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 10, 2011 | Utility Locates
Drilling Where You Shouldn’t Be Drilling We have a saying that goes something like…. they were drillin’ where they shouldn’t be drillin’. We use that saying around our shop when we hear stories of drillers drilling without locates, or when we hear...
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 | 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...
