News
4th Annual NMRCGA Expo and Conference
by Phyllis Baker, Cooney, Watson & Associates The fourth New Mexico Regional Common Ground Alliance (NMRCGA) Conference took place June 15 – 17 at the newly-opened Hard Rock Resort (formerly Isleta Resort) and was, according to virtually everyone who attended, a tremendous success. The event, which attracted more than 350 people, included exhibitors from as [...]
Newsline, Volume 2, Issue 3
The damage information reporting is moving forward. The PRC intends to docket a notice of proposed rule making soon that will require excavators to report immediately damages they cause to underground facilities to the one call center. That process will begin the documentation of the damage investigation process. Funding of the programming to develop the [...]
An invitation to D.I.R.T.
You are cordially invited to attend an open meeting to discuss the CGA Damage Information Reporting Tool (D.I.R.T.) on June 23, 2010. The meeting will take place at the Hilton Hotel located at 1901 University Blvd NE in Albuquerque at 9:00 am. Please RSVP to 505-254-7315. NMOC has entered into an agreement with the D.I.R.T. programmers and with the State of NM to modify the NM Virtual Private D.I.R.T. software to provide a tool to track excavation related damages and associated administrative actions and penalties.
At the forefront of damage prevention
Safety is extremely important to our entire company. We want the excavating community to know that we are more than willing to work with them to prevent damage to our facilities,” Debbie Brunt, Director of Engineering with New Mexico Gas Company, quietly began the discussion. She went on to say, “We want to do everything we can to prevent unnecessary disruption of services to our customers and damages to our facilities, but even more importantly, we want to ensure the safety of all stakeholders working in the vicinity of our facilities.”
Newsline, Volume 1, Issue 1
On September 1, 2009 New Mexico One Call (NMOC) began adding the centroid GPS (latitude and longitude) of the dig site on the actual ticket sent to the facility owners. The centroid makes it possible for ticket management systems to accurately route tickets to specific locators and helps the locator to find the general dig site. This item had been requested by member companies at the round table discussions held at NMOC’s annual meeting. The NMOC board listened to its members and agreed to pursue getting something done. The addition of the centroid GPS fulfills that commitment to its members. The centroid was added at no additional cost to the membership.
