Georgia 811 News

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New Online Training & GA811 To Observe Memorial Day

New in June: Georgia 811 Online Damage Prevention Training Georgia 811 is pleased to announce that online Damage Prevention Training will launch next month. Excavators throughout the state will be encouraged to take the easily accessible training to ensure their proficiency with safe digging methods in Georgia. The training is divided into seven quick sessions […]

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eRequest Maintenance

On Tuesday, May 18, 2021, Georgia 811 will be conducting system maintenance between 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM. Only eRequest will be affected during this time and will be unavailable intermittently. Users who experience technical difficulties with eRequest are encouraged to submit eRequests after the maintenance window has closed. If you have any questions or […]

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Extraordinary Circumstances Declared

Duluth, GA – May 13, 2021 – Please be advised the following Georgia 811 members have invoked the use of Positive Response Code 3J (Extraordinary Circumstances) across their service area/areas effective immediately. Last updated on 5/13/2021 at 10:23pm. Google Fiber (GOOGL2 – Fulton, Cobb, Cherokee, Dekalb, Clayton, Douglas) effective Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 8:00am […]

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What’s Georgia 811 Up To During April’s Safe Digging Month?

Georgia 811 is giving away FOUR $500.00 Home Depot gift cards! Register now and the drawing will occur on April 30 at 5pm. We need our Georgia stakeholders to like our Facebook page or Twitter page! Check in on our social media pages anytime between the 1st and 30th of this month to click on the link for […]

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March News

Cliff Meidl, former Olympian and safety spokesman for Georgia 811, will be spreading the safe digging message throughout Georgia April 5-9. We have a few opportunities for Cliff to provide a safety presentation to Georgia 811 member and excavating companies. If interested, please contact Megan Estes at mestes@georgia811.com.   Georgia 811 is giving away a […]

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Member Education: Use of Extraordinary Circumstance code 3J

Our records indicate that some companies have been responding to tickets incorrectly, using response code 3J –Unmarked: Extraordinary circumstances exist; contact the utility owner/operator directly for details, without first declaring Extraordinary Circumstances with Georgia 811.  If you have not already done so, you must update your PRIS response on any ticket on which you have […]

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