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Welcome to the first edition of the Click to Know What’s Above and Below monthly newsletter. 

For almost four decades, Alberta One-Call Corporation (AOC) has provided nation-leading Call and ClickBeforeYouDig services to protect public, worker and community safety. This year, we are changing it up, adding overhead powerline safety to our mandate and unifying services with the Alberta Common Ground Alliance.

Every year, AOC processes roughly 400,000 locate requests from safety-minded Albertans planning a digging project. Those requests initiate a damage prevention process that protects you, your family and your community. 

But safety isn’t just about knowing what’s below — it’s also about knowing what’s overhead and knowing how to work safe. So, in addition to mapping buried utilities, AOC will soon begin mapping the location of overhead powerlines and notifying anyone digging or carrying out surface work how to do so safely.

“It’s all about safety,” says contact centre manager Joseph Rosenberg. “Whether the utilities are buried or overhead, it’s really no different. To us, it’s all data. We process your request; notify our members who operate buried and above-ground energy and utility assets in the vicinity of the proposed activity, and they respond.” 

“The courtship between AOC and Where’s the Line? has been a long one,” says Mona Barstoff with FortisAlberta, “but the time is right to join forces and we’re all really excited to work together.” You can read more about the Where’s the Line? campaign in this edition of Click to Know What’s Above and Below.

So once again, thanks for clicking! We have a lot of great information to share, and some good stories to tell, too!