Citation

Kaston G. Transp. Res. Rec. 1974; 483: 1-6.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1974, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

Most utility facilities are buried in public rights-of-way and are vulnerable to damage during road improvements and construction. Utility companies in southeastern Michigan have begun a joint damage prevention program among utilities, local governmental agencies, state transportation agencies, and construction contractors. To communicate their needs and wants for work-site safety and damage prevention, the utilities must establish a workable communication system that involves obtaining knowledge of future road improvement projects, developing a consistent reciprocal information exchange between utilities and roadway design groups, attending and participating in prebid and preconstruction meetings, providing a 1-number telephone communication system for use in locating underground facilities, and launching a vigorous promotional program among governmental agencies and construction contractors on the theme that damage prevention is everyone's business. The American Public Works Association is promoting national acceptance of 1-number communication systems.