❏ Lodge a FREE Dial Before You Dig enquiry online at w ww.1100.com.au or via iPhone App or by calling 1100 during business hours. ❏ Receive the Dial Before You Dig Confirmation Sheet which lists the Member Asset Owners that may be affected by your project. ❏ Receive information and plans from all Member Asset Owners listed …
PLAN Lodge an enquiry via www.1100.com.au, the iPhone App, or by calling 1100 during business hours. You will receive a Dial Before You Dig Enquiry Confirmation Sheet listing the Member asset owners potentially impacted by your work site. You will receive information and plans within 2 working days from Dial Before You Dig Member Asset Owners …
The Dial Before You Dig Service General Responsibilities and Duty of Care The Dial Before You Dig service is the Essential First Step of safe site practices and is the preferred method for obtaining information regarding the location of infrastructure assets. Using the service is referred to as best practice in numerous industry publications. Organisations …
“ANY PROJECT, IRRESPECTIVE OF SIZE, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE ASSETS LOCATED AROUND THE WORK SITE, LEADING TO SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS, DELAYS, COSTLY REPAIRS AND IN THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO, INJURY OR DEATH.” Dial Before You Dig is a Not for Profit organisation that delivers a vital national community service designed to assist in preventing damage and …
General Most Australian utility legislation is state-based. Some federal Acts and Regulations, however, apply nationally and are relevant to DBYD activities. This legislation governs conduct across all of Australia at all times, regardless of which state one is in. The four key pieces of federal legislation are: Work Health and Safety Act 2011 Work Health …
As a private market provider of professional utility locating and mapping services on numerous continents, I have been very fortunate to collaborate with organisations all over the world. Being a utility surveyor in a global market I have had the pleasure to mentor and train personnel in the art and science of utility locating and …
Utility Locating And Mapping In Australia And The United States: Same But Different Read More »
Providing asset records to all those who need them reduces the risk of utility strikes. Sounds obvious, doesn’t it? As a small island, with a large population and a long industrial history, the UK has many organisations with buried infrastructure; some of which operate working assets that have been in situ for hundreds of years. …
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Zero Harm, Zero Damage: Australia’s national organisation, the Association of Australian Dial Before You Dig Service is proud to be the major sponsor for the inaugural Oceania Damage Prevention Conference at the Gold Coast in August this year. I believe the conference provides the first ever opportunity in Australia for the utility management and construction …
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Ed George, Polyfabrics & Matt Van Hecke, CEO of Torus Networks at the Pulse Data Centre opening in April 2018 » Custom TriView marker posts were installed by Torus Networks along the 27km route of a new fibre optic network to the Pulse Data Centre in Toowoomba, Queensland. The warning posts were white, with custom …
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There are storm clouds gathering for Utility Locators and Damage Prevention specialists and it comes with increasing use of Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD). HDD is a method of laying underground services that does not require a traditional open trench. As a method of installation, it is hugely beneficial because it addresses many problems associated with …
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