Ohio’s Natural Gas and Crude Oil Industry Celebrates Milestone 150th Anniversary and Launches Ohio Energy Proud Campaign

While energy, economics and jobs dominate the headlines, a homegrown industry has been supplying these benefits for a century and a half in the Buckeye State. This year, Ohio’s natural gas and crude oil industry celebrates its 150th anniversary, and its benefits to the state may surprise you. Many Ohioans are unaware of the state’s [...]

Nine Elements impact the entire industry

From the contractor to the water system owner/operator and from the traditional utility company to the contract locator, all are going to be impacted by passage of the 2006 PIPES Act.

It is vitally important to understand that changes to our damage prevention program are going to be proposed at the state level or mandated from the federal level.

Effective communication is key to damage prevention

All would agree that properly identifying the location of an underground facility is a critical piece of information not only to help protect the facility, but it also allows the excavator to work more confidently and cost effectively on every job site. When the excavator arrives to the job site and sees the orange, yellow, red and blue marks the message from the locator is “I’ve been here and you can depend on my marks. Dig safely and have a great day.”