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Dan Rest was spitting facts

Love these series wish there was more frequent thanks isaac

Chicago, like San Francisco must have generations of historic abandoned utilities mingled with newer active plant. Even in the 1990's, San Francisco required that all trenches be hand dug. We were horrified at a cost of $75 a foot.

Cool!

I start my training in Atlanta on Monday.

I feel like a hydrovac would have definitely been worth the costs versus the time on that apartment gas job.

where do you usually get the maps and prints from for the locates? Like a subdivision for example. Great videos. Im an electrical contractor and use the leica ultra and an old school pipe horn. Seriously considering getting into the locating full time though. Any thoughts or suggestions for a new contractor wanting to start up in the industry? Thanks

You can tell who does actual work by how clean the vest is or isn't.

Hi Guys - first - please, please STOP putting the onus solely on the Excavator. UTILITY lines are OWNED by the Utility. If THEY had kept good records, as builts, diagrams, or even started to invest in technology in the FIRST PLACE... we would NOT be in this predicament to begin with!! It was the UTILITIES that loved the idea of shifting the burden to the contractor. It IS the UTILITIES asset... not the contractors. It was/is the UTILITIES who wanted to instill a "middle-man" 3rd Party Locator system - specifically to skirt their own responsibility for the location of their own asset. All locating should be done by the OWNER of the asset. Any "tickets" would then reside with the OWNER... the volume, the workforce, there wouldn't be an "surge" pricing.

That's is what I was talking about. Actual present day in field contractor. In field personal can more relate to real world locators and contractors.

We may be a little bias but this was a great discussion and definitely worth the watch. Full of thought provoking questions and conversations around damage prevention and ideas around how to utilize accurate data to further damage prevention.

25 foot over mark policy Jeeze we are extend to include 3 feet if there is a utility within 3 feet

All USIC did was take good paying line spotter and locate jobs away from utility companies. The amount of times USIC has mismarked or just straight up not marked a utility line in my line of work is insane. We would save more money having in-house locators. AVOID this company at all cost. I have also worked for them right after I graduated high school... Just go to trade school or try to get on with a utility as a meter reader or something.

Great job!!

Excellent job guys! Really enjoyed this segment! 2 thumbs up from me! 👍👍

Great job guys! Both topics and the collaboration on both topics were great!

Brilliant series.

I think u should actually of had a real locator and contractor at the round table not sales reps for locating equipment. If u actually want a real conversation u need to have real people on the ground at the table

It is required to hand dig, to locate utilities. If you hand dig and don't locate one, where indicated, you need to stop and call Miss Dig (or the utility) for an emergency locating service. Can't say how many underground strikes I've investigated where the requirements weren't followed. On one, the spotter failed to note that the natural gas line (that was shown to cross the street 90 degrees from his sewer excavation) was marked on the right side (at the front of the machine) and was marked on the left side (at the rear) indicating it was directly in the path of the bucket. They were lucky there wasn't an explosion.

Holy smokes this would be AMAZING, wish I could find it to use it in my VR

IN FUTURE, WILL THERE BE NO NEED FOR PERSON TO GO AND MARK UTILITIES PHYSCIALLY AND ALSO MAKE SKETCH OF UTILTIES FOR CONTRACTOR ? THANKS

I was a first responder for 35 years and ran over 10,000 emergency calls in my career for the St Louis gas utility ,I can assure you if you want to hand out, Maps we will have to add more first responders (you will learn more from your mistakes than you ever will from your successes). Most businesses want to grow , gain more knowledge and expand but if you listen to to your guest all he wants to do is reduce tickets and shed responsibility . Believe me , I know the location business is tough , it takes on a lot of liability and some days can be frustrating at best . If this is the business you’re in, I suggest strive to do the best job possible . I’m not sure who crowned your guest umpire of the locate tickets. It boils down to a contractor needing locates on utilities (his or her ticket will be the most important ticket to them , I don’t care if they’re the largest excavator in the country or a guy installing bounce house, pegs for his kids, The locates need to be done) . Mike, it kind of sounds like your guest doesn’t quite get it and the ticket world revolves around him .

My dad is going to work usic

Can anyone give me some advice from the contractor side ?

I grew up in Sun Prairie and I still live there. Not too far from the area that exploded. Today is the 5 year Anniversary. I drive by the empty lot that use to be the Barr House everyday, Hard to see it empty. There was already a news crew out there this morning at 6am. I know tonight there are things planned for remembrance.

"10 to 15 tickets a day" 😂 USIC locators are the slowest workers in the industry.

How and where can someone join the round table discussions?

I was a first responder for 35 years in the gas utility industry and in my retirement I consult from time to time when incidents happen in our Industry. There was a lot of good points made but I would like to take exception on the number of construction workers when using percentages in reference to locator or excavator casualties because the number of construction workers or the word construction worker doesn’t matter . We know when an error is made with the electric utility,it normally puts the line worker or excavator in danger (construction side ) while an error on the gas utility side will more often put the public in danger. Once you put the public at risk, it doesn’t matter what the percentage of construction workers are. It still boils down to a $30 billion loss per year due to underground infrastructure damage and that number has skyrocketed since the invention of the directional boring machine.

Idk about enjoy my job but I don't hate it lol

Have to put that mask on

Job like this opens your eyes to the construction biz!!!!!

Had my phone interview yesterday and had my 2nd interview today ,just have to wait a whole month for the next class

When I was a kid I always used to pick those flags and play with them haha

Meh, not very interesting

I received a Utility line locator job offer from Indeed today. With absolutely no knowledge in the trade, I headed straight to TH-cam for clarity purposes. Found your channel after watching a few videos, and been hooked ever since. Your time and energy in producing this content is greatly appreciated!

i wont go to jail by accident right? its a choice? idk what to do i might quit

I just applied for one of these jobs at USIC here in Texas. Is this a good idea???

Missed my interview yesterday im so upset 🥴can anyone tell me what I'm missing out on.

lol at going by and calling the contractor and telling him its mowed. I got other tickets and the best pictures in the world

Thank you! I have my interview in 4 hours and need to get more insight to be prepped.

Excellent video very informative. As a utility locator, I was always interested when the gas utility contractor would locate their own gas for their own crew. Definitely have a higher stake in the game. It always interested me when I compare them to myself as a water sewer locator when I have 50 tickets to do in the busy season. It would be nice to focus on one small road job at a time lol

You guys think it’s corny🙄 but it’s a good teaching process

This is supposed to be an example, but it was also a real ticket!

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beware of USIC. If you get hurt, they send a light duty offer so you don't get 66% of workers comp. they don't have to give you 40 hours just enough to make you quit. NEVER SIGN LIGHT DUTY OFFERS.

This was great!!!

Thanks for the opportunity, we had an awesome time!

How much experience with building plans layout is required for a position as a locator?

I quit my pig plant job, this seems laid back. I am trying to apply as we type

Watching these asshats steal water in California right now. 2 trucks. They used to wave a water meter on the fire hydrant outside their building in Hayward. But it's not there now.