DIAL BEFORE YOU DIG

Here is some important information about the Dial Before You Dig Service:

• Dialling 1100 Before You Dig helps prevent damage and disruption to Australia’s vast underground pipe and cable network which carries many essential services, including our electricity, gas, communications and water.
• Neglecting to dial 1100 before excavating can lead to costly disruption to essential services, and injury or death to workers and the general public. It can also lead to heavy financial penalties.
• Dialling 1100 Before You Dig is the most efficient way to obtain information on underground networks at your excavation site. Dial Before You Dig is a national referral service for anyone wanting to know the location of underground networks at a proposed excavation site.
• Dial Before You Dig is a national service and 1100 can be called from anywhere in Australia to access plans for anywhere in Australia.
• Dial Before You Dig is a unique partnership between most of Australia’s communications, gas, water and electricity providers. By joining forces, these organisations are able to offer a one-stop shop for underground network plans so excavators no longer have to contact each of them individually.
• If your proposed excavation site has underground networks, all relevant plans showing their location should be provided to you within two working days.
• A single cable or pipe cut can leave an entire community without essential services such as communications, electricity, gas and water.
• Remember, all constructors have a Duty of Care to observe with regard to underground pipes and cables when digging or excavating.
• Please Dial 1100 Before You Dig to save time, money and potentially, lives.

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