Due to the cancellation of the Global Excavation Safety Conference for COVID-19-related concerns, Damage Prevention Week and 'Leading Practices on Cross Bore Safety Course' is moving to a virtual environment. Please check back soon to learn how to register for this virtual event.

Leading Practices on Cross Bore Safety Course

March 23, 2021

Learn how to prevent cross bores to save money and save lives!

Created to provide underground utility operators, contractors, and service providers guidance for minimizing utility conflicts due to cross bore strikes, this course covers a wide range of cross bore safety topics, from the evaluation of existing cross cores to regulatory requirements.

The increased use of trenchless excavation technologies has increased potential for cross bores. CBSA brought together locating services, manufacturers, utility owners, contractors, and industry consultants to create high quality standards, guidelines, and best practices for cross bore safety.

Who should attend?

Utility program managers for cross bore risk
Damage prevention managers
Construction project managers
Construction damage prevention/safety managers
Service provider managers for utility cross bore inspection projects
Regulators for rates and regulators for safety
Risk managers/liability insurance managers

Earn up to 8 credit hours with the Advanced Course, including the Cross Bore Safety Summit and THREE additional Cross Bore Sessions as part of Global Excavation Safety Conference.

“Protecting the public and the industry from cross bores is essential. The Leading Practices provides the path using verifiable processes with cost effective high confidence results.”

Statistics – Interesting information:
“The volume of cross bores in just the gas distribution industry is estimated at 300,000 in North America, approximately 0.4 per mile.”

“Protecting the public and the industry from cross bores is essential. The Leading Practices provides the path using verifiable processes with cost effective high confidence results.”

Statistics – Interesting information:
“Cross bores were first investigated by the U.S. D.O.T. in 1976 after 2 persons were killed and 4 were injured in Wisconsin.”

Statistics – Interesting information:
“The cross bore elimination effort was originally first led by two major construction companies beginning in 1999, after significant incidents.”

Schedule

Tuesday, March 23

8:00 am	Introduction of Speakers and Course Goals
8:10 am	Identifying, quantifying & evaluating risk of existing cross bores The start of trenchless technologies: materials, knowledge, drawings Record review of past damages – mining data for cross bore indicators
8:30 am	System Integrity Regulatory requirements The cost of proactive approaches Protecting the enterprise value of utility and installers Prioritizing work to maximize risk reduction
8:45 am	Legal Access to Private Property Challenge
9:00 am	Legacy inspection planning
9:45 am	Break
10:00 am	New Construction Planning & Performing Regulatory requirements Defining utility, installer and inspection processes Cross bore risk after new construction relative to timeline
10:45 am	Public outreach Education Call Before You Clear Municipal permitting Private access permission
11:00 am	QAQC Process integration into planning, installation and verification/Metrics
11:30 am	Sharing data for multiple benefits
11:45 am	Summary of elements for cross bore prevention
12:00 pm	Lunch with trainer-facilitated discussions
1:00 pm	Opening session Global Excavation Safety Conference

Leading Practices on Cross Bore Safety Basic Course: $395

5 Credit hours
Access to the entire CBSA schedule of events
Includes expo access to Global Excavation Safety Conference
Wednesday Night Networking Event, Golf, and Meal tickets can be purchased

Leading Practices on Cross Bore Safety Advance Course:

Now - 8/11	8/12 - 9/30	10/01 - 12/31	1/1/21 - 3/21/21	3/22 & Onsite
$1,106	$1,206	$1,306	$1,406	$1,506

The Advanced course includes all deliverables from the basic course and FULL ACCESS to all Global Excavation Safety Conference events and activities.

SAVE $100
8 Credit hours, with attendance of Cross Bore Safety Summit and 3 cross bore presentations
Access to the entire CBSA schedule of events
Access to the entire Global ESC schedule of events, including Wednesday Night Networking Event and provided meals
Golf can be purchased

Important Resources
crossboresafety.org
callbeforeyouclear.com/#watch-our-video

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