Category: Notification Center & Ticketing
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Utility Markings in Snow
Photo Credit: Dig Safe Canada After filing a locate request with Gopher State One Call (GSOC), we notify the facility operators who have asked to receive requests for locates in the proposed excavation area. These facility operators dispatch locators to the site who mark the location of utilities with different colored paint or flags that…
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IMAP: An Online Database Management System
Gopher State One Call (GSOC) would like to remind all Facility Operators to update and confirm their notification areas for their respective utility companies. Take some time early in 2018 to verify that all your company’s information in the GSOC system is up-to-date. Making sure your notification area database coverage and company contact information is…
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GSOC 30th Anniversary
Gopher State One Call (GSOC), Minnesota’s state-wide notification center for excavation, is celebrating 30 years of operation in 2018! GSOC accepted its first locate request on October 1, 1988. Follow along as we take a stroll down memory lane to understand GSOC’s history. Mounds View Explosion- 1988 Newspaper ArticlePhoto Credit On the morning of July…
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MNCGA Forum 12/17
GSOC End of Year Update Barb Cederberg, Gopher State One Call Monday, December 4, 2017, GSOC passed the 800,000 ticket mark for the year. This is approximately a 4% increase in the number of tickets over the same time frame last year. The percentage of tickets submitted via the web reached 70.9% for the year…
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What is Vacuum Excavation
Vacuum excavation or “soft dig” is a non-mechanical and less invasive method of excavation. A blast of air or water is first directed into the dig site to loosen soil and break up any large materials. It is categorized as air or hydro vacuum excavation depending on how the soil is broken down. An air…
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Late Fall and Winter Hours begin Wednesday, Nov 1
Gopher State One Call will be switching to Late Fall and Winter hours on Wednesday, Nov. 1st. Business hours will now be Monday through Friday from 7AM – 5PM. Only emergency tickets will be accepted outside of those hours, but you can always file a ticket online 24/7.
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MS216D Stakeholder Review Status
The fourth MS216D stakeholder review meeting was held on August 22nd, 2017 at the Minnesota Department of Transportation facility in St. Cloud, MN. Subgroups continued ongoing discussions of the following topics: Definition of Excavation 48-hour Notification Boundary Surveys Proposed language changes have been developed for some of these topics and were shared at the latest…
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GSOC Has a New App!
Excavators, homeowners, and facility operators can use the Gopher State One Call (GSOC) app to easily and quickly manage locate requests. Anyone planning to excavate in Minnesota can use the app to initiate, manage and monitor a locate request prior to excavation. Facility operators can use the ticket management feature to provide a positive response…
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MNOPS 2017 Stakeholder Review Meetings
MS216D Stakeholder Review meetings will be held throughout 2017 to allow stakeholders in the Minnesota underground utility community to come together and provide feedback on the state’s current one call laws. The Minnesota Of ce of Pipeline Safety (MNOPS) holds these meetings to initiate discussions about stakeholder desired changes to the law during the…
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2016 GSOC Annual Report
Click here to download the PDF. A note from our COO: Dear Minnesota Underground Safety Stockholders, It is hard to believe that we have turned the corner and moved into another new year. 2017 brings opportunities for Damage Prevention meetings, trainings, seminars, events, locate requests, locate requests, and more locate requests. For 2016, GSOC ended…