We’re down to the final four! Loyola, Michigan, Villanova and Kansas will play this coming weekend to determine which two of those teams will play for the national NCAA College Basketball Championship. Just like in 811, damage prevention is key to winning these games. The tournament so far has been exciting and entertaining, and these […]
Spring has Sprung! Dig Safe with 811!
“Now is the winter of our discontent…” so said Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later to be King Richard III (but not for long) in Shakespeare’s play Richard III. Workplace safety really wasn’t his speciality. If ever there was a man in need of underground utility locating services to hide his misdeeds, it was Richard III. […]
I CAN’T CALL 811 – OH, YES, YOU CAN!!!!
There’s a word that we don’t like very much at Texas811, and it really bites into our mission of underground damage prevention and workplace safety. It’s the word “can’t.” As in: I can’t call 811, I don’t have time to wait for a utility locator. I can’t call 811, it’s not my job. I can’t […]
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, CALL 811, AND DIG TESS
The clouds finally cleared in Dallas for a day, and sitting out in the backyard at night you could see stars and a shining moon. You can see even more in the night skies if you know where to look, just like in underground damage prevention. A dead give away is the presence of underground […]
DAMAGE PREVENTION 2018 STYLE
The annual Texas811 Damage Prevention Summit is in the books for 2018 and everyone is off to a great start for workplace safety, working with underground utility locating services, doing the call 811 before you dig dance, and just taking a big role in damage prevention in Texas! Last year we processed something on the […]
DIG SAFE AND DIG IN TO TEXAS811 DAMAGE PREVENTION
By the time you read this, the annual Texas811 Damage Prevention Summit will be underway in San Marcos, Texas. Summit attendees include excavators, locators, and utility personnel including gas, water, electric and telecommunications; municipal and county personnel; state and federal regulatory personnel and individuals who are involved in installing or protecting underground utility lines and […]
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 […]
SUMMER IS COMING
The first day of summer is officially June 20th, at the solstice – but the passing of the Memorial Day holiday really kicks off the summer season. I don’t know where you are reading this, but it’s being written in Dallas, Texas – usually not a pleasant place in the summer, but then again, neither […]
ACHIEVING VICTORY
Monday, December 7th, is the 74th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Over 2000 US military personnel died in the massive raid by Imperial Japan’s navy, with 1177 of those coming from the loss of the USS Arizona when she exploded and sank. There are still a few survivors, but they are in their mid-90’s. […]
Open For Business!
The Texas811 Homeowner Portal is open for business! Now you can truly “do it yourself” when it comes to making a call to 811 to get underground lines and cables located before you do work around your house. The Texas811 Homeowner Portal is located here: www.texas811.org/homeowner Homeowners can now fill out the request form online […]