CivilGrid

The U.S. Department of Transportation is seeking input on an interesting concept for accelerating the construction of linear utility infrastructure, like electricity transmission, pipelines, and broadband. “America's Great Corridors of Commerce” proposes colocating utilities along existing transportation rights-of-way, including in shared tunnels, through public-private partnerships. We think the proposal has real promise, and have some suggestions that reflect our work with utilities and agencies across the country as they deal with the complexity of subsurface infrastructure. A few points that we shared, centering on the use of records-based utility maps to help with site selection and project delivery: • Know what's underground before you designate the corridor. Subsurface utility conflicts are one of the most common causes of delay, redesign, and cost overruns on linear infrastructure. • Use subsurface data to decide which corridors get selected for this effort. Right-of-way availability shouldn't be the only test. A baseline utilities map reveals a lot about actual complexity and cost.  • Give bidders the data up front. When sponsors share baseline subsurface information before bidding, bids get more accurate, due diligence costs drop, and winning bidders are less likely to back out over surprises. Check out our full submission – and offer your input on the proposal by October 2! CivilGrid's submission: https://lnkd.in/gqMpNeyY

Dig-ins are a common occurrence, with over a thousand happening every day in the US. Their effects range from costly headaches and delays, to shutting down five airports simultaneously. We treat it as a fact of life. But it doesn't have to be. That's why we built CivilGrid.

CivilGrid is OUT here! Our very own Piera Molin organized a clean up crew in partnership with the South Carolina town of Fort Mill's Utilities Dept. Together, they cleared out nearby roadsides and creekbeds and gathered a whopping ONE HUNDRED and one POUNDS of trash! Let's hear it for civic duty in action!! 👏

We're so excited to share our new case study with Pacific Gas and Electric Company! PG&E has used CivilGrid to revolutionize their workflow, from a sequential process where each step needed to wait months for surveying and data collection to finish, to designing, planning, and surveying in parallel. As a result, they saved 3 to 4 months per project, with a 30% to 40% reduction in surveying costs. This is just one of the powerful advancements in our story with PG&E. Check out the full case study: https://lnkd.in/g4aK8iP5

We're going to the 2026 SUE Association Conference in Austin, Texas! We'll be at Booth 10 from Sept 21-23rd with our Head of Product Jamison Shaver, Senior VP of Sales Shirin Oshidari, Engineering Account Executive Corey Elizabeth Lanctot, and our CEO and Founder Josh Mackanic! Come by the booth and we'll show you the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive, and error-free way to achieve a SUE QL-D basemap!

We'll be at Autodesk University Sept 15 to 17th in Las Vegas! Come by Booth 4257 and hear about how we're giving you the best foundation for design, with comprehensive basemaps you can export into your CAD tool of choice! Our CEO Josh Mackanic, our SVP of Sales Shirin Oshidari, our Head of Sales for Utilities Julien Marin, B.Eng, MBA, and our Head of Customer Success Sam O'Melveny will all be there to answer all your questions!

What a wild three years it's been: from pitching CivilGrid to Pacific Gas and Electric Company at their Innovation Pitch Fest, to closing our $26M Series A with PG&E as a trusted partner. Check out this article about the journey on PG&E's blog, and get excited about what the next three years will bring! We're just getting started...

Check out our official press release for our $26M Series A announcement! This round of funding was led by Spark Capital. America is entering an unprecedented era of infrastructural investment, with over $3.7 trillion pouring in for major projects nationwide. Legacy data and antiquated systems aren't sufficient for preconstruction teams to make the most of this opportunity. That's why our CEO Josh Mackanic built CivilGrid: to empower plans to succeed in a new era of infrastructure construction, turning these trillions into the projects that improve the lives of Americans. Stay tuned for more exciting announcements as we evolve into the next phase of Team CivilGrid! https://lnkd.in/gqgxP3Ki Energy Impact Partners A* Afore Capital SNR Ford Street Ventures Burnt Island Ventures

Proud to be an investor in CivilGrid's $26M Series A. CivilGrid is building the construction intelligence platform for utilities and infrastructure, aggregating fragmented underground utility, environmental, and permitting data into a single geospatial view so project teams can plan smarter before breaking ground, with the potential to save utilities hundreds of millions annually. As the energy transition drives unprecedented infrastructure build-out, better pre-construction intelligence means faster, safer, and lower-cost deployment. Congratulations to Josh Mackanic and the CivilGrid team. https://lnkd.in/gk6_FNVd

We are very proud to count Energy Impact Partners among the lead investors in our Series A. We are a mission driven organization, trying to help transform our infrastructure for the better, and we couldn't think of a better partner in that mission than the folks at Energy Impact Partners!