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Today’s Panelists

• Jeff Wilson Executive Director, Green AnalyticsDIRT Analysis Consultant/Report Writer

• Deanna Centurion Principal, Cyera StrategiesCo-Chair, Data Reporting & Evaluation Committee

Common Ground Alliance

• Steve Blaney, DIRT Program Manager

• Erika Lee, Vice President

• Sarah Magruder Lyle, President

DIRT Report - Quick Guide

• Analysis of data submitted into DIRT for 2017• DIRT accepts data on excavation damages and

near-misses from all affected parties• 2017 is the 14th annual report published• Written by the Data Reporting & Evaluation

Committee in conjunction with new consultant -Green Analytics

• Written report supplemented by on-line interactive dashboard

Today’s Webinar

• Estimate of total U.S. damages and damage rate metrics

• Data highlights

– Reporting Stakeholders

– Root Cause

– Excavation Information

• Interactive dashboard demonstration

New in 2017 Report• Appendix A describes refined approach to establish

substantially reporting states and the statistical analysis to build the predictive model to estimate total damages for the U.S. for 2015 to 2017.

• New approach to “unknown” data informs readers of the implications for drawing conclusions about larger data trends.

• Subset of data from consistently reporting stakeholders used to demonstrate trends from 2015 to 2017.

• NEW interactive dashboard launched with report.

Estimated Total Damages (U.S.)

2015 2016 2017

Total Estimated Damages (U.S.)Previous Approach

317,000 379,000 NA

Total Estimated Damages (U.S.)Updated Approach

378,000 416,000 439,000

Total Estimated Transmissions 199.9 M 221.9 M 234.9 M

Total Estimated Damages per 1,000 Transmissions

1.89 1.88 1.87

Damages per million dollars of construction spending

0.354 0.351 0.359

Why are estimates higher than before?

• The increased estimates for 2015 and 2016 are the result of two key factors:

– A more sophisticated modeling approach that is better suited to the type of data contained in the DIRT database.

– A refined approach to defining substantially reporting states.

Estimate from 2016 DIRT Report

Substantial Reporting States for 2017 Estimate of Total U.S. Damages

Damages / $ Construction

Consistently Reporting Entities

Known Data vs. All Data

(Page 9)

DIRT Report Key Takeaways

• Refined method to estimate annual total U.S. damages results in increase compared to recent DIRT Reports.

• Damages per One Call Center Transmission and per construction spending remain stable.

• Excavation Practices remains leading root cause at 52%, No 811 Notification at 24%, and Locating Practices at 17%.

POLL QUESTIONDid your company submit data to DIRT

for 2017?

A. Yes

B. No

DIRT Reports Submitted

Written Report and Dashboard focus on the

316,442 Unique Damages, which accounts for multiple reports of same event.

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Reporting Stakeholders

Root Cause (2017 data)

Root Causes from 2016 DIRT Report

Root Cause by Reporting

Stakeholder(page 20)

Type of Work by Type of Excavator

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Root Cause by Type of

Excavator (Page 27)

Facility Damaged by Root Cause

(Page 31)

POLL QUESTIONHave you accessed the

new interactive dashboard?

A. Yes

B. No

Interactive Dashboard(commongroundalliance.com/dirt-dashboard)

DIRT Infographics

DIRT ToolkitInfographic

DIRT Infographics

DIRT ToolkitInfographic

DIRT Infographics

POLL QUESTIONAre you aware of the revisions to the DIRT form that took effect for 2018?

A. Yes

B. No

Data Reporting & Evaluation Committee

• Committee – The driving force behind DIRT. Oversees tool updates and manages statistical evaluation/reporting of data.

• Co-Chairs – Deanna Centurion and Bruce Campbell

• CGA Objective – Collect and analyze data to inform decisions that impact damage prevention activities and policies.

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