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Network Plus Launches Nationwide Rollout of RodRadar's Live Dig Radar to Tackle the UK's £2.4B Utility Strike Problem

By Eric Van Rees - 23rd July 2026 - 12:32

In a multi-year, fleet-wide deployment across hundreds of excavators, Network Plus becomes the first to deploy RodRadar's new, world-first 30cm LDR system, in partnership with UK distributor Machinetech, to pioneer a new standard for excavation safety.

Network Plus, one of the UK's national utility and infrastructure contractors, announced a landmark, multi-year partnership to deploy RodRadar's Live Dig Radar (LDR) technology across its entire national fleet.

Serving major UK asset owners including Severn Trent Water, Cadent Gas, National Grid, and UK Power Networks, Network Plus will roll out RodRadar's LDR Excavate technology across its repair and maintenance fleet of more than 200 machines over a multi-year programme. The planned rollout marks a decisive shift toward eliminating underground utility strikes, an industry-wide safety challenge across UK construction.

According to University of Birmingham research, the UK suffers over 60,000 utility strikes every year, costing the economy an estimated £2.4 billion annually in project delays, traffic gridlock, and severe safety risks to site crews.

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