Hal Murray sez:
Why is the contractor waiting around?
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I thought the standard practice was to mark the limits of the area you want to dig in with "USA" (Underground Service Alert) and then call the USA 800 number a few days before you want to dig there. That gives the USA people time to contact all the utilities so they can come out and mark the area.
[catching up] Often the existing service will demand their guy be on-site to observe the digging. This is usually being done by hand, and maybe even trowels, not shovels. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433