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The goals of a contractor and a locator are not the same. As Mike Parilac and Jemmie Wang say, the job of the locator is to prevent at fault damages. While it's still small, the flexibility a locator has in their accuracy can be taken advantage of in order to increase efficiency. Putting all the pressure on the contractor, who doesn't want to hit anything period. Shout out to all of the locators who decide to go the extra mile, and establish good communication with the contractor!

Ben Minutoli

Geelong Cable Locations (Australia)

2mo

Hey guys, I was a little confused with the "at fault" and "not at fault" damages. I mean I know what it is over here in Australia, but are you able to clarify this one a bit more for those of us not from the States. Over here, whilst it's all a bit of a gray area but, the way I would interpret it is, if I go do a job and I miss locate something, let's say, I mark a water main thinking it's the electrical and I don't mark the electrical at all which is 3 meters away and they hit it, then I would call that an "at fault locate". But if I did that job and I did locate the electrical and they still dug on my marks and hit the cable then I would say that's a "not at fault" locate. Or even, if the water main is plastic and I warn them there is a water main in the area that I can't locate, and they still dig and hit it, then I would say it's "not at fault" locate. Is this the same as you guys over there or is it different?

Jemmie Wang

Helping clients create extraordinary enterprise value by building hyper-efficient, scalable platforms

2mo

Next time, Mike Parilac and I will yell at each other like Stephen A. and Mad Dog to boost ratings.

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