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British Columbia Common Ground Alliance
Best Practices Version 2.0
British Columbia has thousands of kilometres of pipelines,
communication and electrical lines, water, sewer, and other
underground facilities buried beneath its surface. Whether you are
an excavator, contractor, facility owner/operator, or locator, everyone
needs to be responsible for preventing the damage to these facilities.
It became necessary for those with an interest in protecting
underground infrastructure to work together to develop safe and
consistent practices.
The British Columbia Common Ground Alliance, with the guidance
of its partners and the consensus and commitment of its stakeholders,
developed and published its first version of best practices to serve as
an educational and reference tool. These best practices cover the type
of activities that the BCCGA believes organizations will follow at an
optimum level in order to prevent damage to the province's
underground infrastructure. We must remember, however, that with
more learning and advanced technology, these best practices will
evolve further.
The BCCGA is a unique consensus-driven organization with a direct
conduit to regulatory innovation. It works to offer practical tools
and to foster an environment in which anyone who is a resident or
conducting business in British Columbia is aware of and compliant
of its best practices.
1-800-995-8823
www.commongroundbc.ca