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Originally Posted by Fuzz
My advice is don't trust the locates as precise. I had a gas line done, and I knew judging from the point on the house to the valve in the alley roughly where a straight line was. The locate was a good 3 feet away. I had the supervisor come out and he marked it about where I thought it should be. I know they have some error in their locate, but always be careful in the vicinity.
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It's been awhile since I took a ground disturbance course but you're also supposed to hand expose any utilities withing X distance of your dig zone as well.
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