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 | 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...
