Planning/Design and Joint Meet Notifications

Prior to beginning a large project, a planning/design notification may need to be submitted by the project designer/planner.

The Planning/Design Notification is beneficial for architects, engineers and others who are in the planning or design stage of a project and excavation is not intended in the near future.

When a planner or designer indicates they are in the planning or design stage of the project, the required information will be processed and they will be sent a list of affected member engineering contacts via fax or e-mail. It is then the responsibility of the individual making the request to contact each facility owner.

Member underground utility facility owners shall respond to a valid planning/design notification within 10 days upon notification by the designer in one of three ways:

1. Provide drawings/prints of the location of the facility owner’s underground facilities at the proposed site.
2. Show the location of the facility owner’s underground facilities on a drawing provided by the designer.
3. Locate and mark the facility owner’s underground facilities at the proposed job site. Some member underground utility facility owners may charge a nominal fee for these services.

Designers shall make reasonable efforts to prepare construction drawings which minimize interference with existing and proposed utility facilities in the construction area and follow the guidelines set forth in ASCE/CI/UESI 38-22 Standard Guideline for Investigating and Documenting Existing Utilities and depict on all appropriate documents the position and type of known underground utility facilities obtained in the planning/design notification process and a valid planning/design notification request number.