a recent Common Ground Alliance (CGA) Next Practices Case Study, Irths’ customer Crown Castle was highlighted for its data-driven interventions to...

Sept. 13, 2022

Case Study

How a Natural Gas Utility Decreased Its Damage Ratio by 36% After Implementing Risk Management Solution

The natural gas utility incorporates SmartScore and analytics, best practices and innovation into their...

Case Study

How a Public Utility Company in Michigan Gained Field Process Improvements with UtiliSphere™

Consumers Energy added UtiliSphere™ into their workflow process and saw an increase in productivity within the first...

Article

Irth Highlighted in the 2022 DISTRIBUTECH International Exhibitor Showcase

Irth Solutions was thrilled to be part of the 2022 DISTRIBUTECH International Exhibitor Showcase.  Tune in to the entire discussion with Brad Gammons,...

Case Study

How a Fortune 500 Energy & Utility Company Reduced Costs by 30% and Saved Over $1M Per Year

This case study is based on the experience of a leading energy and utility company ranked in the top 50 on the Fortune 500...

Case Study

How Irth-Energy Transfer Collaboration Created Better Processes for Damage Prevention

Strong collaboration and responsiveness produced more efficient processes making UtiliSphere™ an even better tool for...

Case Study

How Genesis Energy Achieved Greater Compliance and Decreased Risk

Genesis Energy had a significant challenge managing data collection in five operating areas across six states. Each...

Case Study

How a Large Utility Company Decreased Damages by 29% Using Damage Risk Analysis

A large utility provider had a significant challenge reducing damages across their footprint. Their diverse...

Article

Using Augmented Reality to Prevent Damages to Critical Network Infrastructure

For Oil & Gas (Energy), Utilities (Electric & Gas) and Telecom Industries Energy, utility and telecom companies have started embracing innovation and...

Article

The Power of Modern Mobile Devices

In the summer 2022 issue of dp-PRO magazine, Anand Nukala, Irth's Director of Product Management, wrote about how a mobile device...

Article

Improve Your Damage Prevention Efforts with 811 Ticket Management

A 13% increase in infrastructure projects is forecast between 2021 and 2022, with expectations for continued growth. This translates...

Article

Stake Center Locating: Driving Growth with Data Management

Stake Center Locating is on a digital transformation journey. The high-risk infrastructure and fiber optic locating company jettisoned legacy...

Article

Full of Appreciation for the 2022 User Summit

After two years without a User Summit, we are grateful to everyone who attended and made the 2022 User Summit a success at the ARIA Resort & Casino...

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It’s Earth Day Every Day at Irth Solutions

Earth Day is the largest secular observance in the world and is celebrated by over 190 countries and more than 1 billion people every April 22. But...

Article

FAQs: Discussing Risk Management with Shane Mattix, Irth Solutions’ Technical Sales Leader

with Shane Mattix, Irth Solutions’ Technical Sales Leader. It’s one thing to be aware of activity around your critical network infrastructure. It’s...

Press Release

Irth Solutions and LightBox Announce Collaboration

To Enhance Location Accuracy, Increase Location Awareness and Reduce Costs of the Ticket Management Process for the Underground Utility Industry...

Feb. 4, 2022

Article

UtiliSphere’s Sketching Tool Enhances Damage Prevention Efforts

Locators need tools to record activities comprehensively when they’re out in the field — whether they have internet access or not. When a locator can...

Press Release

Blackstone to Acquire Irth Solutions, a Leading Software Services Provider

NEW YORK & COLUMBUS, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Blackstone (NYSE: BX) announced today that Blackstone Energy Partners has agreed to acquire Irth Solutions...

Dec. 1, 2021

Article

How Southwest Gas Uses Software to Help Guide Damage Prevention Processes

We recently sponsored a dp-PRO webinar featuring Southwest Gas where the gas utility company shared their successful damage prevention efforts for...

Press Release

Irth Solutions and Quantitative Business Analytics (QBA) Announce Partnership to Expand Depth of Industry Competency and Capabilities

This partnership allows Irth Solutions to move into new areas and deliver a full business outcome for customers while strengthening the core...

Nov. 2, 2021

Article

A Note From the CEO: Our “Infrastructure” Is Evolving to Meet Your Infrastructure Needs

It has been a privilege to walk alongside you — everyday heroes in the energy, gas utility, electric utility, municipality, contract...

Press Release

Irth Solutions and UTTO Announce Partnership to Create the Most Secure and Accurate Locate Process Available For the Underground Utility Industry

Improvements in an Organization’s Locate Services Enhance Resiliency, Reliability and Safety of Utilities, Oil/Gas, Telecommunications and...

Jun. 16, 2021

Press Release

Irth Solutions and Terra Sound Technology Announce Partnership to Improve Safety, Asset Protection and Resiliency 

This Partnership Allows Utilities, Oil/Gas, Telecommunications and Construction Companies to Stop the Leading Cause of Damage to Critical...

Jun. 7, 2021

Article

Common Ground Alliance Food For Thought Webinar

Detecting and Preventing Excavation-Related Damages Before They Occur. We recently had the pleasure of sponsoring a CGA “Food for Thought” webinar...

Press Release

Irth Solutions Welcomes Ron Childress to its Board of Directors

Irth Solutions, a leader in 811 ticket management and field service management software, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ron Childress...

Oct. 29, 2020

Press Release

Irth Solutions Welcomes Brad Gammons to its Board of Directors

Irth Solutions, a leader in 811 ticket management and field service management software, is pleased to announce the appointment of Brad Gammons to...

Jun. 16, 2020

Press Release

Irth Solutions Welcomes Marie Jordan to its Board of Directors

Irth Solutions, a leader in 811 ticket management and field service management software, is pleased to announce the appointment of Marie Jordan to...

Jun. 11, 2020

Press Release

Irth Solutions Welcomes TengBeng Koid to its Board of Directors

Irth Solutions, a leader in 811 ticket management and field service management software, is pleased to announce the appointment of TengBeng Koid to...

Jun. 9, 2020

Press Release

Irth Solutions Completes Acquisition of Bytronics

Bytronics’ flagship DigTrack software complements Irth’s initiatives to deliver innovation to the energy, utility and contract locator market...

Nov. 7, 2017

Press Release

Irth Solutions Named to 20 Most Promising Utilities Technology Solution Providers 2017 by CIOReview

FREMONT, CA— Irth Solutions has been recognized as one among the elite group of companies that are shortlisted in the Utilities edition of CIOReview...

Feb. 24, 2017

Press Release

Gauge Capital Announces Strategic Investment in Irth Solutions

Gauge Capital announced that it has partnered with the owners and management team of Irth Solutions, Inc. (“Irth”) to recapitalize the company...

Jul. 1, 2019

Article

Using CIM to Comply with the Gas Mega Rule Part 2

Although there was considerable anticipation surrounding Gas Mega Rule Part 1, significant and wide-ranging rulemakings were introduced...

Article

Atmospheric Corrosion Control with CIM

The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) outline specific requirements for monitoring and controlling atmospheric corrosion on hazardous liquid pipelines...

Article

Correcting IMU Data for Pipeline Movement Analysis

Managing the threat of pipeline movement, whether it be from geohazards or weather event, becomes an issue of data integration and alignment...

Article

State of Integrity at PPIM 2025

The State of Integrity is a data analysis project which started in earnest in 2023. With over 11,000 assessments on 410k miles of pipeline...

Case Study

The Vendor Portal - A Case Study (Product - Risk - 2025)

These are questions one client grappled with when we embarked on a journey with them to design a vendor portal...

Article

The External Corrosion Module is Here

The External Corrosion (EC) Module for Close Interval Surveys (CIS) is available with the release of CIM 3.43, scheduled for this...

Case Study

McGuire and Hester Brings Safety to the Forefront with 811spotter Ticket Automation

Managing 811 ticket renewals was a resource-intensive endeavor at McGuire and Hester, a heavy civil...

Case Study

MGE Underground Revamps Its 811 Ticket Process With 811spotter

MGE's manual process for managing 811 tickets was labor­ intensive, time-consuming and technically deficient...

Case Study

Navajo Pipelines Balances Safety and Productivity with 811spotter

Navajo Pipelines, a small, woman-owned underground utility contractor, wanted to ensure it was doing everything...

Case Study

Q&D Construction Scores Operational and Cost Wins With 811spotter

Multi-state contractor Q&D Construction was wasting time and money with an outdated 811 ticket management process...

Article

Validating ILI Performance with API 1163 and PRCI Research in CIM

Those tasked with a job function related to in-line inspection - from working for an in-line inspection (ILI) service provider...

Article

Pipeline Risk Management – Handling Uncertainty

Why are we more worried about shark attacks and plane crashes than cancer or car accidents...

Article

Enhancing Pipeline Integrity: Introducing the Vendor Portal

The first step in a user’s journey with CIM™ is onboarding data into the software application, so that it can be integrated and analyzed...

Article

Meet CIM’s Machine Learning Classification Model

Machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and data science are interrelated sciences whose terms are often used interchangeably...

Article

CIS Analysis within CIM’s External Corrosion Module

Although the genesis of OneBridge Solutions (OBS) stemmed from meeting the challenge of aligning and analyzing inline inspection data...

Article

Beyond Excel: Revolutionizing Data Integration with CIM

It’s true. The more data you have and the more places you house that data, the harder it becomes to integrate data in a way that...

Article

Introducing the State of Integrity Inaugural Report

With over 11,000 assessments on 390k miles of pipeline from 15 pipeline operators and 34 ILI service providers...

Article

Introducing Data Mart, CIM's New Data Hub

CIM is known as an analysis engine, a tool for users to conduct in-depth analyses on their inline inspection and now Closer Interval...

Article

Demystifying Corrosion Growth Rates in CIM

The Integrity Compliance process within CIM provides users the capability to analyze their assessment data in a variety of ways...

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Back to the Future with CIM

In 2016, the OneBridge team was accepted into Microsoft's Machine Learning Accelerator program, an incubator to support...