All of us in the construction industry know how important it is to locate underground utilities before you start digging on site. An all to common problem that can kill your construction project budget and timeline.
The infrastructure bill by the Biden administration has caused an uptick in underground utilities becoming damaged.
Case in point: When 811 was designated as the national one-call number, damages dropped by a significant 50%. “Now we’re getting into more complicated things — in addition, the industry is evolving,” Lyle said. “There is a significant amount of build-out happening in telecom right now because of the influx of money from the bipartisan infrastructure [law].”
Moral of the story is CALL BEFORE YOU DIG!