Case Study: DTE Energy improves pipeline vegetation management with Davey Resource Group’s aerial assessment

DTE Energy assesses 20,000 miles of pipeline ROW with Davey in less than a year

Davey Resource Group (DRG), a division of Davey, assisted a major North American energy company, DTE Energy, with a large-scale vegetation management challenge. The client needed to assess vegetation along thousands of miles of natural gas pipeline rights-of-way to ensure safety and regulatory compliance, a daunting task given the vast and dispersed geography of their operations.

The solution implemented by Davey involved performing aerial vegetation assessments using winged aircraft equipped with proprietary data collection software. This innovative approach allowed DRG to efficiently evaluate 20,000 miles of right-of-way in less than a year. The results provided DTE Energy with critical data to strategically plan maintenance, prioritizing areas for ground-level work and ensuring compliance with federal regulations in a more economical and efficient manner than traditional methods.

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