Month: February 2021

On February 12, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited an Oak Grove, Missouri, plumbing contractor for two repeated and two serious violations of the agency’s trenching standards. The agency proposed penalties totaling $299,590 for Arrow Plumbing LLC. Arrow Plumbing agreed less than 2 years ago to establish a comprehensive trench safety program following the December 2016 …

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For only $1, Busch is giving NASCAR fans the opportunity of a lifetime to name the upcoming Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway. Amid a NASCAR season that has already seen some pretty crazy race names, including the Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner. 300 at Daytona International Speedway and the Call 811 Before You Dig 200 at Phoenix Raceway, …

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SANTA FE, N.M. (KFDA) – A Quay County student was one of the Grand Prize Winners of the national annual video contest “Know What’s Below — Call 811 Before You Dig,” which promotes calling 811 to locate utility lines before any digging projects. Saisravya Bandla from Quay County was tied with a student from Pennsylvania …

Quay County student awarded grand prize for national 811 video project on safe digging Read More »

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) – Governor Roy Cooper announced Tuesday that $282 million in loans and grants will help pay for 94 drinking water and wastewater projects statewide. The group, the State Water Infrastructure Authority, funded the project earlier this month. The Authority is an independent body with primary responsibility for awarding federal and state funding …

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There are times when you think that everything is falling right into place, and then out of nowhere, you get stuck into a dilemma. You may have set your mind upon hiring the best contractor for your Site Development, but how do you plan on searching for it? Finding a contractor in the USA is …

How to Choose the Right Excavation Company for Site Development? Read More »

Phoenix Raceway today announced tha Arizona 811 will serve as the title sponsor for the upcoming NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Saturday, March 13.  The green flag for the Call811 Before You Dig 200 presented by Arizona 811 is …Read More

NV Energy is urging the community to call 811 before they dig after a spike in gas leaks. According to NV Energy’s Vice President of Gas Delivery Jessie Murray crews have responded to seven calls from contractors and homeowners since January. Murray said the numbers are alarming because crews barely get any calls during this …

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ST. LOUIS — Downtown pet owners learned last week about a hidden danger that only their dogs could feel. Jojo the Labrador Retriever told her owner, Rachel Roman, about it without using words. “Every time we walk in that corner, she’s like, ‘Take me the other direction,’” said Roman. “We were walking and she just …

Stray electric current hazard shocks dogs in downtown St. Louis Read More »

Numerous readers have submitted letters and comments to The Observer expressing concern (and sometimes dismay) over the Fiberoptic mictrotrenching project that is occurring throughout the City by the company SiFi Networks for a project called Fullerton Fibercity, in which cuts have been made in many city streets  to install the new fiberoptic cable underground. Readers have …

Public Works Director Answers Questions About Fiberoptic Microtrenching Read More »

The City of Sulphur Springs is offering a reward of 1 million gallons of water reward for the first person who calls in any major water break in the next 24 hours, according to City Manager Marc Maxwell. “We define a major water break as any break on a city water main not a service lateral unless …

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