robertfl
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join:2005-10-10
Mary Esther, FL
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| They should be bonded and insured Just as my subject said they should be bonded and insured for shit like this. Clearly, this is pure stupidity. Our society is dumbing down and we will see more bull crap like this. Now to error is to be human but this should have been prevented by PLANNING ahead.
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 RJ44
join:2001-10-19
Nashville, TN
| Re: They should be bonded and insured said by robertfl  :Just as my subject said they should be bonded and insured for shit like this.
No doubt they are, no one would hire a contractor who wasn't.
said by robertfl :Now to error is to be human but this should have been prevented by PLANNING ahead. Rob How does planning ahead help when the pipes aren't where they're shown on the plat? | |
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Lil Jon
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join:2006-06-26
Lawrenceville, GA | Re: They should be bonded and insured lol @ everyone hatin on Verizon. it isn't even their fault. | |
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Wills
join:2001-01-03
Port Charlotte, FL
| Re: They should be bonded and insured Nope, this isn't Verizon's fault. Nor is it the fault of any contractors.
This is a big problem in Florida, especially Southwest Florida. It doesn't matter how many numbers you call before you dig they are going to mark them wrong. The maps are wrong, the labels on things are wrong, and if they send someone out with a metal detector, he'll screw it up.
You can't do any kind of digging in Florida without putting a hole in something important. | |
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Chaoswar
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join:2002-09-23
Northlake IL | Maybe they could get a ground scan done before they excavate? I can't imagine that being more expensive than fixing the damage afterwards.... Or loss of life re: house fires... | |
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AMDUSER
Premium
join:2003-05-28
Earth
clubs: | Re: They should be bonded and insured Generally they have the utility marking service come out and mark where the gas, electric etc is located.
..However, it would not be too surprising if it was not marked due to old outdated maps. | |
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join:2001-10-19
Nashville, TN
| said by Chaoswar :Maybe they could get a ground scan done before they excavate? What, exactly, is a ground scan? | |
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join:2001-10-19
Nashville, TN
| Re: They should be bonded and insured said by Tursiops_G :said by Chaoswar :What, exactly, is a ground scan? Checking for the presence of buried utilities with ground-penetrating radar (more effective than using a plain Metal Detector)  » www.geomodel.com/ -Tursiops_G. I see, that's great stuff. Somehow though, I expect it costs just a bit more than they're paying for locations today.
BTW, that was me who asked, the quote got mixed up. | |
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Tursiops_G
Technoid
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join:2002-02-06
Norwalk, CT
clubs: | Re: They should be bonded and insured Oops, Sorry... 
-Tursiops_G. | |
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join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL
| said by RJ44 :I see, that's great stuff. Somehow though, I expect it costs just a bit more than they're paying for locations today. Even if ground-penetrating RADAR is too costly for now, an amped-up version of a plain ol' metal detector can be used. I say "amped-up" because the utilities should have a much better idea of what they're looking for. Therefore their equipment can be optimized to find the specific metals (Cu, Fe, Pb), and at greater depths. | |
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join:2002-04-13
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| Re: They should be bonded and insured said by Time4aNAP :said by RJ44 :I see, that's great stuff. Somehow though, I expect it costs just a bit more than they're paying for locations today. Even if ground-penetrating RADAR is too costly for now, an amped-up version of a plain ol' metal detector can be used. I say "amped-up" because the utilities should have a much better idea of what they're looking for. Therefore their equipment can be optimized to find the specific metals (Cu, Fe, Pb), and at greater depths. Finding metals underground isn't a problem. Figuring out which of the underground cables is live, and which are abandoned is. | |
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