The damage prevention message protects buried infrastructure and keeps our communities safe. At Texas811, it’s at the very heart of what we do. And that’s a great place to start! The start of a new year offers pause for reflection. What was achieved? It also bids us to look forward. What lies ahead? “The starting […]
Excavator Responsibilities
Over the years, even very experienced workers tend to forget some of the basics they learned in the beginning of their careers. This week’s blog is a refresher on excavator responsibilities. The excavator is responsible for: Requesting the one-call notification, it is not your customer’s responsibility. Immediately reporting damage or exposure of any underground utility […]
TELLING THE STORY
“Publicity is absolutely critical. A good PR story is infinitely more effective than a front page ad.” That quote is attributed to Sir Richard Branson, the British business leader, investor, author and philanthropist. He is the founder of the Virgin Group, controls over 400 companies, and, according to the June Forbes magazine, is worth about $5.1 […]
811 IS DEADLY SERIOUS
We’ve talked over and over in this blog about the importance of getting in contact with 811 prior to a dig. The free call gets underground utilities located (also for free) so that excavators can dig with confidence. In fact, a locate request processed by 811 and executed by utility locators reduces the chance of […]
MAKE AN IMPACT
Have you ever heard of Marcus Maecilius Flavius Eparchius Avitus? Probably not. He was a short-lived Emperor of the Western Roman Empire from July of 455 to October of 456. Not that it mattered much. The Western Roman Empire fell in 476, barely 20 years after he was deposed and tossed on the rubbish heap […]
GET THE GOLD SHOVEL
At Texas811, we pride ourselves on being a damage prevention agency without parallel. Yes, we took about three million incoming locate requests in 2017, yes, we hosted the International Utility Locate Rodeo finals, yes, we did dozens of live mock line strike events, yes, our Damage Prevention Managers held who knows how many individual Damage […]