OT: Re: [AT] Re:Underground Wire

[Mike Sloane]

HaliganBar at aol.com wrote:
> How many times have list members see the Dig Safe markings be several feet 
> off of where the actual utilities are actually located! A couple years ago they 
> ran all new underground cable lines in the town where I work. We averaged 4 
> calls a week for utilites struck by the contractor. At least 98% were due to 
> mismarked or unmarked utilities.
Just last year we (the township water company) extended the main down 
the county road. Our engineer called in the gas, power, and telephone 
company engineers to verify the location of any of their facilities that 
might be in the area where our ditch would be. They all signed off on 
the plans that there were no underground facilities in that area (no gas 
service and the power and telco are overhead). Naturally, the contractor 
then sliced through a telco underground trunk that didn't appear on 
anyone's plans and knocked out the connection between two telco's. Telco 
came out immediately and spent many hours splicing the cable and holding 
up our construction. The telco engineers were completely mystified as to 
how a major trunk cable did not appear on any of their records. Later 
the township got a hefty bill for the cost of repairing the damage to 
the telco facilities! We sent the bill back with a nasty note that 
suggested they owed us money for holding up our project. That was the 
last we heard about it. :-)

Mike
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