Creation of an Abandoned Underground Infrastructures and Unidentified Conduits (UC) Mapping
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Many abandoned underground infrastructures as well as unidentified conduits (UC) are buried in Quebec. These infrastructures are missing in the transmitted location reports and it impacts workers and the construction sites.
To address the issue of unidentified conduits, a multisectoral committee was created by Info-Excavation to analyze cases and impacts but also to find solutions. A process was then established to inform Info-Excavation about these unidentified conduits (UC). The goal is to create a new mapping of those unidentified conduits (UC) in Quebec.
The system will be operational as of March 2022.
A collaboration is essential to get complete information on what exactly is in the ground :
- Owners of Underground Infrastructures must send us the mapping of their abandoned infrastructures without delay
- Clients must require from their contractors/excavators to inform us whenever an abandoned infrastructure or UC is found on the construction site.
- Contractors must notify a UC request on Info-Excavation’s portal whenever they find an underground infrastructure not included in the initial locate report. We created an easy and efficient aide-mémoire to guide them.
Information related to this mapping will be transmitted to future requesters when their excavation work is done near an unidentified or abandoned conduit.
Together, damage prevention and the safety of workers can be improved!
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