If You Plan to
Disturb The Ground |
If the ground disturbance is to take place within a public road allowance, provincial highway right of the way or utility right of way, the ground disturber may be required to obtain an excavation permit or written permission before disturbing the ground. If the ground disturbance is to install new facilities, line assignments may have to be obtained from the authority having jurisdiction over the right of way prior to construction.
Whether the ground disturbance is to take place on the public or private land, the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Code requires that all buried facilities potentially in conflict with the ground disturbance be identified and their horizontal alignments marked before the ground disturbance begins.
Source of information on what buried facilities might be at the site of a proposed ground disturbance include:
