811 “Call Before You Dig”
811 “Call Before You Dig” was created to provide you with a nationwide, easily accessible resource when you are digging. Every dig requires a call.

Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)
ATIS is a standards organization that develops technical and operational standards and solutions for the ICT industry, headquartered in Washington, D.C. The organization is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It is the North American Organizational Partner for the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a founding Partner of the oneM2M global initiative, a member of and major U.S. contributor to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), as well as a member of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL). ATIS has 150 member companies, including various telecommunications service providers, equipment manufacturers, and vendors. The organization encompasses numerous industry committees and fora, which discuss, evaluate, and author guidelines concerning such topics as 5G, cyber security, network reliability, technological interoperability, emergency services, billing, M2M, the all-IP transition, and network functions virtualization.

American Gas Association
The American Gas Association was founded in 1918. Today it represents more than 200 local energy companies that deliver clean natural gas throughout the United States. There are more than 73 million residential, commercial and industrial natural gas customers in the U.S., of which 95 percent — more than 69 million customers — receive their gas from AGA members. Natural gas meets more than one-fourth of the United States’ energy needs.

American Public Works Association (APWA)
The APWA serves professionals in all aspects of public works—a fact that sets it apart from other organizations and makes it an effective voice of public works throughout North America. With a worldwide membership over 28,500 strong, APWA includes not only personnel from local, county, state/province, and federal agencies, but also private sector personnel who supply products and services to those professionals.

Associated General Contractors Association (AGC)
AGC is the leading association for the construction industry. AGC represents more than 26,000 firms, including over 6,500 of America’s leading general contractors, and over 9,000 specialty-contracting firms. More than 10,500 service providers and suppliers are also associated with AGC, all through a nationwide network of chapters.

Common Ground Alliance
CGA is a member-driven association of 1,700 individuals, organizations and sponsors in every facet of the underground utility industry. Established in 2000, CGA is committed to saving lives and preventing damage to underground infrastructure by promoting effective damage prevention practices. CGA has established itself as the leading organization in an effort to reduce damages to underground facilities in North America through shared responsibility among all stakeholders.

Common Ground Study
The Common Ground Study involved an unprecedented collaborative effort among excavators, locators, design engineers, facility operators, and regulators to identify damage prevention Best Practices. More than 160 representatives from a variety of stakeholder industries and the public identified and evaluated over 100 Best Practices in underground facility damage prevention.

Cross Bore Safety Association (CBSA)
It is a community of industry professional that have joined together to address all aspects of utility cross bores for protection against loss of life, injury and property damage. The purpose of the Cross Bore Safety Association is to bring persons and organizations together to create comprehensive high quality standards, guidelines, best practices, means and methods, courses, training, instructional materials and other related resources for the education and training of owners, installers, regulators, users, inspectors, maintainers and others who can benefit from such so as to minimize the risk for injury, loss of life and property damage from utility cross bores in an effective and efficient manner.

Damage Information Reporting Tool (DIRT)
Data informs nearly every aspect of CGA’s operations and industry recommendations. From the formation and publication of its Best Practices manual to 811 public awareness efforts, CGA’s Data Reporting & Evaluation program touches every aspect of damage prevention. The program collects critical information, analyzing the numbers and producing targeted recommendations to damage prevention stakeholders about how to best protect buried facilities.

Distribution Contractors Association
The domain of DCA’s Contractor members is within city gates, where the final link for pipeline, cable and duct systems is made to individual residences and industrial complexes. Contractor members of the DCA are contractors who provide specific distribution construction services, including fiber optic, cable and duct installation, and the installation, replacement and rehabilitation of gas pipelines. Associate members are equipment suppliers and service providers who serve the professional contractors that comprise our contractor membership. Industry members are individuals who are regularly employed as consultants, employees, officers, directors or elected officials of any corporation or governmental unit engaged in the distribution industry.

Geospatial Information Technology Association (GITA)
GITA is a member-led nonprofit professional association and leading advocate for anyone using geospatial technology to help operate, maintain, and protect the infrastructure, which includes organizations such as utilities, telecommunication companies, and the public sector.

Midwest Energy Association (MEA)
MEA was founded as a trade association over 100 years ago by distribution utilities, whose vision was to improve safety and efficiency. Today, utilities and energy delivery companies around the globe benefit from MEA’s industry learning seminars, operations summits, and other events. Members collaborated to develop EnergyU, the world’s premier online training and testing system for gas and electric distribution utilities.

National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA)
NUCA is the leading trade association working solely for the utility construction and excavation industry in the United States. Its nationwide network of state/regional chapters and member companies represent utility contractors, excavators, suppliers, manufacturers, and other providers in the water, sewer, gas, electric, telecommunications, treatment plant, and excavation industries. NUCA is working to advance the local utility construction industry and offers many benefits and services. NUCA chapters provide training programs, promote safety, and advocate for more favorable local laws and regulations impacting the industry.

National Utility Locating Contractors Association (NULCA)
Formerly known as the National Utility Locating Contractors Association, and now “Nulca – representing utility locating professionals”. Nulca was formed in 1994 by several contract locating companies to advance locating throughout North America. In 1996, Nulca published its first Competency Standard for training utility locators. This guideline has since become the industry standard and is now in its fifth revision. It serves as the basis for the Nulca Accreditation/Certification program, rolled out in March 2016 through a partnership with NSF, the industry leader in safety-based risk management solutions and verification.

Nulca also works closely with numerous industry associations and organizations to prevent utility damages as well as to promote safety and enhanced communication. Nulca will continue to work to promote professional locating from the individual technician to the largest company. Our members include contract locators, in-house locators, pipeline companies, private locators, SUE contractors, vacuum excavators, regulators, one call systems, manufacturers and suppliers and many others.

North American Telecommunications Damage Prevention Council
It is a non-competitive forum dedicated to promoting the protection of underground facilities, subsurface facility awareness and the use of One Call notification systems. Their goal is to prevent damage to the buried facilities that form the telecommunications infrastructure of the United States and Canada, which end-to-end integrity and the ongoing reliability of these facilities are vital to our shared national interests.

North American Society of Trenchless Technology (NASTT)
Founded in 1990, NASTT represents more than 2,000 members throughout the U.S.A and Canada who all promote better and more responsible ways to manage our underground infrastructure. NASTT’s mission is to advance trenchless technology and to promote its benefits for the public and the natural environment by increasing awareness and knowledge through technical information dissemination, research and development, education and training. NASTT strives to provide a representative voice for all sectors of the trenchless technology industry. For 25 years, the all-volunteer members of NASTT have presented non-commercial information seminars and training about these “green alternative” engineering methods to North American communities.

Pipeline Association for Public Awareness (PAPA)
PAPA promotes open communication and cooperation with local organizations to enhance public safety, improve emergency preparedness, protect the environment and prevent damage to property and facilities.