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22 THE DAVEY BULLETIN | March/April 2023 Erik Benneter has been promoted to district manager, Toronto West office. Benneter most recently served as assistant district manager. Scott Bucciere has been promoted to director of fleet operations. Bucciere most recently served as fleet operations manager. Adam Cervin has been promoted to market manager, New England. Cervin most recently served as district manager, Hartney Greymont, a Davey Company, Needham office. Autumn Dickerson has been promoted to manager of employee development, Eastern Utility services. Dickerson most recently served as talent and training specialist. Joe Domer has been promoted to fleet administration and procurement manager. Domer most recently served as purchasing manager of capital assets. Erik Benneter Toronto West office Scott Bucciere corporate office Derek Huntsman corporate office Paul Holland Ancaster office EXPERTISE GIS TEAMS INVENTORY GRAND CAYMAN INFRASTRUCTURE A four month joint-use audit, or field inventory of poles, was completed on every pole on Grand Cayman by a Davey Resource Group (DRG) GIS team for DataLink, Ltd (DataLink). DataLink, a subsidiary of Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC), provides fiber optic infrastructure and communications technology services on the island. Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and is a popular tourist spot known for its beaches and coral reefs. Visitors there enjoy snorkeling, scuba diving, and glass bottom boat tours. The DRG Utility Asset Management services (UAM) GIS team included GIS field technician Efren Hernandez Alvarez, as well as GPS field technicians Ben Armbruster and Patrick Kelliher. They inventoried 21,687 poles. The team visited each pole, GPS located it, checked for its correct GPS coordinates, and photographed the attachments. "This is important to the utility company as the attachments involve a permitting process, and companies can be fined if an unpermitted attachment is present," said Roland Pratt, account manager, UAM. The team also measured and recorded the height of the lowest source of power and every attachment on each pole. All of the attachments are supposed to be spaced out 40 inches from the lowest power line, so the workers accessing the pole at height are able to work safely in the power zone. Additionally, the team documented potential safety hazards they came across such as low sagging conductors or abandoned equipment. Scott Anderson, project developer, noted the GIS support team played a key role in making this project a success. Timothy Gaunt, account manager, built the setup for field collection, data review, and delivery processes. Madisen Keyes, geospatial technician, reviewed data quality and created client deliverables. Production manager Carla Waldron was involved in the project from bid to completion. "The utility workers from CUC were all very helpful, super nice, and easy to work with. DataLink was happy with the data, and we received positive feedback from them," Pratt said. Efren Hernandez Alvarez, Ben Armbruster, and Patrick Kelliher completed a pole inventory of the entire island of Grand Cayman.

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