Michigan Damage Prevention Board Meetings A Year in Review Michigan Damage Prevention Board Meetings

May 2016 – May 2017 MDPB hosted a total of 9 meetings There were a total of 56 different attendees and 27 different companies present at these meetings

Election of Officers Bob Darket received the Safe Digging Award May 26, 2016 Elected Board Officers Rob Coppersmith, Chair Steve Makowski, Vice Chair Dirk Dunham, Secretary Chris Jensen, Treasurer August 25, 2016 Jeff Quirante of the MPSC replaces Travis Warner on the Director's List. Laura Arnold replaces Eric Urbain of MISS DIG as the Substitute Director

Election of Officers September 22, 2016 April 24, 2017 Changed Substitute Director for API from Katie Abraham to Pete Langley  April 24, 2017   Brian Saintonge named as secondary director for DTE Laura Arnold will be primary for MISS DIG 811 and Melissa Ramirez-Attinoto will be secondary

Gold Shovel Program Introduced to MDPB on May 26, 2016 The GS Program establishes a rating system that measures the level of caution used by excavation companies. Instead of using regulations to punish those who do not take the necessary steps to protect underground infrastructure, the Gold Shovel Standard uses market forces to reward careful companies. Rick Galyean met with many MISS DIG Members in August 2016    The benefit for utilizing MISS DIG for the Golden Shovel Standard is so each stakeholder (and members) doesn't have different standards. MISS DIG also has administrative structure in place.

Gold Shovel Program On August 25, 2016 there was a discussion on proposal to implement and manage Gold Shovel program under MISS DIG 811. Bruce spoke about incentivizing Municipalities to participate in the Gold Shovel Standard because municipal contractors working on water and sewer are the leading cause of damages. MISS DIG 811 formed the Great Lakes Gold Shovel Standard Committee.

Best Practices Approved: Large Project Staking 14 Day Rule revised – to clarify the definition of “excavation” in 14 day rule best practice is same as PA174 definition. Revised Marking Guidelines – include labels to resolve some of the confusion when abandoned facilities are in area Abandoned Idle Facilities– (previously known as Inactive Facilities) Marking Guidelines revised again --- Use of Gray Paint to "erase" erroneous marks

Best Practices Still Pending Storm Tickets* Various inter-related best practices Shallow Facilities Saw Cutting/Milling Hand Exposure Requirements Additional Assistance Impractical Site Conditions Ticket Scope* Design Ticket for Residential* Mapping* Removing Flags – pending implementation of “near ticket” tool * No current action by committee at this time

MISS DIG 811 In June 2016, MISS DIG Northern office celebrated 20th Anniversary Restructured Education and Marketing strategy  Became Gold Shovel Standard Certified Updated modules so engineers can receive continuing education credits