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The Canadian Common Ground Alliance (CCGA) is an organization promoting
efficient and effective damage prevention for Canada’s vital underground
infrastructure. Through a unified approach and stakeholder consensus, the LOCATING PRACTICES NOT SUFFICIENT
CCGA works to reduce damages to underground infrastructure - ensuring

public safety, environmental protection, and the integrity of services by Facility could not be found or located Type of facility or lack of records prevented locating of facility.
promoting effective damage prevention practices. Example: Plastic pipelines installed without tracer wire.
We are a growing organization and through the Regional Partners of the
Common Ground Alliance in Canada, we represent a wide cross-section of Facility marking or location not Includes all areas where marking was insufficient.
stakeholders including: sufficient Example: Locator marked the work zone, but missed a service.
Electrical Distribution Land Surveying Railways Locator misread the ticket and did not locate the entire work zone.
Electrical Transmission Landscape/Fencing Regulator Locator did not use records or interpreted the records incorrectly.

Engineering Locator Road Builders Locator did not tone correctly.
Facility was outside the tolerance zone.
Equipment & Suppliers Municipal & Public Works Safety Organization
Excavator Oil & Gas Distribution Telecommunications Facility was not located or marked No locating or marking was completed prior to excavation activities.
Homebuilder One-Call Transmission Pipeline Example: The facility owner received a notification but did not mark
Insurance or locate.
For over a decade these stakeholder groups have been active in promoting
“Call Before You Dig” and other good damage prevention practices through Incorrect facility records/maps Incorrect facility records or maps led to an incorrect locate.
provincial regional partnerships which have come together and Example: Records do not accurately reflect current plant status.
amalgamated under the CCGA name to provide a single voice representing
the damage prevention community in Canada. The CCGA is the common
voice for damage prevention issues of a national scope.
The CCGA has produced National Harmonized Best Practices based on ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION PRACTICES NOT SUFFICIENT
the Ontario Regional Common Ground Alliance Best Practices, version 8.0
and the product of a collaborative effort among all Regional Partners of the No notification made to the
Common Ground Alliance in Canada. The CCGA also acknowledges the Excavator did not call the One-Call Centre.
established Common Ground Alliance Best Practices (United States) initiated One-Call Centre
by the Common Ground Study and presented to the U.S. Secretary of
Transportation in June 1999. Notification to One-Call Centre made, The Excavator contacted the notification centre, but did not provide
but not sufficient sufficient information, or the excavator did not provide sufficient notification
This set of National Harmonized Best Practices 1.0 - 2014, is the first but,
through the commitment and consensus of its members working together time according to requirements and guidelines.
towards a safer Canada, will be part of an ongoing effort to develop new Example: Excavator was excavating outside of the located area
damage prevention practices as well as improve existing ones. These
practices represent a dynamic statement of the type of activities that CCGA
believes would provide optimum levels of diligence towards preventing
damage to underground infrastructure. It is understood that not all Wrong information provided to the
stakeholders are presently in a position to adopt all of these practices, Damage occurred because an excavator provided the wrong
however, it is anticipated that progress will be made towards following these One-Call Centre excavation information to the notification centre.
practices over time. Example: Excavator indicated the wrong dig site.

Comments and suggestions on improving the format and content are
welcome. Our intent is to make the statement of these Best Practices as easy
to use as possible. If we can improve upon what you see here, your input in
helping us do so would be most appreciated. All industry stakeholders are
welcome to submit suggestions and to join the Best Practice Committee.

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