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2. uuid:73b70622-1ef1-478c-a978-0aeadc7c16c7 Exercise care when trimming trench floors to ensure that they are level. endobj If water infiltrates your foundation, it will end up damaging it. xref Allowable Distance from underground feed | Mike Holt's All excavation work must be performed under the supervision of a responsible person who must be competent to exercise such supervision. Employees shall be required to stand away from any vehicle being loaded or unloaded to avoid being struck by any spillage or falling materials. 0000005973 00000 n There shall be a minimum distance of 3 feet of unobstructed working space, measured from the meter face, in front of all electric and natural gas meters. Additionally, most parking spaces will have an angle between 30, 45, 60 and 90 trailer Locating devices should always be used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, regularly checked and maintained in good working order. For one-family dwellings, that ampacity on the ungrounded conductors shall be nope less better 100 amperes, 3 wire. roads, footpaths, verges etc and you absolutely cannot go digging up a public road without the correct paperwork and qualifications to say that you can. Home > DIY How To Projects and Tutorial Guides > Depths of Utility Service Pipes and Cables. if you wanted a new phone line installed, you would need to contact your phone provider and they would either carry out the line install for you or contract it out to another company, normally Openreach in the UK. That also goes for the installation of new pipework. If excavation work interrupts the natural drainage of surface water (such as streams), diversion ditches, dikes, or other suitable means shall be used to prevent surface water from entering the excavation and to provide adequate drainage of the area adjacent to the excavation. Pretty much any and all drainage work is notifiable work e.g. 0000012833 00000 n Grounding Do's and Dont The colours that are used should follow those stated in the National Colour Coding System for underground services. 0000189748 00000 n 2014-01-02T10:44:03.831-06:00 Insulated tools should be used when hand digging near electric cables. D3 Spatially-separated Stations: To avoid overlaps between stations, a minimum distance between stations is commonly incorporated. Those don't pipes probably are not pipelines by definition stated in the scope of B31.4, so technically B31.4 would not apply to any of them, although it could be taken as a useful recommendation. When it comes to digging the trench itself, aside from digging it to the correct depth, it should also be cut to a minimum width of 250mm plus the external diameter of the pipe itself.