Safety in Collaboration
Excavation Safety Alliance (ESA) believes there's safety in numbers, safety in education, and safety in collaboration. Our mission is to connect the excavation safety and damage prevention world to create open lines of communication that ultimately save lives and prevent damages. Find out how we're doing that below.

What We Do
Every ESA initiative, from conferences to publications, is wholly focused on improving safety in excavation through collaboration.
At the center of all of these initiatives is you, damage prevention professional, and others like you in the industry. Because, at the end of the day, ESA doesn't employ any SUE experts, GPR specialists, or trenchless professionals (As you'll see in the team listings below). From Conference speakers, to Magazine authors, to Town Hall panelists, we rely on the diverse perspectives of industry experts. Our superpower is creating spaces and platforms for those perspectives to come together — Places where discussions become collaboration and collaboration leads to solutions.

Global ESC
A tradition 20 years strong, the Global Excavation Safety Conference attracts attendees from around the world. Join us in New Orleans in 2024.

Excavation Safety Magazine
The damage prevention industry's go-to publication for the latest news, technology, and opinions in excavation safety.

Excavation Safety Guide
Excavation Safety Guide & Directory is an annual resource directory for boots-on-the-ground workers offering in-depth articles written by industry experts. Over 10.6 million Guides have been printed since 2005.

Pipeline Ag Safety Alliance
PASA consists of a dedicated group of utility operators that have teamed up with the National Association of County Agricultural Agents to help deliver safety messages to farmers and ranchers around the nation.
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ESA Town Halls
Town Halls are free-to-attend monthly cross-industry discussions on rotating topics within damage prevention and excavation safety. Hundreds of professionals join and contribute their voices to improve safety for everyone.

Global GPR Congress
Global GPR Congress is an annual virtual event that attracts hundreds of GPR professionals from all over the world. The 2023 GPR Congress had registrants from 21 countries!

Locator Safety & Appreciation Week (LSAW)
Always held the last full week of April, Locator Safety & Appreciation Week celebrates the essential and too often underappreciated work of utility locate technicians.
Meet the ESA Team
ESA headquarters is located in beautiful Bloomington, Minnesota. The team is small, hard working, and passionate about damage prevention. You've likely seen our faces bustling around conference floors or popping in during ESA Town Halls. Please don't hesitate to reach out to any one of us with a question, concern, or a 'Hello'!

Scott Landes
CEO

Whitney Price
VP of Operations
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Vicki Husome
Partnership Manager

Brenda Hansen
Partnership Success Coordinator

Levi Mills
Marketing Manager

Michael Sovereign
Marketing Coordinator