by Kodiak Drilling | Dec 20, 2011 | Utility Locates
Recent Site Issues For this post in the utility locate section, we thought we would summarize a few locate issues that we have faced which prevented us from undertaking the planned drilling. 1. The day before the drilling date, the consultant checked with the site...
by Kodiak Drilling | Feb 10, 2011 | News, Utility Locates
Gas Station Line Hit This is a good one – We hear this one a lot – “we don’t need locates, the owner has been here a long time and knows where all the utilities are located” A local gas station was closed after the property owner cut a 2-inch gas line...
by Kodiak Drilling | Feb 9, 2011 | Utility Locates
Its Only A Waterline – It can’t kill you A very common practice when having public locates completed, is to have the municipality locate the shut-off valve near the street. On most properties, the waterlines on private property are not owned by the water...
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. ...
by Kodiak Drilling | Oct 22, 2010 | News, Utility Locates Articles
The Real Dirt On Pipeline Strikes The TSSA has released an article promoting utility locates as a method of reducing utility strikes. You can read the article by clicking The Real Dirt on Pipeline Strikes TSSA. Although we applaud the TSSA for the proactive...
