As part of Safe Digging Month, BCCGA and operators of buried facilities will be hosting a series of Free Contractors’ Breakfasts.
Ground disturbers – excavating contractors, road crews, public works crews, landscapers, fence installers, sign companies, farmers, homeowners and anyone else who breaks ground – will be invited to learn more about keeping themselves and their communities safe by following proper ground disturbance procedures.
Lower Mainland – Surrey
The first FREE contractors’ breakfast will be held at the Sheraton Vancouver Guilford Hotel in Surrey on April 1st, 2014 from 7 to 8 am. We are expecting 300 attendees.
Please distribute the invitation and poster to all of your members and contacts.
Please register online here by Friday March 28, 2014.
We have booth space available for $100 plus HST. If you are interested, please email cheryl@commongroundbc.ca.
We are looking for door prizes, small participant prizes and promotional items for attendees. If you are interested in providing promotional items for attendees, we will need 300 please. Email cheryl@commongroundbc.ca and have it delivered by March 28th to:
BC One Call
Suite 222 – 4259 Canada Way
Burnaby, BC V5G 1H1
Chilliwack and Kamloops
FREE Contractor Breakfasts will also be held in Chilliwack on April 15th and Kamloops on April 16th – both from 7 am to 8 am.
Please see the attached poster for more details – and share it with your contacts.
To register, phone 1-866-262-3654 and leave a message or email crossings@spectraenergy.com by Friday April 11, 2014.
Free Locating Workshop – Register Seperately
EECOL Electric and Radiodetection Underground Utilities are hosting The ABCs of Underground Utilities, Cable and Pipeline Locating Workshop immediately following the April 1st breakfast in Surrey. For more information, click here.
To register on line, please go to their web site www.eecol.com, click on “training” (bottom, middle of screen), you will be taken to their “training” site, then 1⁄2 way down the screen, left hand side you will see “Radiodetection Locate Workshop”, move your mouse to the right , click on “register”, complete the requested information, and then click “register me”.