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Failure to Communicate Equals FAILURE Preventing Damages By Accurately Locating and Marking Utilites Fires Don’t Always Start with a Lit Match A Special Thanks to Alabama PHCC Associate Members Legal Help For a Low Cost Alabama PHCC Past Presidents APHCC 2016 Annual Trade Show - Thank You Exhibitors APHCC 2017 Annual Trade Show - Save The Date PHCC of Alabama HVAC Continuing Education Internet Course Application Targets For Learning: PHCC of Alabama Apprentice Program Information PHCC of Alabama Backflow Control Internet Certification Course Application APHCC Annual Golf Tournament Information

APHCC of Alabama Officers PRESIDENT: Michael Dean Dean Plumbing Company 3100 Leeman Ferry Road Huntsville, AL 35801 256-883-6130 VICE PRESIDENT: Rick Thomason PHC 1634A Montgomery Highway, Suite 162 Hoover, AL 35216 205-822-0597 SECRETARY-TREASURER: Jay Wiggins Wiggins Incorporated PO Box 1507 Montgomery, AL 36102 334-235-8889 IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Mike Scanlon Scanlon Plumbing Services 263 Mendel Parkway Montgomery, AL 36117 331-279-8989 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Bob Mosca PO Box 36972 Birmingham, AL 35236 205-985-9488

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tility personnel, excavators and locators are not surprised to learn that the ticket volume in Alabama is up more than 10 percent this year as compared to last year. In addition to the increase in ticket volume, there is a significant increase in the number of large projects across the state. Recently, 811 magazines sat down with Bram Fuller, District Manager USIC and ask him to identify three (3) areas of frustrations from the locator perspective. Bram said, “Before I answer your question, let me say we are encountering a large number of infrastructure projects across the state that will continue for the foreseeable future. There are major road projects, water main projects and communication projects that encompass entire towns, subdivisions, highway systems and even entire counties. These are all strategic projects that are for the betterment of our state. Having said that, we’ve all got to do a better job of coordinating them to their successful completion.” Bram, an Alabama native has been in his current position for more than thirteen (13) years and as the commercial goes “he knows a thing or two because he’s seen a thing or two.” I recently sat down with him to get a pulse on the frustrations locators face given the increase in workloads across the state He said, “Just to make sure you understand my position, let me say that while my perspective comes from my responsibility at USIC, I recognize that the frustrations are not just our frustrations. Our folks work beside other competent professionals every day. The utility locator working for a municipality or individual utility company are just as impacted if the projects are in their local area as we are.” He continued, “One of the things I’ve learned is that frustrations are not just locator frustrations. Utility personnel and the excavators are equally frustrated and it seems to me that these are also the groups along with the locators that need to be directly involved in

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finding solutions to lighten the workloads without necessarily reducing the ticket volume.” SO GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF A MAJOR SOURCE FRUSTRATION FOR A LOCATOR. Bram responded, “It would most assuredly be associated with unclear communication at some level. A recent example of this was a call back on a locate request stating that we’d not marked the entire work site. The caller said ‘to mark the front of property’. To the locator, front of property means property in front of the house. To the caller, front of property mean property in front of the back fence which would include both sides of the property. I’m not saying the caller was wrong. I am saying that the directions were unclear to the locator. Consequently, frustrations occurred for both the excavator and locator and both suffered down time as the result.” Not marking the entire work site is a common occurrence and not just in Alabama. In most cases, it is the direct result of unclear instructions on the ticket and almost always compounded by the lack of white lining associated with the locate request. White striping or white lining as it is sometimes referred to is one of Common Ground Alliance’s (CGA) best practices for excavators. However, Alabama’s dig law does not require it, so quite naturally, it is not frequently used to identify the work site. Bram said, “While white lining is not mandated in Alabama, it goes a long way in resolving the issue of miscommunication. Yes, there is a labor investment up front, but there is a return for the excavator who asks the question: ‘what’s in it for me?’ White lining combined with clear English on the ticket improves the communication process and minimizes the potential for damages and reduces the possibility of down time for both the excavator and locator.”

AN ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN FOR THE LOCATOR? Bram replied, “Unreasonable expectations is my answer, let me explain what I mean. In Alabama, there is no limit to the size of a ticket. So the excavator calls in a locate request. It could be a ticket that can be completed in a matter of minutes or hours. It could also be a ticket that can’t be completed in days or weeks. And we see the mind sets of ‘I’ve got a ticket (no matter how small or large it is) and you’ve got 48 hours to get it marked. Honestly, in some cases that demand can’t be met.” He goes on, “If you get enough of them (large tickets/projects) in a given area, it becomes impossible without coordination and regular communication to keep the excavator working while protecting the underground infrastructure. In our minds, if the excavator doesn’t intend to complete the entire project in 48 hours, he wants marks that are fresh and that we stay ahead of him. In order to get out in front and stay out in front, we need to know start and stop times, speed of project, how much work they can do and they need to know how much work we can do. When we fail to communicate expectations, the project fails. That’s not what we want and I know it is not what the excavator wants.” The truth is, it is not necessarily the size of the ticket or project that create the frustrations Bram identifies. It is the lack of communication and coordination of their respective expectations that leads to the conflict. Bram said it this way, “The scope of the project can be overcome by upfront planning and coordination during the project between the excavator and the locator.”

AND FINALLY… Not that it is the final frustration, but the third of three that this article addresses, and Bram said it is still about communication. He explained, “To effectively communicate and get ahead of the work being done, the locator must have a good contact number. Not that it’s not enjoyable to talk to the folks in the office, but oft times they don’t really know what’s going on at the job site. We need the cell number of the site supervisor or the contact person on site.” When asked who should initiate the call so as to keep the job running smoothly, he said, “First, let’s make sure that we know how to contact one another. In other words, I’ve got your best contact number and you have mine. Now let’s talk… The locator needs to understand the excavator’s needs and expectation. I would expect the locator to contact the excavator routinely throughout a project to ensure we are out in front. However, for that to work, the excavator must answer the phone and let the locator know what is going on.” We’ve all learned that sometimes we have to learn the difference between what is said and what is meant. While all stakeholder groups have their frustrations under the best of circumstances, many of them are self-inflicted. At the end of the day, both the excavator and locator have the same goals. Both want to take fantastic care of their customers, they want to keep the public and their employees safe and they want to make a profit. Let’s work together to help one another be successful. After all, your goal seems to be my goal!

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PREVENTING DAMAGES BY ACCURATELY LOCATING AND MARKING ALL UTILITIES

By Matt Lumbers

here are more than 20 million miles of underground utilities in the United States with more being buried every day. And every time a construction crew, landscaper, fence installer or property owner digs in the ground or bores beneath the earth’s surface, there is the risk of hitting and damaging one or more buried pipes or cables. That risk increases exponentially if underground facilities haven’t been accurately located and marked before excavation begins. Damage to buried utilities disrupts essential services and is costly and time consuming to repair and restore services. Utility hits also can cause serious injury and death: an equipment operator whose tool or machine cuts a power cable is at risk for serious shock or electrocution. Cutting or nicking a high-pressure natural gas line can result in a major disaster when migrating gas enters a building and is ignited by a pilot light or other flame. “Utility providers and equipment manufacturers are committed to preventing accidental utility hits,” said Matt Lumbers, product manager for Subsite® Electronics. “Public service and paid information campaigns stressing the importance of ‘calling before you dig’ target both construction personnel and the general public.” While utility hits continue to happen, progress is being made. Common Ground Alliance (CGA), the nonprofit, member-driven organization dedicated to establishing and promoting practices to prevent damage to the underground utility infrastructure, recently reported that while overall levels of construction are up, the number of accidental utility hits is declining. CGA is the source of the ’20 million miles’ previously cited and also estimates an underground utility is accidently hit every six minutes of every work day. The first step in preventing damage to buried facilities is to accurately locate and mark all utilities in a work area before construction, said Lumbers. “This process is initiated with an 811 call to the local One-Call center, providing the exact location of the work site and requesting locates be made,” he continued. “The call must be placed at least 48 hours before work is scheduled to begin. One-Call then contacts appropriate member utility providers, who then locate and accurately mark positions of their buried lines. Some utilities use their own personnel;

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others employ contract locating specialists.” Lumbers said locating equipment has steadily improved over the past several years, becoming more accurate and easier to use than earlier models. Electromagnetic locating tools are the most widely used method for making utility locates, but other options may be required depending on conditions or requirements of the project owner. TYPES OF LOCATORS Electromagnetic locators consist of a lightweight handheld receiver and small transmitter. Underground pipe and cable is located by detecting electrical current that pass through them. To locate communications cable and metallic pipe, the transmitter is connected to the cable or pipe to send current through the line creating a signal which is detected by the receiver. For plastic and composite pipes with tracer wire, the wire is energized by the transmitter to provide a signal that the receiver picks up and processes. The operator walks above where utilities are expected and reads information displayed on the screen at the top of the receiver. Different frequencies and modes help identify different types of utilities. There have been significant improvements in locating ability and screening out nearby signals that could compromise accuracy of readings. Electromagnetic equipment is relatively easy to learn operate and use. The primary shortcoming of electromagnetic equipment is they can only locate utilities with a flow of electrical current--plastic pipes can be found only if they have a tracer wire which can be energized. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) locators use radio waves to penetrate the ground and bounce off buried objects. They do not need to carry an electrical charge. The radio wave generating component is mounted on a wheeled platform that is pushed like a lawn mower across the work site while generating radio pulses downward. The radar waves bounce off buried objects and reflect back to a receiving antenna. A graphic representation of information is displayed on the unit’s screen. GPR locators can find

plastic and cast iron pipes and other utilities that are difficult or impossible to locate by other methods. However, they also detect rocks and buried debris, and interpreting the screen display requires experience. Passive Electronic Markers are passive RFID (radio frequency identification) marking “balls” that make plastic pipes locatable without the use of tracer wires. Installed at intervals along the path of the pipe they are located by a handheld locator. The maintenance-free markers have no electrical components and are corrosion resistant. Passive markers have been used for years to mark the location of pipelines, and locating contractors say they are seeing them used more frequently for utility marking, especially in the natural gas industry. Potholing. How better to know the exact location of an underground pipe or cable than to expose it and actually see it? Potholing is not new-for years crews have potholed with shovels, backhoes, and compact excavators. Too often mechanical digging methods damage the utilities they are seeking to find and protect. Today the recommended method of potholing is by “soft” excavation with a vacuum excavator. Compact, trailer-mounted models are easily moved to and around job sites. Vacuum excavators can dig a precisely-controlled hole 12 by 12 inches to depths of five feet in about 20 minutes. Excavation is accomplished either with high-pressure water or air, depending on brand and model. As the excavation is made, displaced soil can be sucked up by the machine’s vacuum system. Most vacuum excavators used for potholing are compact models mounted on trailers, but truck-mounted models are preferred by some. Potholing is an “extra” locating step and is rarely done for locates arranged through One-Call, so there can be an added cost for the project owner, general contractor, or excavating company. “In the past,” Lumbers said, “most vacuum excavations used for potholing utilities have been single- and tandem-axle trailer models. However, there is growing demand for truck mounted equipment for their maneuverability and capability of transporting drilling fluid spoil.”

individuals who are committed to reducing damage to underground facilities. • The national 811 telephone number to access the nearest One-Call center has simplified initiating utility locates. • CGA Best Practices provide guidelines for avoiding accidental damage to underground utilities. • CGA’s DIRT (Damage Information Reporting Tool) program is collecting a substantial amount of accident data to help identify root causes of utility strikes. Programs then are developed to address those causes. • Locating equipment is better, more accurate, easier to use effectively, and able to screen out electrical interference. • New technologies are improving facility mapping which makes it easier to quickly locate and mark existing infrastructure before excavating. Incorporating GIS data into maps of buried infrastructure allows development of risk modules that identify potential conflict. “It’s all adding up to greater awareness of the problem and concentrated efforts to identify root causes of utility strikes so they can be effectively addressed,” said Lumbers. “Utilities are sharing information with other utilities and with contractors and locating companies--truly an alliance on common ground for the benefit of all.” Matt Lumbers is the Product Line Manager for Subsite Electronics in Perry, OK. For questions or comments, Matt can be reached at matt. lumbers@subsite.com.

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Protecting Buried Infrastructure. “Every accidental utility hit could have been avoided,” concluded Lumbers. “That they continue to occur is unacceptable, but the good news is we are making progress and the numbers are going down.” Much of the credit, said Lumbers, goes to the CGA which has pulled together nearly 1,700 industry organizations, sponsors, and

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ires that hit businesses come in all sizes. They can occur anytime, anywhere, and from a variety of causes. They don’t discriminate. Spontaneous combustion, heating systems, electrical systems, smoking, poor housekeeping, the storage of flammables, and mechanical equipment failure continue to be the most frequent fire causes across all industries, and are often the result of missed opportunities to recognize and remove the hazard. But sometimes, hazards can be easy to miss: •

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The point is, business owners need to be ready for almost anything. There’s no doubt that fires are devastating and have implications far beyond property damage. Fires create chaos Businesses are vital to a community’s well-being and survival. A fire at a business leaves community members and officials wondering if the company will survive. Fires create uncertainty Employees are a business’s most valuable asset, and a fire can leave them with a lot of questions: Do I still have a job or do I need to move on? Will I get a paycheck—even for the short-term? What can I do to help? If the company shuts down, then what? Fires create doubt Customers rely on businesses to be operational to fulfill their needs. When customers see a business go up in flames, they can’t help but wonder how it will affect them. How will their needs be met? Today’s just-in-time business transactions may require customers to go elsewhere to get the products and services previously provided them by the damaged supplier. Will that be short- or long-term? Fire prevention is an important enough topic to take the proper time and effort to put into action. It’s not just a “one and done” risk management activity; it needs to be done daily. Investigations reveal that most fires can be prevented if businesses consistently pay attention to a few, very specific hazards. Federated now provides industry- and business-specific fire risk evaluation checklists to use during facility inspections. Checklists are intended to help employees, supervisors, or managers recognize and fix fire hazards. However, checklists can do only so much. Employee training and outfitting your premises with proper fire prevention safeguards, procedures, and equipment will add to your ability to prevent a fire from taking over control of your company. 10 Winter 2016 • Alabama Contractor • www.alabamaphcc.org

Special Thanks To APHCC of Alabama Associate Members

Alabama 811 Annette Raburn 811 mlyvers@al811.com

Noland Barry Lee 205-323-6322 bwlee@noland.com

Alabama Power Company Michael Gordon 205-226-1039 mgordon@southernco.com

Sunbelt Marketing Nelson Randolph 205-767-6339 nrandolph@sminc.net

Alabama Plumbing and Gas Fitters Board David Wilcox 205-945-4857 davidh.wilcox@pgfb.alabama.gov

Coleman Russell Ronnie Holmes 205-833-0700 ronnie.homes@colemanrussell.com DMJ Christine Joiner 205-362-9989 christiner@dmjservices.com Federated Insurance Garrett Pepper 404-497-8871

Ferguson Chris Chiles 256-858-5801 chris.chiles@ferguson.com

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PAST PRESIDENTS of The APHCC of Alabama 2014-2015

Mike Scanlon, Montgomery

1965-1966

W.H. Bowles, Anniston

2012-2013

Phil Smitherman, Bessemer

1963-1964

Ferrin C. Smith, Florence

2010-2011

Paula Quarles, Tuscaloosa

1961-1962

Doy H. Hammond, Montgomery

2008-2009

Charlie Conklin, Birmingham

1960

Elmer Russell, Florence

2005-2006

Fred Williams, Montgomery

1959

John W. Dill, Tuscaloosa

2002-2005

Rick Thomason, Birmingham

1958

Raymon E. Allison, Anniston

2001

Charles (Buddy) Parkes, Muscle Shoals

1956-1957

Harry L. Eskew, Birmingham

1998-1999

George Brickley, Scottsboro

1954-1955

Alex Pate, Birmingham

1997

Phil Smitherman, Bessemer

1952-1953

James B. Donaghey, Mobile

1996

Rick Hamm, Florence

1951

Fitts Smitherman, Birmingham

1995

Mike Scanlon, Montgomery

1950

Bob L. Murphree, Tuscaloosa

1994

Brad Hinton, Hueytown

1948-1949

Ray W. Stewart, Gadsden

1993

Gary Pettus, Muscle Shoals

1947

Sam K. Bodie, Mobile

1992

Conrad Watson, Monroeville

1945-1946

Stansel A. Brown, Birmingham

1991

Mark Slimer, Birmingham

1943-1944

Jack M. Main, Montgomery

1989-1990

Jim Early, Decatur

1942

Guy Acton, Birmingham

1988

Tom Michael, Birmingham

1940-1941

Lester Ray, Dothan

1987

Wilbur Doonan, Birmingham

1939

J. L. (Buddy) Pope, Montgomery

1986

Walter Parkes, Muscle Shoals

1935

Charles Bailey, Montgomery

1985

Barney Knight, Birmingham

1933-1934

Joseph W. Pate, Birmingham

1984

Billy Guin, Birmingham

1932

George H. Russell, Florence

1983

J. D. Keller, Birmingham

1931

Harmon Williams, Montgomery

1982

Hubert Howard, Birmingham

1930

Charles A. Mandy, Birmingham

1981

Roy Deerman, Birmingham

1929

J.L. (Buddy) Pope, Montgomery

1980

Tommy Shaw, Montgomery

1927-1928

S. E. Scholze, Birmingham

1979

Bill Early, Jr., Birmingham

1924-1926

W. T. Perry, Montgomery

1978

John C. Dill, Tuscaloosa

1922-1923

E. Daniels, Birmingham

1977

Barnett L. Banks, Birmingham

1920-1921

Joseph W. Pate, Birmingham

1976

Hubert Howard, Birmingham

1918-1919

C. W. Spangler, Birmingham

1975

Dave Nuckols, Tuscaloosa

1916-1917

R. P. Reeves, Montgomery

1974

John Jackson, Montgomery

1914-1915

H. Hines, Birmingham

1973

Walter Parkes, Florence

1911-1913

Chris Bailey, Montgomery

1972

Lynoid Vaughn, Montgomery

1910

Charles Barnetz, Birmingham

1971

Bob Quinn, Huntsville

1906-1909

William Wilby, Selma

1970

John Spearman, Birmingham

1898-1905

T. J. Young, Mobile

1969

Tom Neville, Montgomery

1897

D. A. Ferrell, Anniston

1967-1968

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