[AFMUG] Tracking UG locate requests

[Nate Burke]

For those of you with underground plant, how do you keep track of your 
Locate requests?  In our area, lots of micro 5G cells are being 
installed, so we have multiple locate requests for the same area. First 
the City replaces the utility pole, then the Electrician bores in a 
power feed, then one or more telcos bore fiber to the pole, this process 
takes 2-3 months.  Around here at least, they are very lax about their 
actual start date.  May get a locate request in on Tuesday saying boring 
work starts on Thursday, then a week later a re-mark request comes in, 
then a week after that another re-mark request before they actually do 
the job.  Each one of these requests generates its own locate ticket.  
It's easier to just pull the pictures to re-mark instead of hooking the 
locator back up, since they are usually for about 40'-60' worth of 
locating through their work area.  How do you keep track of the pictures 
of different locates?  The locate Ticket number is useless try to find 
it later. File them by fiber path number, handhole number, GPS Coordinates?


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