About Us

The BC Common Ground Alliance is a non-profit organization established to lead development of consistent practices and coordination of activities to ensure the highest possible standards of worker safety, public safety and damage prevention in connection with underground infrastructure.

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What We Do

BC Common Ground Alliance is coordinating working groups to develop and deliver:

  • Best Practice Guidelines for Safe Excavation
  • Safety Recognition – City of Excellence Award
  • Education – Safe Digging Workshops
  • National level priorities
  • Advocation for use of the DIRT tool (statistical database of hits)
  • Networking and collaborating
  • Improving stakeholder engagement
  • Responding to calls for input into regulatory amendments
  • Circulation of relevant information regarding safety and industry practice.

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Calendar of Events

Latest Posts

Lunch & Learn: Building Resilient Underground Infrastructure – July 16th

On behalf of PW Trechless Contruction Inc. Join PW Trechless for a Lunch & Learn focused on resilient underground infrastructure and how proactive asset management, trenchless technologies, and practical solutions like sliplining can modernize aging systems and reduce long-term costs. This session brings together municipal…

CCGA Damage Prevention Symposium in Halifax – Register now for November!

The Canadian Common Ground Alliance is excited to hold its 2025 Damage Prevention Symposium, in person, at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront, November 4th – 6th, 2025! This event is a signature event for the CCGA attracting over 200+ damage prevention management professionals and decision makers from…

Education

Fortis Contractor Breakfast in Nanaimo – April 2nd

FortisBC is excited to invite you to a free contractor breakfast! It’s an opportunity to learn about safe digging practices to ensure the safety of your crews and the protection of underground utilities while enjoying a hot breakfast. Join FortisBC for breakfast at the Coast…

Our Excavation Network reaches over 2,500 ground disturbers across BC…

What can you do?

Become a BCCGA Member –> BC Common Ground Alliance Membership.

Do you own or manage a utility?

Do you Locate?

Do you dig?

Do you provide training?

The Canadian Common Ground Alliance is the voice of Canada’s Regional Partner CGAs dedicated to working toward damage prevention solutions that will benefit all Canadians. Their website is a portal to Canada’s CGA Partners and provides routine updates to the damage prevention issues of national interest the CCGA is managing on behalf of their Regional Partners.

With the generosity of Jeremy Bieber, the Canadian Common Ground Alliance offers this public service announcement for your public awareness programs to enhance public safety and the integrity of all buried utilities.