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Best Practices - Version 8.0
The CGA's Best Practices Committee developed a Best Practices Guide
based on the work of the "Common Ground Task Force." The guide
includes a restatement of the best practices listed in the Common Ground
Study, practice statements with supporting description, and all new
practices published at least three months prior to the publication
date. The latest version, Best Practices Version
8.0, was published in March 2011 and includes all new
practices approved prior to December
2010.
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Best Practices Field
Manual:
The CGA has published Version 8.0 in field manual
form. The entire book is also available to download
(PDF).
Download a PDF version of the
document.
Order Best Practices Version 8.0.
The new practices and modifications incorporated into the
latest version include:
- Practice 4-21, "Service Connection," was added to chapter
4.
- Practice 5-23 was updated to include a second paragraph within the
Practice Statement that emphasizes generating the "minimum number
of locate request updates necessary for the duration of the
project."
- Practice 5-32, "Vacuum Excavation," was added to chapter 5. A
new definition for Vacuum Excavation was included within the
Glossary.
- Practice 6-16 was modified to include use of digital imagery as a
method of identifying facility locations.
- Appendix B, "Marking Guidelines," was modified to include additional
clarification on Tolerance Zone on page 79 and a modification to item 2a
within the "Guideline for Operator's Facility Field
Delineation."
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The verbatim restatement of all of the ancillary material contained
in the original Study, other than the best practices themselves, is
available within the Common Ground
Study published in 1999 and is intended to be used as an
historical reference point for people interested in a more detailed
background regarding current best practices.
Learn more about the best practices
committee and overall process for continuous review of the
practices.
Related Files
Best Practices 8.0 (PDF File)
Best Practices 8.0 Order Form (PDF File)
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