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Originally Posted by Sr. Mints
Actually, you can call Alberta One-Call and they get in touch with everyone (except Shaw, IIRC) to come out an mark the lines buried in your yard. By calling them, you absolve yourself any any liability if something gets damaged. And if you hit, say, a fiber optic line or gas line or water pipe, you'd be liable for megabucks if you did not call to have it marked.
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Nope, you are still liable. See
http://www.alberta1call.com/docs/homefx.pdf
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You are not clear to excavate until all facilities have been located. It is the excavators responsibility to make sure there is no damage to the
located facilities during excavation and placing a request with the one call centre does not remove that responsibility.
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Keep in mind that the clearance of 1m on both sides of the markings where you are supposed to expose utilities by hand digging before using machinery, is referring to actual hand digging - not shovel digging.
edit: and in Calgary you need to go at least 3 feet deep for a standard 6 foot wood fence. I would go even deeper (4ft) if the fence between the 2 posts is going to bear the direct force of constant wind or if the post supports a gate.