Safety and
Liability
Demonstrated adherence to the best practices will provide
increased safety and liability protection for all industry
members
.
Recognition
Program
The BCCGA will recognize compliance related improvements
among excavating firms at its annual symposium. The media
attentionwill also add to the recognition
.
Preferred Access
to Contract
Bidding
This preferred access is to provide incentives to ground
disturbers that demonstrate compliance to best practices. It is
recommended municipalities and those who hire excavation
contractors are to structure their contract awarding process to
accomplish compliance
.
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British Columbia Common Ground Alliance
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Ease of access to BC One Call
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One Call membership and participation considerations
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Representation on BC One Call
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Safety and liability protection
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Reasonable enforcement of regulations
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Preferred access to contract designers and contractors for bidding
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Preferred access to contract bidding, and
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Insurance benefits
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INCENTIVES
PRACTICE STATEMENT:
Damage prevention programs include incentives to
promote compliance with laws and regulations.
PRACTICE DESCRIPTION:
These programs have the endorsement of all
stakeholders and members of the BCCGA. Non-members are also encouraged
to promote the programs in the spirit of diligence and safety.
Ground disturber focused incentives can include, but are not limited to, the
following:
appropriate, the facility owners — will deliver educational seminars to
individual companies where the BCGGA and the company agree the seminar is
an appropriate tool. Where the company demonstrates appropriate levels of
safety, this education seminar may act to avoid an elevated enforcement action
such as an administration penalty or prosecution.
In greater detail, these incentives will lead to the following outcomes:
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