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specify the location and type of markers by using American Public Works
Association colour standards.
PRACTICE EXAMPLES: During the planning phase, the designer needs to
obtain a list of affected facilities. He or she should then contact the facility
owners for the design and encroachment information. The facility
owners/operators must specify in the design the marker locations for each
encroachment during and after construction.
In the installation of additional underground facilities, the designer should
obtain a list of affected facilities. A detailed marker system should be used to
effectively mark the various facilities. Two types of detailed marker systems
include tracer wire for non-metallic facilities and electronic or surface markers
for facilities at excessive depths.
BENEFITS: One benefit is that the design has provisions to help in future
locates. In addition, an effective marker system will assist facility
owners/operators as well as first responders in situations where there is an
incident near an underground facility or where there is more than one
underground facility.
1-9 COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE CODES, REGULATIONS, AND
STANDARDS
PRACTICE STATEMENT: The designer, when planning and designing the
installation of new or replacement facilities, should comply with the following:
Ÿ Federal and provincial statutes, regulations, codes, standards, and
guidelines
Ÿ Municipal by-laws
Ÿ Owner and operator standards, and
Ÿ British Columbia Common Ground Alliance best practices
PRACTICE DESCRIPTION: The designer of a facility project considers
standards and practices and complies with the codes and regulations that apply
to that particular facility and all adjacent facilities. Regulations, codes,
standards, and other design documents generally specify depth of cover and
horizontal and vertical clearances between adjacent facilities. To ensure
compliance, the designer circulates the design to any of the appropriate
stakeholders within the Right of Way. The stakeholders review the design
according to the level of detail that accompanies it.
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