by Kodiak Drilling | Dec 20, 2011 | Utility Locates
TSSA Guidelines for Excavations The TSSA document “Guidelines For Excavations In The Vicinity of Gas Lines” November 2004 has recently been updated. For the update, TSSA worked with the Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) to produce a new document to harmonize the...
by Kodiak Drilling | Dec 20, 2011 | News, Utility Locates
Over $1 million Fines In a previous post, we indicated that a new trial had been ordered for Enbridge in the Bloor Street explosion. For those who have forgotten, this was an explosion that leveled a building and killed 7 people because the utility locates were not...
by Kodiak Drilling | Dec 20, 2011 | Utility Locates
Burnaby Oil Pipeline It is not likely that people remember the news specifically from July 24, 2007, but anyone involved in drilling work surely had shivers going down their spine watching the news clips of the Burnaby neighbourhood covered in a thick layer of 234,000...
by Kodiak Drilling | Feb 9, 2011 | Utility Locates
How To Read A Locate Sheet The TSSA has released a pamphlet titled “How To Read A Locate Sheet”. This document is an example locate sheet which has been annotated to assist in interpretation of the information. It is important that all personnel who are dealing with...
by Kodiak Drilling | Nov 9, 2010 | Utility Locates
$180,000 For Locate Problem This item is a follow up to our feature article in the January 2010 newsletter (still available on our website in the Utility Locate section). Our article was focused on the importance of also having private locates, in addition to 1Call. ...
