[What does damage prevention mean to you?] It’s a necessity. No matter what, it keeps our crews and the community safe that we’re excavating in.
[How do you collaborate with others to prevent damages?] I like to consider myself as a teacher. I mean, that’s one of the first things I did when I came into the role at GAC Enterprises. Build an investigation program to prevent damages and just teach.
[How have you seen the industry come together to improve damage prevention?] Well, I’ve been in this industry for 30 years of my life. A whole lot has changed since then. I really see a whole lot more people coming together as a unit to make this happen and to educate, you know, just how important the underground infrastructure actually is.
[Complete this sentence: "Damage prevention is ..."] It's our culture.
I am damage prevention.
