Publications/Presentations

• Marking Color Code Card
• Virginia Professional Excavator's Manual
• Virginia CARE Brochure
• Virginia Underground Utility Marking Standards
• Exposing Underground Utility Lines Requirements and Best Practices
• Impact Mole Requirements and Best Practices
• Trenchless Excavation Requirements and Best Practices
• Plumbers Beware!
• Coloring Book for Children
• La información en Español
  • CARE Folleto
  • Tarjeta de Codigo de Colores
  • Normas para Marcar Los Servicios Públicos Subterráneos en Virginia

2013 Damage Prevention Conference Presentations

The following are low-resolution copies of some of the presentations presented at the 2013 Damage Prevention Conference held in Virginia Beach April 16-18. If you would like a high resolution copy or have questions concerning other presentations that were presented at the conference, contact Greg Morgan at greg.morgan@scc.virginia.gov or (804) 371-9635.

• Virginia's Damage Prevention Progress and Challenges
  Massoud Tahamtani, Director, Utility and Railroad Safety (URS), State Corporation Commission
• Trenchless Excavation - Rules and Safe Practices
  Michelle Nunnally, Marketing Manager, Ditch Witch of Virginia; Shane Ayers, Safety Program Manager, URS
• Today's Utility Construction Business Model
  Massoud Tahamtani, Director, URS; Dan Cote, Vice President, Pipeline Safety and Compliance, Columbia Gas of Virginia, Inc. (CGV); Tommy Lambert, President, Lamberts Cable Splicing Company, LLC; Sean E. Trent, CEO/CFO, Seabar Communications, Incorporated
• Working with Local Governments to Prevent Damage
  Dan Sponaugle, Transmission Pipeline Safety Coordinator, Fairfax Water
• Locator Qualification and Q/A Q/C for Locators and Excavators
  Shane Ayers, URS; Dennis Tarosky, President, UtiliQuest, LLC; Thurman H. Smith, Vice President Operations, UtiliQuest, LLC; Steven E. Roark, Operations Manager, S&N Locating Services, LLC; Tommy Lambert, Lamberts Cable Splicing Company, LLC
• Review of Rules Most Misunderstood
  James Bennett, Damage Prevention Specialist, URS
• Hurricane Sandy – Damage Prevention Experience
  Robert Duvall, Vice President and General Manager, Virginia Natural Gas, Inc.
• VUPS Update and CGA's New Technology Search Engine (The VAULT)
  Rick Pevarski, President and CEO, Virginia Utility Protection Service, Inc. (VUPS)
• Utility Mapping - GIS and Legacy Facilities
  Mel Huey, Washington Gas Light Company
• GTI/Phase III & Enhancing Facility Records by Use of GPS Technology
  Alicia Farag, Program Manager, GTI; Ashley Donnini, Manager, Damage Prevention, CGV
• Availability of the Commission’s Risk Based Model
  James Bennett, URS; Steve Light, Public Awareness and Training Manager, VUPS