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The Survey Association (TSA), the UK’s trade body for geospatial survey professionals, will return to Utility Week Live to spotlight PUMA, its PAS128 Utility Mapping Accreditation Scheme, following its successful reception at last year’s event. PUMA has established a recognised national benchmark for high‑quality underground utility surveys and provides a formal way to assess a survey company’s capability to deliver work in line with the PAS128 specification.

Across the UK, more than four million excavations are carried out each year. A significant number proceed without a comprehensive survey of buried pipes and cables. Strikes on underground assets pose serious risks to life and can cause major financial loss and project disruption.

Improving the consistency and reliability of utility surveys is crucial for improving safety and reducing cost and delay. TSA created PUMA to provide its members with a robust, independently assessed framework that raises standards across the industry.

By choosing a PUMA‑accredited company, clients gain assurance that survey work will be carried out accurately and to an agreed

level of quality - helping avoid costly errors, unnecessary delays and potentially dangerous incidents.

Sam Roberts, Chair of the PUMA Governance Committee and TSA Council member said:

“Before the introduction of PUMA, any organisation could state that they were working to the PAS128 specification, but there was no requirement to verify this. TSA’s accreditation scheme has changed that. When clients see that a survey company holds PUMA accreditation, they can be

confident that the service and data quality will meet a recognised and independently assessed standard.”

PUMA is available to eligible members of The Survey Association. The scheme is delivered by LRQA, a global leader in assurance,

certification and inspection. 

Visitors to Utility Week Live 2026 are invited to meet the TSA team on stand P128 to learn more about PUMA and how the scheme supports safer working, improved efficiency and significant cost savings across utility

and construction projects.

For more information about TSA, visit https://www.tsa-uk.org.uk/

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For further press information, contact:

Clara Hughes at Zebra Marketing and Communications: on tel: 07702

736763 or clara@zebra-comms.co.uk 

Maggie Austen at Zebra Marketing and Communications: on tel: 07591

980516 or maggie@zebra-comms.co.uk