Underground damage prevention model

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Damage Prevention DNA is used as a basis for explaining and understanding the entire excavation process. In addition, it provides the framework for the yearly Underground Focus magazine schedule.

Underground Focus developed the Damage Prevention DNA to visually portray the excavation process - to illustrate the steps as well as the factors that affect an excavation job. Like the atoms of a molecule, the damage prevention process consists of interrelated parts; separate these parts and you no longer have damage prevention.
Damage Prevention Model by Underground Focus Excavator One Call Notification Pre-Marking Databases Laws concerning excavation Underground Utilities Utility Products Disaster Prevention There are 4 ways to find underground lines Subsurface Utility Engineering Exposing Underground lines Instruments for finding underground utilities Utility maps and records Visual observation to find buried utilities Marks As-built records of buried facilities Result of excavation Excavation Trench safety during excavation Privately owned utilities Quality audits on utility marks Shallow buried utility lines Damage-free excavation Excavation damage Damage investigation after underground damage Damage recovery from utility damage


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