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Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
  
Maybe you’re a new homeowner building a deck or fence, or maybe you’re like me, replacing a 35-year-old fence that lost its last battle with that crazy June windstorm. No matter what your outdoor project might be, and no matter where you live – the suburbs, the city or in a rural community – you need to plan your work and work your plan.
USP’s Daily Safety Moment
  
Today, most meetings begin with a ‘Safety Moment’; a short info-bit promoting safety awareness that resonates with everyone. It could be as simple as ensuring your vehicle’s windshield washer fluid is full before a long drive or promoting enhanced awareness of school zone speed limits. There truly is an endless list of safety topics to choose from but, when you’re put on the spot to present one, you’ll often find none come to mind!

Contact Lens
Fundamentally, we wanted to determine why, in the year 2023, a segment of our homeowner users preferred to call in by phone (which of course, means potentially waiting on hold, risking a less accurate locate request, and taking longer than two minutes to process) rather than placing their request on our website. To sweeten the pot, we also had a draw for a fabulous LED TV at the end of the survey window.
 
Underground Facility Locator (UFL) Training Program
Locate Management Institute®
LMI’s Underground Facility Locator (UFL) Training Program adheres to CAPULC’s 3-step competency cycle and includes:
  • 8-hour online knowledge course
  • 16-hour (2-day) field training delivered by “Certified Locator” instructors
  • Underground Facility Locator Field Task Competency Manual
Learn about electromagnetic theory, active, passive, advanced and unconventional locating methods. Understand how to overcome obstacles and how to apply troubleshooting techniques.
 
Calgary – February 20-21
Winnipeg – March 4-5
Regina – March 7-8
 
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A Tale of Three – the Rebranding Journey
Changing the name and rebranding a longstanding service isn’t an easy task and two years after the big change, Albertans still refer to us as Alberta One-Call, Alberta First Call and one of my favourites, “Alberta One” (or maybe it's “Alberta 1”?), which doesn’t make much sense to me.
 
RUST-OLEUM CANADA
First Alert Locating Ltd.
 
USP Industry Recognition Awards – Locator of the Year
  

Last month, we posted an article announcing the new Utility Safety Partner Industry Recognition Awards, with a spotlight on Excavator of the Year. This month’s focus is Locator of the Year.

In late September, the following guidelines and nomination forms will be posted on utilitysafety.ca and nominations will open in October.

 
Alberta One Call offers Enhanced Ticket Services!
PelicanCorp Canada®
Alberta One Call is offering an Enhanced Ticket Service to its members. In a partnership with PelicanCorp this service helps reduce time and costs associated with responding to incoming requests for locates. The incoming requests are screened, evaluated and forwarded automatically. This enhanced process can automatically warn of excavations around critical infrastructure and send out notices on permit requirements or special environmental conditions.
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The Safety Moment – Utility Safety Partners’ Podcast
  
You can literally find a podcast on any topic today and when a big part of your business is promoting awareness, just dipping your toe in the expanding ocean of podcasts isn’t enough. Doug Downs convinced me of that.

 
Rhino Marking & Protection Systems
3-D Line Locating (2011) Ltd.
 
Know What’s Below – 4 Steps to Safe Digging
Approximately 850 individual buried utility companies have registered the location of their buried assets with Utility Safety Partners but only provincial and federal transmission pipeline regulators – the Alberta Energy Regulator and the Canada Energy Regulator – require registering those governed pipelines with Utility Safety Partners. All other buried utility operators register their assets with USP voluntarily.
 
Your Damage Prevention Training Partner
Global Training Centre®
Global, the Leader in Ground Disturbance Training since 1989. Qualified licensees across Canada, your training provider approved for Ground Disturbance 201 in Classroom, Online, and Virtual delivery.  When working around underground infrastructure having trained and competent workers is a must! Global trains in the delivery method of choice, our classrooms or yours, Instructor Led, online, or virtually, to the level you require (Awareness – Supervisory).  Your Training – Your Choice!
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Do you remember the 80s? USP’s 40th Anniversary & Safety Conference
  
1984 was a historic year, and not in the unsettling way George Orwell predicted. Bruce McCandless floated freely in space when he made the first untethered spacewalk. Apple released its first Macintosh personal computer, revolutionizing the tech industry. Alex Trebek debuted as Jeopardy!’s host and quickly won the hearts of millions of viewers. And let’s not forget – the Edmonton Oilers won the Stanley Cup!
 
IVIS Construction Inc.
ASTEC Safety Inc.