Safe digging begins when you contact JULIE for
a locate request. By doing so, you become part of the damage prevention
process, safe-guarding underground buried facilities.
The locate request process is faster when the excavator is prepared with the necessary information. Be prepared to provide the following:
- Your name, company (if applies), address, phone and fax number at which you can be reached.
- On construction projects, the name and phone number of the site contact. Do not use an 800 number but a direct line or cell phone number.
- The county and city or county and unincorporated area of the township of the excavation. (One of the most common and dangerous mistakes made by excavators is when they identify their excavation site as within a village of city, when actually they are digging in the township. This situation may occur when the mailing address includes the name of the nearest village or city. It is the excavators responsibility to determine the exact location of the excavation site-city, village or unincorporated township, using appropriate mapping sources prior to submitting their locate request.
- The location of the excavation or demolition which may include, but not limited to, address, cross street, lot numbers, etc. All JULIE members, and their subcontractors when they are performing excavation work on behalf of JULIE members, shall provide either 1) appropriate section and quarter section grid information; 2) sufficient address or descriptive information to allow the establishment or drawing of a dig site polygon; 3) sufficient address, street and cross-street information to allow for the determination of the appropriate section and quarter section grid(s) or 4) GPS coordinates for simple, single-site work areas for determination of a dig site polygon or appropriate section/quarter section during their locate request process through JULIE. Requests from these groups that do not include this required information shall not be processed until appropriate information is provided.
- The start date and time of the planned excavation or demolition;
- The type and extent (size of the excavation area) of the work involved. Please indicate if the excavation area has been white-lined using white paint, flags and/or stakes; and
- The section/quarter sections when the above information does not allow the State-wide One-call Notice System to determine this information. (This does not apply residential property owners.)
Number of Addresses on a Locate Request
Each locate request is limited to ten (10) addresses on the same street and
within the same block. The extent of work must be the same for all
addresses listed.