CT 2015 State Damage Prevention Program Grant

Overview

Main Objective

Under this grant agreement, the Call Before You Dig, Incorporated will be used for Elements 4, 5, 8, & 9. Element 4 will be the sponsorship of 15 locators to a 2 day Staking U locator training class. This training has been well received by past attendees and deemed beneficial to the location industry. Element 5 will support the 811 Challenge held at Stafford Motor Speedway to enhance visibility to August 11 or 811 day. This is a season long event that ends in August. It is a season long advertising venue for the promotion of 811. The event has been well received and emphasizes awareness of safe digging to a target audience. Also in Element 5, we will utilize advertising in support of April Call Before You Dig month, August 11, 811 Day, and continued reminders to build awareness around excavation safety. Element 8 is the technology update to our web based Design and Survey tool. The updates will allow stakeholder users, specifically design firms and engineers, to easily navigate to find utility contact information for mapping of their facilities. Element 9 is a strategic Long Range Plan and program review development session. This two day, off-site session will involve all board directors and other stakeholders in the excavation community, to review our current program and develop it for the future. This program will be facilitated by NPLS formally Cain Consulting, a well- known participant in CGA events.

Public Abstract

Under the terms of this grant agreement, the Recipient will address the following elements listed in the approved application as stated in 49 U.S.C. §60134 (b). * Element 4 (EFFECTIVE EMPLOYEE TRAINING): Participation by operators, excavators, and other stakeholders in the development and implementation of effective employee training programs to ensure that operators, the one call center, the enforcing agency, and the excavators have partnered to design and implement training for the employees of operators, excavators, and locators.

• Element5(PUBLICEDUCATION):Aprocessforfosteringandensuringactive participation by all stakeholders in public education for damage prevention activities.
• Element 8 (TECHNOLOGY): A process for fostering and promoting the use, by all appropriate stakeholders, of improving technologies that may enhance communications, underground pipeline locating capability, and gathering and analyzing information about the accuracy and effectiveness of locating programs.
• Element 9 (DAMAGE PREVENTION PROGRAM REVIEW): A process for review and analysis of the effectiveness of each program element, including a means for implementing improvements identified by such program reviews.

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