Publications/Presentations

• Marking Color Code Card
• Virginia Professional Excavator's Manual
• Virginia CARE Brochure
• Virginia Underground Utility Marking Standards
• Exposing Underground Utility Lines Requirements and Best Practices
• Impact Mole Requirements and Best Practices
• Trenchless Excavation Requirements and Best Practices
• Plumbers Beware!
• Coloring Book for Children
• La información en Español
  • CARE Folleto
  • Tarjeta de Codigo de Colores
  • Normas para Marcar Los Servicios Públicos Subterráneos en Virginia

2012 Damage Prevention Conference Presentations

The following are low-resolution copies of some of the presentations presented at the 2012 Damage Prevention Conference held in Virginia Beach April 17-19. If you would like a high resolution copy or have questions concerning other presentations that were presented at the conference, contact Stephen Thomas at sa.thomas@scc.virginia.gov or (804) 786-9010.

• Virginia’s Damage Prevention Progress Report
  Massoud Tahamtani, Director, Utility and Railroad Safety (URS), State Corporation Commission
• 2012 VUPS Update
  Rick Pevarski, President and CEO, Virginia Utility Protection Service, Inc. (VUPS)
• Damage Prevention – A Local Government’s Perspective
  Mark Estes, Director of Operations, Halifax County Service Authority
• Damage Prevention – An Operator’s Perspective
  Doug Staebler, Vice President of Operations, Engineering, Construction and Safety, Washington Gas Light Company
• Damage Prevention Rulemaking – Update
  Shane Ayers, Safety Program Manager, URS
• Dealing with Abandoned Lines – Update
  Robert Duvall, Vice President, Operations, Virginia Natural Gas, Inc.
• Electrical Safety Everyone Should See!
  Andy Brooks, Damage Prevention Manager, Dominion Virginia Power
• Excavation Safety Training
  Scott Brown, Manager, Washington Gas Light Company
  Jody Harp, Occupational Safety, Virginia Beach Public Utilities
• How Are We Dealing With Cross-bores?
  Stephen Thomas, Damage Prevention Specialist, URS
  Wendy Hill, Program Manager for Distribution Integrity Management, Virginia Natural Gas, Inc.
• New Technologies
  Alicia Farag, Program Manager, Gas Technology Institute
• Public Outreach… Not Just for Pipeline Companies
  Stephen Thomas, Damage Prevention Specialist, URS
• Reducing Utility Damages – Case Studies
  Stephen Thomas, Damage Prevention Specialist, URS
  William Angle, Damage Prevention Specialist, URS
• Refocusing Operations on Damage Prevention
  Mike Ellis, Vice President, Operations, Atmos Energy Corporation
• Safety Culture – What’s at Stake –How Do We Change???
  Ed Sparhawk, Damage Prevention Specialist, URS
• Technology Update
  Shane Ayers, Safety Program Manager, URS
  Corey Willson, National Sales Manager, 3M
• Training First Responders
  Robert Duvall, Vice President, Operations, Virginia Natural Gas, Inc.