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Founded in 2000 Comprised of 16 stakeholder groups Professional excavators Local, State and Federal government Primary focus is to reduce third party damage to the underground infrastructure Much work to be done
DataReportingandEvaluation
Damage Information Reporting Tool
PercentageofSubmittedFacility EventsbyKnownStakeholderGroup
2008Report KeyTakeaway2
TotalNumberofDamagesDecreasing
CGAestimatesanapproximate50% decrease inthetotalnumberofdamagessince2004.
DamagesTrendingDownward
256,000 200,000
*The estimate was constructed using population data and number of events submitted to DIRT for Colorado and Connecticut, two states that mandate reporting.
DecreaseinDamages
ImplementationofCGABestPractices Lessconstructionactivity Increasedawarenessofthetotal damagepreventionprocess Implementationof811inMay2007
Best Practices
Cornerstone of CGA 142 Best Practices Living Document 10 Open Transaction Records
2008Report KeyTakeaway3
ReportIdentifyingConsistentTrends
Currentreportis5th inseriesofDIRTreports. 2008reportcomparespastthreeyearsofdata. Morethan100,000recordssubmittedforall threeyears(2006,2007and2008).
PercentageofFacilityEventsbyKnown ExcavationEquipmentGroup
DIRTAnnualReportfor2008
1. Numberofevents submittedvoluntarilyintoDIRT continuestoincrease 2. TotalnumberofdamagesintheUSisdecreasing 3. Reportisidentifyingconsistenttrends 4. Qualityofdataisgettingbetterbutmore improvementisnecessary
2009DIRTReport
2009 Report Data has been delivered to consultants Task team will work with consultants during next two months to draft/finalize report Targeting August 1 publication date.
Path Forward
Make the Best Practices a living document Proactive One Call Center Education Enforcement Measurement DAMAGE PREVENTION IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
ForMoreinformation
www.commongroundalliance.com www.call811.com www.call811kids.com www.cgadirt.com kerr@commongroundalliance.com