DANIEL NIVISON
Public Utilities Engineer
Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
BRENDYN PAC
Damage Prevention Supervisor
Eversource Gas
SEAN MORRIS
Public Utilities Engineer
Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
COLLIN NIELSON
Director, CT Operations
GPL Construction
STEVE RIEBEN
Public Liasion
Call Before You Dig
MARK MURDOCK
Manager of Safety, Training and Compliance
GPL Construction
8:00 am – SECTION 1: Introduction
• Goals of Meeting
• Damage Data, Trends, Causes and National Comparisons
8:15 am – SECTION 2: Proper Job Management
• Explanation of the White Marking Process
• Process for Calling in Tickets
• What is Positive Response?
• What is a Responsible Party?
8:35 am – SECTION 3: Marks Explained
• What do the Marks Mean?
• Explanation of the Mark-Out Process
• How Can the Marks be Wrong?
• Maintaining Marks
9:00 am – SECTION 4: How to Start a Job
• How to Review Your Ticket On-Site
• How to Conduct a Proper Review of the Jobsite
• Important Things to Look for
• What to do if Things Don't Make Sense
9:30 am – BREAK
9:45 am – SECTION 5: What to Expect in the Ground
• What do Facilities Look Like?
• How Deep Should the Facilities be?
• Abandoned Facilities
• Facilities Installed via Trenchless Excavation
10:05 am – SECTION 6: Excavating Around Utilities
• Best Practices for Avoiding Damage
• Vacuum Excavation Explained
• What does Hand Digging Really Mean?
• What is "Reasonable Care"?
• How to Deal with Rocks/Ledge Around Facility
• Protection and Support Requirements
10:40 am – SECTION 7: How to Deal with Problems
• What to do When You Find Something Unexpected
• What if a Utility Doesn't Respond?
• What to do When Something is Damaged
• How to Deal with an Escaping Gas Situation
11:15 am – SECTION 8: How to Document and Report Problems
• Proper Documentation of an Incident
• Use of DamageAccess
• What is the Enforcement Process?
11:45 am – Q&A SESSION / QUIZ
12:00 pm – LUNCH
12:30 pm – FEATURED SPEAKER
Eric Giguere - The Buried Truth Uncovered
2:30 pm – ADJOURN
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The purpose of CBYD is to function as a statewide, onecall notification system providing excavators, including the general public, with the ability to inform multiple owners and operators of underground facilities during proposed excavations.
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