A voluntary process has been introduced for large, complex excavation projects, where excavators, utilities, and locators may collaborate in a preconstruction meeting to align excavation and locating schedules before submitting locate request tickets. This aims to reduce repeated and unnecessary locates by enabling utilities to mark only areas where excavators will be digging at specified times. The diagram below shows
the cycle of the Large Project process. I feel this is the start of a great outcome for this topic and look forward to building with our members something that is worthy of presenting to our legislative body for future law enhancements.
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