ORCGA

Bill 8, known as the Ontario Underground Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012, is now law.

Underground hits in a category called “Green Industry” by the Ontario Regional Common Ground Alliance (ORCGA) are down some six per cent in 2011 from the previous year.

A wise man once said, “If you sit and do nothing, then don’t expect results.”

Some meaningful endeavours are possible and achievable for the landscape industry in 2012, with respect to the underground and the Ontario Regional Common Ground Alliance (ORCGA).

The number of gas line hits by landscapers is on the decline, but more significantly, the number of hits due to lack of locates is constant.

Last year the landscape industry reduced underground utility hits by 36 per cent.

ORCGA is launching a new advocacy website to help raise awareness among Ontarians and Ontario provincial election candidates of the urgent need for mandatory One Call legislation in Ontario.

This will give you an update on the issues within the underground industry over the last 12 months.

Each spring always check and service all your equipment before starting up your landscape operation.

The landscape sector registered an amazing statistic, by going from 542 hits in 2009 all the way down to 360 in 2010.