Utility locate log
Dated sheetThe ticket, who responded, and what was actually marked on the ground.
The ticket, and what came back against it
One locate, one sheet: the reference and the dates at the top, and a line per utility with whether they responded and what was marked.
No rule of ours is on it
The notice period, the validity, the tolerance zone and the clearance distance all differ by state, by center and by owner. Every date here is one you were given, in a field that says so.
Around it
What was found once you opened the ground belongs on the daily report. Temporary supplies on site are the temporary power log.
A record of the locate you called and what came back. It supplies no notice period, ticket validity, tolerance zone or clearance distance, and reaches no conclusion that anywhere is safe to dig. Everything runs on your device.
Questions people ask
- Does it tell me how long a ticket is good for?
- No. There are two date fields — a reference date and an expiry — and both are labeled as dates somebody gave you. This product supplies no notice period, calculates no validity and warns on nothing.
- Does it hold the tolerance zone or clearance distance?
- No. There is no tolerance zone, no clearance distance and no hand-digging rule anywhere in it. Those come from your one-call center, the utility owners and the law where you are working, and they differ.
- Does it say it is safe to dig?
- Never. It records who responded and what was marked. Nothing on this sheet is a conclusion that anywhere is clear.
- Can I record a utility that did not respond?
- Yes — 'No' and 'Waiting' are both answers, and they are the ones worth having later. The sheet records the gap as readily as the response.