Martin Luther King Jr. Day Closure: January 18, 2021
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- Created: Monday, 11 January 2021 06:00
- Written by Gopher State One Call
Gopher State One Call will be closed Monday, January 18 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Gopher State One Call will be closed Monday, January 18 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Below is a list of official holidays Gopher State One Call will observe for the remainder of 2020.
Michael Jensen began his career as a contract locator in 2009 and has spent the past three years as an engineering service tech at City of Austin Utilities. That’s more than a decade’s worth of Minnesota winters spent trudging through slush, snow and harsh temperatures to help prevent damages and keep the public safe.
As regular excavations taper off in late fall, it’s easy to assume that not much is happening once the ground freezes and the snow flies. Even though there aren’t as many routine locates, that doesn’t mean that the locator workload lightens.
Summary of the buffer change: Effective January 1, 2021
Most ITIC locate requests will have the maximum buffer reduced from 500 feet to 300 feet. Notifications will continue to be made only to the nearest public street, if that distance is less (block to block notification).
To all Excavators and Facility Operators:
This email is to notify you of an IMPORTANT PROCESS CHANGE to the designation of start date and time on web-submitted e-tickets:
Web-submitted notifications of intent to excavate are generally reviewed by Gopher State One Call (GSOC) for quality assurance prior to acceptance of the notification by the notification center, with three exceptions: