Data sources: Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications
What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| transactional/sales | Contractors' ERP systems, framework-client utilities and TSOs/DSOs, public procurement portals (TED, national tender databases) | Per contract award / per progress invoice / per work order | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | Municipal and national permitting authorities, road/highway agencies, utility regulators, environmental agencies; contractors' own permit… | Per permit / per street-works application, with location, dates and works type | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices and labour agencies, trade unions and sector training bodies (linesman/jointer certification registers)… | Sector/regional monthly aggregates; per-worker certification records; per-site… | public |
| reviews & sentiment | Employer review platforms (Glassdoor, Indeed), local media and community consultation records for transmission-line and mast projects… | Per review; per project consultation response | public |
| financial filings | Company registries, listed contractors (e.g. Quanta Services, MasTec, Eiffage, Spie), credit bureaus (D&B, Creditsafe) | Annual/quarterly per legal entity, segment revenue and backlog | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Occupational safety regulators (OSHA, HSE, national labour inspectorates), insurers, utility damage-prevention bodies (e.g. CGA DIRT report… | Per incident / per utility strike; aggregated annual rates per contractor | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | National meteorological services, commercial weather vendors, contractors' site diaries recording weather-related downtime and… | Daily per site; per storm event for emergency restoration work | public |
| waste & emissions | Contractors' ESG reporting, waste-handling contractors, environmental regulators (excavated spoil, cable waste), CSRD/GRI disclosures of… | Per project waste manifest; annual company-level Scope 1–3 totals | public |
| pricing | Cost-data vendors (RSMeans, BCIS, national construction price indices), statistical offices, utilities' unit-rate schedules in framework… | Per unit rate (e.g. €/m of trench, per pole, per km of HV line)… | purchasable |
| sensor/IoT | Equipment OEMs telematics (Caterpillar, Komatsu, Ditch Witch, Vermeer), rental fleet operators, HDD/trenching machine data loggers | Per machine per day/hour: engine hours, location, utilisation, fuel | purchasable |
| inventory & supply chain | Cable, transformer, pole and duct manufacturers; distributors; contractors' material management systems; utility owner-furnished-equipment… | Per purchase order / per material lot, with lead times per SKU | partnership |
| geospatial/movement | Utility and telecom network owners (as-built cable/duct/pole GIS), contractors performing the works, national underground-asset registries… | Per asset segment / per route polyline, plus GNSS-tracked machine and crew… | partnership |
| energy consumption | Contractors' fuel card providers and plant telematics; site generator suppliers | Per machine or per site, monthly fuel/energy volumes | partnership |
| logistics & freight movement | Hauliers and abnormal-load permit authorities (transformer, cable-drum and tower-section transport), contractors' logistics planners | Per shipment / per abnormal-load permit | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Equipment rental companies (trenchers, cranes, HDD rigs, bucket trucks), contractors' crew scheduling systems | Per asset per day; per crew per week | partnership |
| production output | Contractors' project controls; utility/telecom clients' rollout dashboards; national broadband plan authorities tracking homes-passed and… | Per project per week/month: km of cable laid, poles set, homes passed… | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | Network owners (DSOs, TSOs, telecom operators) and their inspection contractors; LiDAR/drone survey vendors | Per asset (pole, span, joint, duct section) per inspection cycle | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Contractors and independent test houses; telecom OTDR/fibre certification records; HV cable commissioning tests; notified bodies and… | Per splice / per cable section / per commissioning test record | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.