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Old 09-04-2010, 10:10 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by frinkprof View Post
I should also add that digging to a depth of 6" isn't that bad. The prudent thing to do of course is to get a locate, but you may have to do without. The line you might be concerned the most about at those depths is your phone line.

If you're digging more than 30 cm, everything within a 30 meter radius must be located, dug up and exposed.
Normally you'd be right. Everything should be deeper than that. That wasn't the case with the high pressure gas line at 16th and 68th in the NE when they blew through it and stalled the job for over a year. I was talking to the prime consultant for the job and he said the HPG was about 6 inches below grade. Scary stuff.

However, on an acreage it is highly doubtful that you hit anything at 6 inches.
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