Locates

Mar 23, 2023

Important update on locate fees

Enbridge apologizes over badly worded announcement and clarifies who is subject to new $200 locate fee.
Mar 9, 2023

Changes made to locates legislation

Changes aimed to remove barriers for timeline delivery of locates, enhance the governance and oversight of OneCall, and augment the tools that excavators use.
Mar 15, 2020

Late locates are unacceptable

Get locate requests in early this spring in order to minimize any delay in starting work.
Nov 15, 2019

Fax communication to be eliminated from locate requests

Ontario One Call to remove fax communications as of Feb. 1, 2020.
Apr 1, 2019

Contractor locate requests have gone digital

Lots of online training tools are available to help with transition.
Mar 6, 2019

Changes to Ontario One Call phone requests from contractors

Contractor locate requests are being migrated to the Ontario One Call web portal.
Locators compete in an annual competition that showcases their skills.
Oct 9, 2018

Annual rodeo allows locators to show off their skills

The only event of its kind in Canada, puts the spotlight on locators in the damage prevention industry.
Apr 16, 2017

Help yourself to faster locates

You must call ON1CALL before you dig. This is the law.
The annual Dig Safe public awareness campaign included an event at Mohawk College on Mar. 9.
Apr 15, 2016

Should landscape contractors do private locates?

A number of training programs are available.
An ALA agreement with a utility involves the contractor agreeing that he will not dig more than 11 inches into the soil.
Jul 15, 2014

How to obtain prompt locates

Ways that landscape contractors can assist with achieving five-day locates and avoid delays and fines.
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