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Title: Measuring The Effectiveness Of Damage Prevention Programs
Author: David V. Voigt
Source: American Gas Association 1987
Year Published: 1987
Abstract: While damage prevention has always been a priority at Consumers Power Company, a formal, state-wide campaign to control damage was begun in 1970. Before discussing the results of this effort, I would like to describe the elements of our damage prevention program. There are four basic elements to this program: engineering preplanning a one-call notification system a responsive, facility-locating effort and a program of excavator education and inspection. Engineering preplanning describes an exchange of information where the designer of the new facilities, such as sewer, water, roads, etc, receives the locations of our existing gas and buried electric lines prior to his final design. Knowing the locations of our lines gives the designer the opportunity to design his locations to avoid our facilities where he can and gives us the knowledge of conflicts that cannot be avoided. We can then plan our work accordingly. Each year during the past five years, our engineering departments have reviewed the proposed construction plans of others that potentially involve 800-1,200 miles of our buried lines.

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