Risk Mitigation for the Gas Industry | Irth

Global Gas Utilities Trust Irth to Help Protect Utility Assets and Manage Complex Work Processes

With constant pressure from all directions — competitors, regulations, responsibilities to safeguard workers and communities, and more — gas utilities can’t afford inferior technology and tools.

Partnering with Irth, a trusted solutions provider for some of the largest global gas companies since 1995, means you have the digital innovations at your fingertips to transform how you manage land rights, engage stakeholders, identify new opportunities, plan for long-term growth, and provide the best customer service and experience.

Our comprehensive SaaS platform is a one-stop shop for all stakeholders to access the real-time data required to effectively manage complex land agreements, maintain community relationships, and proactively identify issues that increase risk. Gas utilities use Irth’s platform to document processes and procedures; record inspections, patrol operations, and regulatory compliance activities on assets; manage 811 tickets; coordinate stakeholder engagement; and manage issues and grievances. Bring previously siloed data and processes together, automate manual tasks, streamline complex audits, and much more with Irth’s comprehensive solution.

Actionable Insights to Transform Operations, Land Management, Damage Prevention, and Stakeholder Engagement

When the risks are high to your workers, the public, your assets, and your reputation, you need a trusted partner and comprehensive software that’s reliable, intelligent, and powered by real-time data.

Irth Insights for Damage Prevention leverages AI, machine learning, and unique datasets to produce actionable information for decision-making. Our SaaS platform automates processes and optimizes workflows for land management, aerial patrols, meter inspections, leak surveys, 811 ticket management, and stakeholder operations at scale from within a single consolidated system.

29%

Our unique SaaS platform can help your company reduce excavation-related incidents by up to 29%.

55%

From maintenance of your infrastructure to managing land rights, our platform can digitize and automate workflows to improve efficiencies by up to 55% and reduce operational expenses.

70%

Stakeholder contact and compliance by up to 70%, reducing timelines from 1-2 weeks to just 2-3 days on major projects and from days to hours on smaller jobs.

Case Study

Risk Management

How a Natural Gas Utility Decreased Its Damage Ratio by 36% After Implementing Risk Management Solution

Case Study

Trans Mountain

How Canada’s Pipeline Operator Efficiently Scaled Land, Stakeholder, and Regulatory Management

Damage Prevention

The challenges vexing gas utilities today, such as increased competition, updated regulations requiring changes to operations, and ensuring safety for people and the environment, require innovative solutions and an experienced partner. The largest gas utilities in the U.S. and Canada trust Irth’s 811 ticket management platform to:

Enhance Operational Efficiency

Document processes and procedures; record inspections, patrol operations, and regulatory compliance activities on assets; manage 811 tickets; and increase workforce efficiency while proactively identifying issues that increase risk.

Manage Complex Processes

Manage complex work processes across the entire organization while bringing together previously siloed processes, automating manual tasks, streamlining difficult audits, and much more.

Automate Workflows

Automate processes and optimize workflows for meter inspections, aerial patrols, leak surveys, and more in one integrated system.

Comprehensive one call ticket management

Predictive and prescriptive analytics with AI

Automated ticket screening, routing, and dynamic dispatching

Automated positive response to one call and excavators

Accurate geo-location mapping and map layers viewable whether online or offline

Document and image attachments

Native applications for iOS, Android, and Windows

Fully configurable workflows for field operations (locate audits, damage investigations, claims processing, etc.)

Automated, customizable workflows

Work portal for tasks, alerts, and notifications

Reporting and analytics featuring Microsoft Power BI

Seamless integrations with internal and external systems

Locate accuracy and training

Asset Integrity

Pipelines traverse nature preserves, parks, water supplies, businesses, and our communities. That's why it's paramount to apply the latest technology to managing pipeline integrity which allows for proactive measures to ensure pipeline safety, reliability, and compliance.

Data Integration & Alignment Using ML

Harness machine learning (ML) to ingest any inline inspection (ILI) report, regardless of vendor or format.  Effortlessly integrate and align your ILI reports, pipeline data, external corrosion surveys, internal corrosion control activities, and even repair data for advanced condition and threat analysis.

Enterprise Risk Management

Understand and visualize threats to your assets through correlated datasets, engineering analyses, built-in data science models that predict points of failure, and enterprise Power BI dashboards and reporting. Use a single platform to quantify risk, allowing for quicker data-driven decision-making.

Elevating the Industry

Ushering in a new era for pipeline safety by digitally transforming asset integrity programs, eliminating data silos and providing a holistic view of asset risk. Providing a platform for sharing knowledge and insights through our analysis condition library, annual State of Integrity reports, and User Summits.

Land & ROW Management

With Irth Land, all stakeholders have the real-time data and insights they need to manage complex land agreements, payment calculations and processing, and to meet project deadlines. Gas utilities use Irth Land to:

Maintain Centralized Data

Maintain one system of record for all project data to reduce errors caused by manual and duplicate data entry and streamline decision-making.

Protect Data Security

Integrate with other business systems but safeguard project data through robust permissions, allowing data access to only those who need it to complete their work.

Generate Project Insights

Gain visibility to project status with dashboards and automated reporting configurable for each gas utility’s needs.

Pre-Acquisition

Capture data for multiple routes for route selection and planning

Assign costs per parcel for project budgeting

Manage information relating to permitting applications

Prioritize projects across portfolio

Acquisition

Track status of land rights acquisition against schedule

Acquisition KPI and progress reporting

Workload balancing and performance measurements

Document preparation using organization approved templates

Track contacts and log conversations

Manage payments for land costs and damages

Capture special conditions and deviations from standard agreements

Contract Management

Track compliance with agreement terms and conditions

Monitor expirations and renewals

Track lease payment obligations for financial reporting

Track encroachments

Manage supplemental agreements

Stakeholder and Land Management

For gas utilities, stakeholder engagement isn’t a one-time effort — it’s an ongoing operational responsibility. From managing landowner relationships, agreements, and payment calculations and processing to coordinating with local governments, emergency responders, and affected communities along pipeline corridors, the stakes are high and the interactions are constant. Irth gives you a purpose-built platform to manage it all with consistency and confidence.

Manage Every Relationship in One Place

Pipeline projects touch countless landowners, municipalities, and community groups. When all public awareness campaigns and interactions, agreements, inquiries, and grievances are managed in one place, gas utilities can respond faster, reduce risk, and maintain continuity even as teams and projects evolve.

Respond with Speed and Confidence

When a pipeline incident or service disruption occurs, response time and clear communication are critical. Mobilize the right stakeholders immediately, keep regulators and impacted communities informed, and document every action taken to demonstrate due diligence and maintain public confidence.

Securely Track ROW Activity

All stakeholders have real-time ROW activity data centralized in one system, enabling improved coordination and decision-making across teams from planning to maintenance.

Project Development

Capture data for multiple routes for route selection and planning

Assign costs per parcel for project budgeting

Manage information relating to permitting applications

Retain and easily search for open-house invitations, meeting summaries, commitments, and concerns

Map relationships and influence across stakeholders and elected officials to identify who to engage and when

Create line lists and engagement strategies for key individuals, communities, and stakeholder groups and use AI-generated insights to inform next steps

Land Access and Acquisition