Engineers

Locate Requests for Design or Survey

Including underground utilities facilities in the design of any major construction projects benefits everyone involved. Nothing is more frustrating than to plan, design and anticipate construction but then find out there are underground utilities within the area that require revisions to the original plan. This is a very costly mistake.

Predesigning your project by including the utilities on board at the beginning of this phase is a win-win solution.

Design Locates thru Dig Line are defined as a request for maps and/or marking of utilities during the planning stage of a project. This may be done several months prior to any excavation taking place. Each utility handles the process differently, however, if the following process is done, information can be easily obtained.

  • If you are designing the new project and need to indicate the existing utilities on your map, contacting known facilities in the area by letter or email is widely acceptable. Contact Dig Line, Inc. at 208-287-0054 or submit a Design Form to request a list of Dig Line Member utilities that may be affected with you project. A list of utility contact names, addresses & email address will be provided to you. Once you have received the list of utilities, send maps for markup and request the information you need. The utilities will also provide you the required process you need to do.
  • If you have the existing utilities lines indicated on your maps, but need markings of the utilities at the future project site for surveying purposes, call Dig Line at 208-287-0054 or use the Web Ticket link to request a Pre-Design Locate Request. These Locates require a 7-day response time. Each Dig Line member utility will contact you by phone and provide you their locate requirements for marking.
  • If you will be drilling test holes, you will need to call 811 or use Web Ticket Entry to submit a standard Locate Request. Test Hole Drilling is defined as Excavation under Idaho Dig Law.