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Address Unexpected Utility Lines

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we find BURIED Utilities the WRONG way!

What happens here

During excavation, unexpected utility lines (gas and electric) were discovered running close together, underneath existing concrete. The utility locator had only marked public lines from the road, not private lines running to accessory structures. This poses a significant safety hazard, as puncturing a gas line and an electric line simultaneously could cause a fire or explosion. The homeowner was unaware of these specific lines. This necessitates a change in plans to ensure worker safety and avoid damaging critical infrastructure. The project plan for the paver pathway will be adjusted to avoid these utility lines, making it impossible to install pavers directly over them.

Goal: Safely manage and adjust plans around newly discovered utility lines

Tools and materials

  • Shovel — Carefully exposing utility lines
  • Utility Locating Tools — Precisely locating gas and electric lines (if not already done)
  • Electrical Conduits — Unexpectedly encountered during excavation
  • Gas Line — Unexpectedly encountered during excavation

What they say

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okay so here's the problems that we're running into first of all the property that we're working on right on the river the problem with that is you know millions and millions of years ago this was all under water from the bluffs over there to the bluffs past the side of the the shore over there a little ways and because of that this is nothing but limestone under there you get about six to eight inches underneath the topsoil solid limestone right okay first problem second problem so homeowner you know wants steps along here but they want them going all the way across and how they wanted them they wanted one two three cross here there's no way that we could get that where there wouldn't be trippers second problem with that is how they were cast they're cast on you know all four sides so with the overhang on each one of the sides we won't be able to get it tight there'd be two to a two and a half inch gap in between each each one of the stairs if that makes sense that's not something that we can saw cut if it was natural stone we could saw cut it but why we couldn't saw cut those is it's painted concrete right so you cut and then it's just going to be concrete because it's just painted on the outside second problem after that we switched the type of step we're going to use we got these ones over here and blaine lane and i have used these ones before these are the ones that we switched to they're still rough on the three sides but not as bad so this is something i'll be able to shave down so we'll be able to get a nice tight fit or a tighter fit on there and these are the same color all the way through they're not just painted that's the third problem fourth problem we're going back to this whole yard being nothing but limestone and the homeowner here out to this little dealy ran a bunch of gas lines and stuff like that saying that there's three running up to the house they're all on top of each other so gave us a rough idea where they were we dug we found them there's a three today we're excavating and thank god blaine's seen this there's another one this is gas it feels like an electric these were the ones he told us about right here this bundle it's like gas electric some other nonsense right so we have called in a utility locate and basically what that means is they come out and they locate the public utilities from the road to the main structure which may not necessarily be your work zone but they are obligated to notify you of where those utilities…

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