Canadian Standard Aims (CSA) Group has announced a new standard to help to prevent damage and protect underground infrastructure such as pipelines, electrical and telecommunication cables, water and sewer lines.

CSA Z247 “Damage Prevention for the Protection of Underground Infrastructure” specifies the requirements for preventing damage when there is ground disturbance near existing, deactivated, abandoned in-place or reserved-for-future use underground infrastructure.

Consistently applying this process will help to reduce damage to buried infrastructure and enhance public safety, says the CSA Group. Adopting a single standard across Canada makes it easier to gauge and understand the issues of damage prevention and eliminates the need to navigate multiple standards, guidelines and jurisdictions.