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CGA DIRT Report Now Available! The Common Ground Alliance has released findings from its comprehensive Damage Information Reporting Tool (DIRT) Report. The estimated total number of underground utility damages occurring in the United States in 2009 continues the recent trend of decreasing from the previous year.
Click here to read the DIRT Report on 2009 incidents.
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VUPS Broadcasting in On the Air! A new feature to the va811.com website is VUPS Broadcasting. It features video of presentations given at the June 2010 VUPS Membership meeting. Included in the video is the PowerPoint presentation shared during the meeting by each presenter. Check out the video by browsing to the Events menu in the Operator/Locator section of our website and then selecting "VUPS Broadcasting". Or, simply click here!
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June 2010 VUPS Newsletter
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Social Media is Here! Virginia Utility Protection Service and Miss Utility of Virginia are now members of the social networking community. You can find us on Facebook by searching "va811" and on Twitter by searching "missutilofva". Or, you can use the badges on our home page, www.va811.com, and join us there!
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New Virginia Marking Standards Manuals A new version of the Virginia Underground Utility Marking Standards manual is now in print. The latest edition is labeled "Fifth Edition". Click here to see the manual in PDF format or click here if you are interested in receiving copies of the new manual.
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Virginia Pilot for Locating Accuracy Update Phase I of the Virginia Pilot for Locating Accuracy has been completed. Click here to read the final report on Phase I. The report was prepared with input from the Project Team, the Project Steering Group and outside reviewers.
Phase II will begin in the near future. It will focus on the creation of electronic manifests, which will be uploaded to VUPS and viewable by the excavators. The coordinates from the manifests will be overlaid on the Miss Utility of Virginia ortho-photography maps.
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Virginia Underground Utility Damage Cost Mediation Begins Virginia stakeholders have begun a non-binding Damage Cost Recovery Mediation Pilot program. The purpose of this program is to gauge the effectiveness of a mediation process to help contractors and utilities in Virginia reach resolution on disputed utility damage cost claims without expensive, frustrating, and time-consuming adjudication through the courts. read more ...
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Virginia Pilot for Locating Accuracy For information about this project, visit the US Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration website by clicking on the link below. read more ...
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CGA DIRT Report Now Available! The Common Ground Alliance has released findings from its comprehensive Damage Information Reporting Tool (DIRT) Report. The estimated total number of underground utility damages occurring in the United States in 2009 continues the recent trend of decreasing from the previous year.
Click here to read the DIRT Report on 2009 incidents.
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VUPS Broadcasting in On the Air! A new feature to the va811.com website is VUPS Broadcasting. It features video of presentations given at the June 2010 VUPS Membership meeting. Included in the video is the PowerPoint presentation shared during the meeting by each presenter. Check out the video by browsing to the Events menu in the Operator/Locator section of our website and then selecting "VUPS Broadcasting". Or, simply click here!
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June 2010 VUPS Newsletter
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Social Media is Here! Virginia Utility Protection Service and Miss Utility of Virginia are now members of the social networking community. You can find us on Facebook by searching "va811" and on Twitter by searching "missutilofva". Or, you can use the badges on our home page, www.va811.com, and join us there!
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New Virginia Marking Standards Manuals A new version of the Virginia Underground Utility Marking Standards manual is now in print. The latest edition is labeled "Fifth Edition". Click here to see the manual in PDF format or click here if you are interested in receiving copies of the new manual.
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Virginia Pilot for Locating Accuracy Update Phase I of the Virginia Pilot for Locating Accuracy has been completed. Click here to read the final report on Phase I. The report was prepared with input from the Project Team, the Project Steering Group and outside reviewers.
Phase II will begin in the near future. It will focus on the creation of electronic manifests, which will be uploaded to VUPS and viewable by the excavators. The coordinates from the manifests will be overlaid on the Miss Utility of Virginia ortho-photography maps.
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Virginia Underground Utility Damage Cost Mediation Begins Virginia stakeholders have begun a non-binding Damage Cost Recovery Mediation Pilot program. The purpose of this program is to gauge the effectiveness of a mediation process to help contractors and utilities in Virginia reach resolution on disputed utility damage cost claims without expensive, frustrating, and time-consuming adjudication through the courts. read more ...
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Virginia Pilot for Locating Accuracy For information about this project, visit the US Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration website by clicking on the link below. read more ...
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