The Perfect Excavation

Does it exist?

We think it does... in fact it happens all the time! Here are the 10 simple steps to the perfect excavation:

The excavator gets a job request, visits the site, and marks out every place he may be digging with white paint.
The excavator fills out all of the information about the excavation on a Dig Safely New York Format Pad, then calls in the stake-out request to Dig Safely New York.
The Dig|Safely. New York Customer Service Representative takes the information, and gives the excavator a File Reference Number and List of Members Notified. The excavator writes these items down on the format pad.
The excavator notifies any non-member utilities not contacted by Dig|Safely. New York, and reminds them they should join so they will not have to call them separately in the future.
Each member utility either clears or marks out their facilities at the work site.
Each member utility contacts the excavator to let them know they've either finished the stake-out or to request a meeting. The excavator checks off the response from each utility on the format pad, from the list he made when calling Dig|Safely. New York.
The excavator begins work at the scheduled workdate and time if all utilites have responded, taking care to find and preserve any underground facility markings.
When digging near a buried facility, the excavator observes the tolerance zone around the facility.
To avoid damage, the excavator provides proper support and protection when exposing a facility.
When the excavation is complete, the excavator provides proper backfill for any facilities previously exposed.